達芬奇畫室重見天日英語美文
Found: the studio where Leonardo met Mona Lisa達芬奇畫室重見天日——當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)據外電昨天(1月12日)報道，文藝復興時期遺留的眾多疑團之一已隨着里昂納多·達芬奇畫室在佛羅倫薩重見天日而破解。
達芬奇曾在16世紀早期使用這間畫室。它位於佛羅倫薩城中心桑蒂西馬·阿努佳塔修道院內，牆上裝飾有壁畫，據信為里昂納多大師和他的學生們的親作。里昂納多可能就是在這裏遇到了使他產生《蒙娜麗莎》的創作靈感的女子，並在這裏創作了《聖母、聖嬰與聖安妮》(該作品的一個版本現存於意大利國家藝術館)。
他的畫室在重建該修道院的'部分(設施)時被發現，過去的100多年中這裏一直為軍事地理研究所佔用。負責佛羅倫薩(古蹟)保護重建工作的克里斯蒂納·阿斯德尼説，發現畫室時是“激動人心的一刻”。
阿斯德尼説，“我們還需要做更多調查，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有羣鳥簇擁的有翼天使的面部，據信這是《天使報喜》中的代表(形象)。學者們認為該作品與佛羅倫薩市烏菲至茲美術館的一幅達芬奇藏品《天使報喜》相象。著名的達芬奇研究專家阿列桑德羅·維佐西説，畫室的發現“將幫助學者們更好地理解達芬奇創作的環境。”
達芬奇生於意大利托斯卡納，早期曾在佛羅倫薩進行創作，17年後48歲的達芬奇重返此地。期間他在米蘭效力於公元1499年失權的公爵魯多維克·史佛爾扎。
達芬奇在桑蒂西馬·阿努佳塔修道院創作了名噪一時的代表作《聖母、聖嬰與聖安妮》和今天僅存有複製品的《聖母與卷線軸》。
1502年達芬奇離開桑蒂西馬·阿努佳塔，在聲名狼藉的羅馬教皇亞歷山大六世之子凱薩·波吉亞手下擔任軍事建築師及工程師。但10個月後他重返佛羅倫薩，創作了《蒙娜麗莎》及其他名作，直到1506年才返回米蘭。
該發現是在一次新聞發佈會上宣佈的。與之同期開幕的還有佛羅倫薩Palazzo Panciatichi和Atlantic Codex舉辦的達芬奇作品展、以及在羅馬Palazzo Corsini舉辦的達芬奇發明展。
Vocabulary:
flank: to be placed or situated at the flank or side of:
位於…之側被放在或位於…的側面或兩邊)
Annunciation : the angel Gabriel"s announcement to the Virgin Mary of the Incarnation; the Christian feast celebrating this event(天使報喜，聖母領報天使加百列向聖母馬利亞傳報耶穌將經由馬利亞而降生;天使報喜節)
