今日主題:Forensic Astronomer Dates Monet Vision
天文學家判定出莫內名作的創作時間
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建議方法:
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍,直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿,看哪聽不出來,單字沒背過,還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽,就能每天進步哦。
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中英文稿:
An aspect of Claude Monet's famous painting Impression, Sunrise has long been a mystery. The canvs depicts pink morning light reflecting off the harbor in the Normandy coast port of Le Havre. The work gave the Impressionist movement its name, yet scholars have debated exactly where and when it was made. Now, thanks to Texas State University forensic astronomer Donald Olson, we know the answer: November 13, 1872, at 7:35 A.M.
克勞德‧莫內的著名畫作《日出‧印象》,一直以來就像謎一樣。這幅畫描繪了粉紅色的晨光反射下的阿爾弗爾市的諾曼底海岸的港口。該作品掀起了印象派運動, 但是學者們一直在爭論該畫作是在何時何地創作的。現在,德克薩斯州立大學的天體物理學教授唐納德‧奧爾森給出了我們答案,得以瞭解其創作時間為:1872 年11月13日上午的7點35分。
Monet himself dated the painting to 1872 but records of his travels suggested 1873 might be more accurate. The hazy colors and loose brush strokes make it difficult to tell the season depicted. Some art historians even argued that Impression, Sunrise is actually showing a sunset.
莫內自己將該作品的時間標註為1872年,而根據他的旅行記錄顯示,更準確的時間可能是1873年。由於畫作的顏色朦朧,筆觸散漫,這讓我們很難判斷出畫中所描繪的季節。一些歷史藝術學家甚至認為這幅畫實際上描繪的不是日出,而是日落。
Olson analyzed angles and views in vintage photographs and period maps of Le Havre to determine the exact hotel room Monet painted in. He then calculated the sun's movements as seen from the room, as well as the times of the tides. This information told him when boats matching those in the painting might have been in harbor with the sun in the right position. Combining all this data with weather reports, Olson was able to pin down the timing of Impression, Sunrise. You could say Olson is right on the Monet.
—Clara Moskowitz
奧爾森對阿爾弗爾市的古老照片和歷史分期地圖進行了研究,來分析莫奈作畫的角度和所畫的景點,從而確定其作畫時所在的酒店房間的確切位置。然後,他到達莫內所居住的房間,從該房間來測量太陽的運動情況以及潮汐的時間。這些信息使奧爾森確定出了什麼時間時畫中的船和太陽的相對位置與現實中的船和太陽的相對位置相符。奧爾森將這些數據與天氣預報結合起來,然後就確定出《日出‧印象》的創作時間。你可以這樣說,這時的奧爾森就是當時的莫奈。——克拉拉‧莫斯科維 茨