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listen to part of a lecture in an art history class.
請聽藝術史課上的部分內容。
Okay. So, when we were discussing Gainsborough’s painting, the Blue boy, which he painted in 1770,
我們在討論Gainsborough1770年畫的作品Blue boy時，
I mentioned the story that the painting might’ve been an experiment, the result of a challenge.
我提到過這幅畫可能是一個試驗，一個挑戰的結果。
It was believed that blue couldn’t be an important color in a painting
那時的人認為藍色不能成為一幅畫中的一個重要顏色，
because...well...it tends to recede into the background, not good for your main subject, right?
因為它往往會融進背景中，對你的主要人物不好，對嗎？
So to show otherwise, Gainsborough created the Blue Boy, with the boy featured large in his famous blue clothes...and...well...I guess he proved his point.
所以為了證明他們是錯的，Gainsborough創作了這幅Blue boy，畫中的小男孩的很大特色在于他那件著名的藍色衣服......我想他證明了他的觀點。
But there was another challenge to blue, it was very very expensive back then.
但是那時藍色還面對著另一個挑戰，在那個時候藍色非常非常昂貴。
Now of course, because of modern chemistry, any color is available in tubes at any art supply store.
現在當然了，多虧了現代化學，在任意美術用品商店都能買到管狀的所有顏色。
But in the 18th century and before, it wasn’t so easy.
但是在18世紀及之前并沒有這么簡單。
And blue...well...the color ultramarine, the most desired shade of blue, was made from the precious stone, Lapis Lazuli,
藍色......深藍色是最合適的藍色陰影色，這種顏色是用一種珍貴的石頭——天青石制成的，
which had to be imported all the way from Afghanistan.
而這種石頭要從阿富汗一路進口過來。
And the second most favorite shade of blue, after ultramarine made from Laps Lazuli, was a shade a blue that came from another precious stone, Azurite.
排在用天青石制成的深藍色之后的，第二最受喜愛的藍色陰影色取自另一種珍貴的石頭——孔雀石。
But Azurite was...well...harder to work with, there’s evidence that artists would try to get around these difficulties.
但是孔雀石更難使用，有證據顯示畫家會試著避開這些困難。
For example, use pigment from lapis lazuli or azurite very sparingly, and also use something cheaper, like smalt, which was made of ground glass.
比如非常節約地使用提取自天青石或孔雀石的顏料，還有使用更便宜的顏料，比如大青色，一種由鈷玻璃制成的深藍色。
Thing is, smalt became discolored over time, so many artists probably avoided blues altogether rather than use something cheap and impermanent.
問題是，大青色時間久了會掉色，所以很多畫家可能會全部避免使用藍色，而不是使用某種廉價不持久的顏料。
