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A satiric mode with roots in the ancient author lucian
这种基于古作家琉善的讽刺模式
And epitomized in the Renaissance by the poet
在文艺复兴时期由诗人弗朗西斯科·贝尔尼推崇
Francesco Berni's consumption of grotesque beauty
演变成为畸形美
and I will talk more about him in a bit
我过一会儿再讲他
Giulio's composition is a sort of visual
朱里奥的作品是一种视觉
a witty jest in the spirit of the anecdotes of among others
以其他作家讲的逸闻为题材，开了一种诙谐玩笑
Poggio Bracciolini and Niccolò Machiavelli
包括布拉乔里尼和马基雅弗利在内
amusing tales involving unlikely lovers
都写过有意思的一些故事，主人公
including old husbands and young wives
是非常不般配的爱人，老夫少妻这样的
and of course leaving aside a literary parallels
将文学上的比喻抛开
the juxtaposition of his face with her rear end
画中他的脸刚好跟她的屁股相邻
a quintessential display of Giulio's lewd
这是朱里奥下流，而带大学生气质的
and rather sophomoric humor
情色幽默的精华
would always have been good for a laugh
总能惹人发笑
and here another detail
这里有另外一个细节
I just want to show Giulio's ceiling painting
我想展示一下朱里奥的天花板装饰画
of Apollo and his chariot
战车上的阿波罗
most artists draw that, depict that from the side
大多数艺术家都是从侧面来描绘的
he draws it so that you are looking straight up
但他是这样画的，大家一眼就能看见为什么
and they would have laughed too in the 16th century
16世纪的人看了也会发笑
Giulio's drawing is close in spirit and subject matter
朱里奥的画作与他著名的一系列
to his designs for the notorious series of prints
版画设计的精神和主旨相近
known as the Modi, which loosely translated
这系列名为 Modi 翻译过来
means the ways or positions
大致意思是姿势或体位
sixteen scenes of couples fornicating
夫妻性交的16个场景
these were engraved
拉斐尔的版画匠莱蒙蒂
by Raphael's printmaker Marcantonio Raimondi
用镌版印将这些印了下来
and I should say that no original images of these survived
应当说明，是这些版画的原作都没有了
they were censored
都被审查机关销毁了
so we know the images through some fragments
因此我们只能通过一些残片
and through some various later copies
以及日后的多个摹本
and reproductions of engraving and wood cuts
版画复刻，木刻，来了解这些图画
and I am showing you just details of some of the cropped fragments
我给大家展示一些残片细节
as well as the wood cut copies
以及木刻版画细节
and a later set of images
后来的一组图像
much later to still preserve the composition
已经很难再仍然保存着其构图
Petro Aretino whose lewd sensibility lurks in these images
阿雷蒂诺对情色的敏感性不仅表现在图画中
authored a series of sixteen suitably
他还写了一组十六首下流的十四行诗
lewd sonnets
与之相配
that were circulating in Rome
当时这些诗和版画
at the same time as the prints
传遍了罗马
he almost certainly
几乎可以肯定
had a part in the genesis of the Modi
Modi系列版画的问世也有他的参与
one can in fact imagine him proposing
甚至可以想象是他向朱里奥
this inspired project to Giulio
建议了这个充满灵感的项目
his friend from their heady youthful days
年轻任性的时代，他们在齐吉山庄
at the villa of Agostino Chigi
那时结成了友谊
the impressive variety of acrobatic poses
朱里奥笔下的人物展现出各种各样
that Giulio's figures display
令人惊奇的
vareata or variety was among vareata
特技姿势多样
the most prized artistic virtues in this period
是当时最受推崇的艺术品德之一
that range of poses is echoed in the recitation of sexual positions
阿雷蒂诺笔下的娜娜也详述过种种性爱体位
offered by Aretino's Nana
亦体现了姿势的多样性
one likes his meat rear and another likes it well done
有人吃肉喜欢生一点，有人则喜欢烹饪到全熟
and they come up with the horizontal shuffle
体位多种多样，有平卧式
legs in the air
腿悬空式
side saddle
侧鞍式
the crane
吊车式
the tortoise
乌龟式
the church steeple
教堂尖塔式
the relay
接力式
the grazing sheep
羊吃草式
and other postures stranger than the gestures of a mime
还有的姿势比默剧更奇特
