欧美文化博览 南西班牙:领略无限风情(4)

The Plains of Castilla, the bleak¹ heart of central Spain.

卡斯提拉的平原,西班牙中部的黑暗之心。

In the 16th and 17th centuries, this barren landscape nurtured² some of the most dramatic art in history, from the mystical world of El Greco to the dark visions of Zurbaran and Ribera.

在16和17世纪,这块贫瘠的土壤孕育出了一些最引人注目的艺术历史,从神秘世界的格列柯到黑暗愿景的苏巴朗和里比尔。

This was an art and inspired by fervent³ Catholicism, and a yearning⁴ for contact with god.

这是一种受到狂热的天主教影响的艺术及一种与神联系的渴望。

As such fever would become darkness and even savagery⁵, religion and violence intertwined.

像这样的狂热将成为黑暗甚至野蛮,而且宗教和暴力将交织在一起。

And as the inquisition struggled to maintain control, Spain would descend⁶ into crisis and paranoia⁷.

随着宗教审判竭力进行控制,西班牙将陷入到危机和偏执中。

I'm travelling through the heart of Spain, through some of the country's most extraordinary landscapes, to discover how a history so harsh, so violent, could have produced some of the greatest art ever seen.

我穿越西班牙之心,亲眼所见了这个国家一些最非凡的景观,发现一种如此苛刻,如此暴力的历史,而也因此产生了一些世人未曾见过的最伟大的艺术。

1 bleak   

adj.(天气)阴冷的；凄凉的；暗淡的

参考例句：

• They showed me into a bleak waiting room.他们引我来到一间阴冷的会客室。
• The company's prospects look pretty bleak.这家公司的前景异常暗淡。

2 nurtured   

养育( nurture的过去式和过去分词 )； 培育； 滋长； 助长

参考例句：

• She is looking fondly at the plants he had nurtured. 她深情地看着他培育的植物。
• Any latter-day Einstein would still be spotted and nurtured. 任何一个未来的爱因斯坦都会被发现并受到培养。

3 fervent   

adj.热的，热烈的，热情的

参考例句：

• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
• Austria was among the most fervent supporters of adolf hitler.奥地利是阿道夫希特勒最狂热的支持者之一。

4 yearning   

a.渴望的；向往的；怀念的

参考例句：

• a yearning for a quiet life 对宁静生活的向往
• He felt a great yearning after his old job. 他对过去的工作有一种强烈的渴想。

5 savagery   

n.野性

参考例句：

• The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.警察对这些惨无人道的袭击感到震惊。
• They threw away their advantage by their savagery to the black population.他们因为野蛮对待黑人居民而丧失了自己的有利地位。

6 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

7 paranoia   

n.妄想狂，偏执狂；多疑症

参考例句：

• Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的洁癖近乎偏执。
• The push for reform is also motivated by political paranoia.竞选的改革运动也受到政治偏执狂症的推动。