or of Philip VI and his queen? 还是腓力四世和他的皇后 Is that mirror showing a reflection of the royal couple 那面镜子中映出的 到底是委拉斯开兹 painted on Velazquez's canvas? 画布上的国王夫妇 Or the real king and qu...
Artemisia's breakthrough self-portrait was bought 阿尔泰米西娅这幅突破性的自画像 by none other than King Charles I, 正是被查理一世买下 that great stickler for protocol 他是礼仪制度的守护者 but also a great lover of a...
Well, I love the fact that this extraordinary picture is in the 我很欣慰这幅非凡的画作被收入了 Royal Collection 皇家珍藏 because in its way it too is a royal proclamation. 因为它本身就是一则王室宣言 If artists of this...
Every so often, the Virgin herself 每过一段时间 圣母本人 would show up for the pilgrims. 都会出现在朝圣者的面前 But this is no provincial scene, is it? 但这可不是什么粗俗的场景 Its appealing doorway in the backstreets...
the Rome that had been remade by Michelangelo 被米开朗基罗和反宗教改革的教皇们 and the Counter-Reformation popes. 所重塑的罗马 There came a point when the Roman Church 终于有一天 天主教会成为了 would be a victim of i...
Jahangir set a vast display 贾汉吉尔布置了一整面 of mosaic tiles, creating the biggest mural in the world. 马赛克拼贴墙 造就了世界上最大的壁画 70 metres high and 450 metres long. 高七十米 长四百五十米 Kashi Kari -...
and he's looking respectfully in the direction of Jahangir, 他恭敬地朝着贾汉吉尔的方向看去 but most significant is 但最重要的 that the gesture he's making with his hands, 是他做出的手势 like that, are the gesture of Indian...
And though like all the generations of Mughal emperors 尽管和所有莫卧儿时期的帝王 and their successors, he was embattled, 以及他们的后代一样 他的统治也危机四伏 sometimes literally with his son, Jahangir, 有时候是和他...
The petrifying gaze of Medusa 美杜莎具有石化魔力的凝视 turns David into cold, lifeless stone. 把大卫变成冰冷 毫无生气的石头 Cellini got away with his stupendous work 切利尼用他惊人的作品逃脱了罪责 only because...
So Cellini jumps off his deathbed and gets every conceivable 于是切利尼跳下病榻 拿上所有能想得到的 kitchen utensil, plates, platters all made of pewter - 厨房器具 盘子 只要是铅锡锑合金做的 they're thrown on the fire....
