達(dá)芬奇畫室重見天日英語美文
Found: the studio where Leonardo met Mona Lisa達(dá)芬奇畫室重見天日——當(dāng)里昂納多遇上蒙娜麗莎
One of the enduring mysteries of the Renaissance has been resolved with the discovery of the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci in Florence, it was announced yesterday.
The workshop, where Leonardo painted and drew in the early 1500s, is in the monastery of Santissima Annunziata in the centre of Florence. It is decorated with frescoes thought to be by Leonardo and his students. It was here that Leonardo is likely to have met the woman who inspired the Mona Lisa and worked on The Virgin and Child with St Anne, one version of which is held by the National Gallery.
His workshop was discovered during restoration of part of the monastery occupied for the past 100 years by the Institute of Military Geography. Cristina Acidini, head of conservation and restoration in Florence, said it was an "emotional moment" when the worskhop was found.
"We need to do more research, but these frescoes are very encouraging," Acidini said.
One striking fresco depicts the face of a winged angel flanked by birds, thought to be a representation of the Annunciation. Scholars said it bore a resemblance to an Annunciation by Leonardo in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Alessandro Vezzosi, a leading Leonardo expert, said the discovery of the workshop "will enable scholars better to understand the context in which Leonardo worked".
Leonardo, who was born in Tuscany and passed his early career in Florence, returned to the city at the age of 48 after 17 years in Milan at the court of Duke Ludovico Sforza, who fell from power in 1499.
While at Santissima Annunziata Leonardo worked on The Virgin and Child with St Anne, acclaimed at the time as one of his masterpieces, and also painted Madonna of the Yarnwinder, which today survives only in copies.
Leonardo left Santissima Annunziata in 1502 to serve as military architect and engineer to Cesare Borgia, the notorious son of Pope Alexander VI. But he returned to Florence after ten months to paint the Mona Lisa, among other masterpieces, and stayed until 1506, when he returned to Milan.
The discovery was announced at a press conference coinciding with the opening of a Leonardo exhibition at the Palazzo Panciatichi in Florence and another on the Atlantic Codex and Leonardo"s inventions at the Palazzo Corsini in Rome.
(Agencies)據(jù)外電昨天(1月12日)報(bào)道，文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期遺留的眾多疑團(tuán)之一已隨著里昂納多·達(dá)芬奇畫室在佛羅倫薩重見天日而破解。
達(dá)芬奇曾在16世紀(jì)早期使用這間畫室。它位于佛羅倫薩城中心桑蒂西馬·阿努佳塔修道院內(nèi)，墻上裝飾有壁畫，據(jù)信為里昂納多大師和他的學(xué)生們的親作。里昂納多可能就是在這里遇到了使他產(chǎn)生《蒙娜麗莎》的創(chuàng)作靈感的`女子，并在這里創(chuàng)作了《圣母、圣嬰與圣安妮》(該作品的一個(gè)版本現(xiàn)存于意大利國家藝術(shù)館)。
他的畫室在重建該修道院的部分(設(shè)施)時(shí)被發(fā)現(xiàn)，過去的100多年中這里一直為軍事地理研究所占用。負(fù)責(zé)佛羅倫薩(古跡)保護(hù)重建工作的克里斯蒂納·阿斯德尼說，發(fā)現(xiàn)畫室時(shí)是“激動人心的一刻”。
阿斯德尼說，“我們還需要做更多調(diào)查，但這些壁畫十分令人振奮�！�
(其中)一幅驚人的壁畫描繪了一位兩側(cè)有群鳥簇?fù)淼挠幸硖焓沟拿娌浚瑩?jù)信這是《天使報(bào)喜》中的代表(形象)。學(xué)者們認(rèn)為該作品與佛羅倫薩市烏菲至茲美術(shù)館的一幅達(dá)芬奇藏品《天使報(bào)喜》相象。著名的達(dá)芬奇研究專家阿列桑德羅·維佐西說，畫室的發(fā)現(xiàn)“將幫助學(xué)者們更好地理解達(dá)芬奇創(chuàng)作的環(huán)境�！�
達(dá)芬奇生于意大利托斯卡納，早期曾在佛羅倫薩進(jìn)行創(chuàng)作，17年后48歲的達(dá)芬奇重返此地。期間他在米蘭效力于公元1499年失權(quán)的公爵魯多維克·史佛爾扎。
達(dá)芬奇在桑蒂西馬·阿努佳塔修道院創(chuàng)作了名噪一時(shí)的代表作《圣母、圣嬰與圣安妮》和今天僅存有復(fù)制品的《圣母與卷線軸》。
1502年達(dá)芬奇離開桑蒂西馬·阿努佳塔，在聲名狼藉的羅馬教皇亞歷山大六世之子凱薩·波吉亞手下?lián)诬娛陆ㄖ䦷熂肮こ處�。�?0個(gè)月后他重返佛羅倫薩，創(chuàng)作了《蒙娜麗莎》及其他名作，直到1506年才返回米蘭。
該發(fā)現(xiàn)是在一次新聞發(fā)布會上宣布的。與之同期開幕的還有佛羅倫薩Palazzo Panciatichi和Atlantic Codex舉辦的達(dá)芬奇作品展、以及在羅馬Palazzo Corsini舉辦的達(dá)芬奇發(fā)明展。
Vocabulary:
flank: to be placed or situated at the flank or side of:
位于…之側(cè)被放在或位于…的側(cè)面或兩邊)
Annunciation : the angel Gabriel"s announcement to the Virgin Mary of the Incarnation; the Christian feast celebrating this event(天使報(bào)喜，圣母領(lǐng)報(bào)天使加百列向圣母馬利亞傳報(bào)耶穌將經(jīng)由馬利亞而降生;天使報(bào)喜節(jié))
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