(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Fernando Botero was born in 1932 in Medellin, Colombia. He paints in the neo-figurative style and calls himself "the most Colombian of Colombian artists". He largely paints large people,figures that are much larger than life in all parts of their body. His critics often call them “fat people”. Botero doesn’t know the reason why he paints such obese forms.
1932年,费尔南多·博特罗出生于哥伦比亚的麦德林
Botero grew up looking at paintings in his local Catholic church. These were in the centuries-old Baroque style and influenced his style. He was never rich enough to visit galleries and see other works. He held his first exhibition when he was 20, in the capital Bogota. He used the money he received to go to Europe to study art.
博特罗从小就在当地的天主教看画
Throughout the 1960s he lived in New York. He found a new inspiration in the Italian Renaissance. He began to experiment with creating volume in his figures by expanding them and compressing the space around them. This became his unique and trademark style. In 1997, Colombian terrorists destroyed his sculpture ‘Bird’ in Medellin. Seventeen people died in the attack.
20是世纪60年代,他一直生活在纽约
Botero’s works now hang in galleries all over the world. He is guaranteed millions of dollars for each painting he does. His works instantly become collector’s items and many people buy them as investments. In 2005, Botero painted a series of 50 paintings that graphically showed the horror of the events in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison. This is typical of Botero using art for social commentary.
如今,博特罗的作品遍布全球许多美术馆
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重点讲解
1.all over the world 全世界
例句:You can find everything all over the world.
你能买到全世界所有的东西
。2.Italian Renaissance 意大利文艺复兴
例句:The technique was used on works by the 14th century artist Giotto di Bondone, considered by critics to be one of the founders of the Italian Renaissance.
这项技术被用在14世纪艺术家乔托·迪·邦多纳的作品上,评论家认为此君是意大利文艺复兴的奠基者之一
。3.Catholic church 天主教堂
例句:In France, Italy and Spain the Catholic church insisted on the use of female midwives, to protect female modesty.
在法国、意大利和西班牙,天主教会坚决主张使用女性助产士,以保护女性的羞耻
。4.social commentary 社会评论
例句:Woody always envisaged I'd give him a wisecracking, zeitgeisty cartoon that would deal with relationships, politics, social commentary.
伍迪总是设想着我能给他一个满是俏皮话的、很具时代感的漫画,里面涉及各种关系、政治以及社会评论
。