纪录片《文明》 第74期 自视如何（35）

The Hellenistic imagination

希腊文化的想象力

in an image of harmonised proportion and human reason.

则具有比例协调与人类理性的特征

But for me, Winckelmann's legacy¹ goes even further.

于我而言 温克尔曼的遗赠不止于此

The inheritance of Winckelmann

温克尔曼传承下来的视角

has been a distorting and sometimes divisive lens,

是扭曲的 有时甚至是分裂的

deeply affecting the way people in the West

深刻影响着西方人

have encountered and judged

欣赏和鉴别

the art of other very different civilisations.

来自不同文明艺术作品的方式

I think Winckelmann

我认为温克尔曼

has caught us in a narrow way of seeing

以一种狭隘的看待事物的方式蒙蔽了我们

that's difficult to perceive, much harder to escape.

这很难理解 更难于避免

But there is a place we can pin down the legacy of Winckelmann.

但温克尔曼的遗赠自有它的立足之地

It is back where we started, with the art of the Olmec.

这要说回我们开始的话题 奥尔梅克艺术

It was 1964,

1964年

and Mexico was investing in a new national identity

墨西哥正在探寻一个能够展现其辉煌历史遗迹的

that asserted the glories of its ancient past,

全新的国家定位

and central to the project was art.

这项计划的核心正是艺术

A new museum was purpose-built

一座新博物馆

to showcase the depth of Mexican history...

为展现墨西哥的历史深度而特意建成

..And the treasures of its great civilisations

它辉煌文明中的珍宝

laid out for all to see.

陈列其中 展示给世人

Of vital importance

其中最重要的是

was the celebration of Mexico's earliest civilisation² -

颂扬了墨西哥的最早文明

the Olmec.

奥尔梅克文明

Along with this and other colossal³ heads

它和其他的巨大头像共同组成了

was an array of extraordinary Olmec bodies.

非凡的 奥尔梅克文明实体化的阵列

This gathering⁴ of stone figurines

这个石刻雕像的集合被发现时

was found exactly as you see them.

和你现在看到的一摸一样

Whether religious symbolism or ancient vanity,

无论是宗教象征 还是古代的虚荣心

this clay figure clasps a mirror to its chest.

这尊泥塑将一面镜子紧抱于胸前

And what looks like a baby

这个看起来像是婴孩的塑像

was one of hundreds known from Olmec cemeteries⁵.

仅是奥尔梅克墓地中发掘出的数百尊之一

1 legacy   

n.遗产，遗赠；先人(或过去)留下的东西

参考例句：

• They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
• He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。

2 civilisation   

n.文明，文化，开化，教化

参考例句：

• Energy and ideas are the twin bases of our civilisation.能源和思想是我们文明的两大基石。
• This opera is one of the cultural totems of Western civilisation.这部歌剧是西方文明的文化标志物之一。

3 colossal   

adj.异常的，庞大的

参考例句：

• There has been a colossal waste of public money.一直存在巨大的公款浪费。
• Some of the tall buildings in that city are colossal.那座城市里的一些高层建筑很庞大。

4 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

5 cemeteries   

n.（非教堂的）墓地，公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里，邻近墓地的地方，时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句