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Piranesi 義大利版畫藝術家：皮拉奈奇 撰文及考題設計 British Council 英協教育中心 Brian Welter 中譯 陳怡君 （中央社編譯） 圖 美聯社
1 A small, curving palm tree grows out of still
by doing. They didn’t go to university, but worked
water. Enormous chunks of fallen buildings, mostly
under the direction of a skilled master. In his early
columns which once held up heavy structures, lay
career, Piranesi worked under many masters because
in pieces on their side, sticking out of the water. In
of his varied interests and his difficult personality.
the background, a few people are standing around,
出生於威尼斯，年輕時的皮拉奈奇於家鄉發跡，
fishing, or talking. Behind the people are enormous
從事建築與藝術的工作。擁有強硬脾氣的他，首先
Roman ruins, several stories high, only half standing
跟著叔叔學習，直至意見分歧。在18世紀，建築師
and mostly roofless. Bushes and other plants grow
和藝術家總是從實際創作中汲取經驗。他們沒上
out of the walls. We are looking at the artwork of
大學，而是在技藝高超的大師指導下工作。在早期
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who lived between 1720
事業中，因多方興趣以及執著的脾氣，皮拉奈奇輾
and 1778.
轉於多位不同的大師門下。
一株小而彎曲的棕櫚樹，自靜止的水面中長出，
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圍繞周圍的是巨大的倒塌建築，大多是曾用以支
When he went to Rome for the first time in his
撐厚重建築的梁柱，散落一旁矗立於水塘。背景有
early twenties, he worked continuously to better
一群人圍繞，抑或釣魚、交談。在人群背後則是巨
understand the city and portray its ancient buildings,
大、數層樓高的羅馬遺跡，建築本體大多只剩一半
walls, statues, and fountains. He spent day after day
或是少了屋頂本體。灌木叢與其他植物則自牆壁夾
looking throughout the city for ancient artifacts,
縫中長出。我們正欣賞著生於1720年、逝於1778年
such as lost coins or crumbling ruins. He studied the
的義大利版畫藝術家─皮拉奈奇的藝術畫作。
ancient city’s history, reading Latin and looking at
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old building plans. He applied what he knew about
Born in Venice, the young Piranesi spent time
architecture to the old buildings, imagining how
working as an architect and artist in his native
they must have looked in their best days and how
city. Always strong-tempered, he worked first with
the ancient Romans had designed and built them.
his uncle until they had a disagreement. In the
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eighteenth-century, artists and architects learned
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20歲出頭首次前往羅馬發展時，皮拉奈奇持續