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One point must be to assert conquest by Islam
它體現了伊斯蘭教的征服地位
and to show how the Hindu idols have at least been neutralised.
同時展現出印度偶像是如何被中和掉的
But even when they have been defaced,
但即使他們被污損了
some aspects of the humanity of these human figures
這些人物形象的一些人性特征
have been preserved.
被保留了下來
The simple fact, for example,
舉個簡單的例子來說
that they've chosen to place most of them the right way up,
他們選擇將大部分的圖像直立放置
suggests a respect for the human form and its image.
展示出對人類形態和形象的敬重
This remarkable mosque portrays a certain appreciation
這座杰出的清真寺描繪了
of the very pictures Islam condemned.
對伊斯蘭教所譴責圖像的一些欣賞
And just like Ely Cathedral,
就像伊利座堂那樣
it demonstrates that
它向世人展示著
even in the most severe cases of iconoclasm,
即使是在最嚴重的破壞偶像事件中
art lives on - inextricably bound to faith.
藝術仍然存在 與信仰密不可分
But destruction can raise even bigger questions too.
但是毀壞也會帶來更大的問題
I want to end at one of the world's
我想在世界上最有名
most famous and densest religious spaces,
宗教空間最密集的地方結束這次旅程
a place once the home of the ancient gods,
這里曾經是古代眾神的家
later converted into a Christian church
之后轉變成了基督教教堂
and later still turned into a mosque.
再之后改成了清真寺
Built around 450BC,
建于公元前450年
the Parthenon was originally dedicated
帕特農神廟原先是奉獻給
to the goddess Athena,
女神雅典娜的
and for centuries it teamed with images of the divine.
幾個世紀以來 它一直以神圣的形象出現
It used to be one of the richest and most colourful,
它曾經是世界上最富裕 顏色最豐富多彩
most intense religious places anywhere.
宗教場所最密集的地方
A real phantasmagoria of religious images.
有著千變萬化的宗教圖像
And everywhere you looked, there were religious offerings,
你目光所到之處 都有宗教的供品
altars for sacrifice and temples.
祭壇和寺廟
Only the bare bones of Ancient Greek
如今這里只剩下古希臘
or any other religion stand here today,
和其他宗教的殘骸
but it's become the focus of a worship of another kind.
但是這里已經變成了另一種崇拜的焦點
