Who Was Leonardo da Vinci 达·芬奇 SUBJECTS OF PAINTINGS

IN LEONARDO’S TIME, PATRONS¹ ORDERED TWO KINDS OF PAINTINGS. THEY EITHER WANTED PORTRAITS, WHICH WERE PICTURES OF THEMSELVES OR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR THEY WANTED RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS, WHICH SHOWED MOMENTS FROM THE LIFE OF JESUS AND THE SAINTS². THERE WERE NO LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS WHERE NATURAL SCENERY—A MOUNTAIN RANGE OR A VIEW OF A LAKE—WAS THE SUBJECT. NOR WERE THERE STILL-LIFE PICTURES, WHICH ARE PAINTINGS OF OBJECTS LIKE A BOWL OF FRUIT, A BUNCH OF FLOWERS IN A VASE, OR A TABLE SET FOR DINNER. OFTEN THESE SORTS OF THINGS WOULD APPEAR IN RELIGIOUS PAINTINGS, BUT THEY WEREN’T THE MAIN FOCUS. IN THE 1520S A GERMAN ARTIST NAMED ALBRECHT ALTDORFER WAS THE FIRST TO DO LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS. STILL-LIFE PAINTINGS WERE FIRST CREATED IN THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 1650S.

1 patrons   

赞助人( patron的名词复数 )； 资助人； 老主顾； 名义赞助人（支持慈善组织等的名人，名字常用于有关的广告宣传中）

参考例句：

• "Of course. Every hotel depends upon the repute of its patrons. “当然啦，每家旅馆都要依靠其主顾的名声。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Patrons are requested to leave their bags in the cloakroom. 顾客请将手提包留在衣帽间。

2 saints   

圣人般的人（指特别善良、仁爱或有耐性的人）( saint的名词复数 )； 圣…（冠于人名、地名之前）； （因其生死言行而被基督教会追封的）圣人； 圣徒

参考例句：

• The children were all named after saints. 这些孩子都取了圣徒的名字。
• In 1461, the bishop of Saints, Louis de Rochechouart, saw only a plain wall. 1461年Saints主教，LouisdeRochechouart主教看到只剩一堵朴质的墙。