Ten Great Moments in the (Recorded) History of Civilization. The ten periods of history which saw the most rapid advances in human achievement or quality of life. These are all events that have contributed to the forming of society as we know it today – even though many were from the far distant past.
本文闡述的是人類歷史進程中最偉大的十個時期。這是人類發展和生活質量提高最快的十個時期,其間的重大事件盡管已經距今甚遙,卻依然對當下的社會形態具有重大影響。
10. Renaissance 文藝復興 (1483-1513)
The artistic Renaissance began earlier, but during this 20-year period Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Durer, and Botticelli created many of the world’s most famous paintings: The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms, the Pieta, the Sistine Madonna, The Birth of Venus. The European discovery of the New World was also a rather big deal.
藝術文藝復興的開端較早,但在這20年間里,達芬奇、米開朗基羅、拉斐爾、杜勒和波提且利等等著名畫家創作了大量世界著名繪畫:《最后的晚餐》《蒙娜麗莎》《西斯廷教堂》《拉斐爾畫室》《圣母悼子》《西斯廷圣母》《維納斯的誕生》。此外,歐洲對于新世界的探索也是人類史上的重大事件。