纪录片《文明》 第11期 创世纪的第二个瞬间（11）

（单词翻译）

So powerfully elemental they seemed to speak directly

这些元素是如此醒目 现代艺术家们

to modern artists when they first saw them.

第一眼见到它们 就读懂了其中的含义

The most self-consciously modern of them all, Picasso,

其中最具有现代意识的那位 毕加索

told a friend that no sculptor¹ had ever bettered

曾告诉一个朋友 没有雕塑家可以超越

the Palaeolithic carvers.

旧石器时代的雕刻家们

He bought a copy of this one, Venus of Lespugue,

他购买了这尊《莱斯皮盖的维纳斯》的一个复制品

and kept it in his studio all his life.

并终生把它保存在画室中

Was he touched by its archaic² spirituality?

他是被它古老的灵性所触动了吗

No.

不是

He was earthly and worldly,

他是一个凡俗之人

but he felt a deep communion with the makers³ of a physical art.

却与这艺术品的制作者有着深深的共鸣

And there were traces of that communion elsewhere in his work.

这一共鸣在他的作品里也有迹可循

Despite rumours⁴, there's no direct evidence

虽然并未有证据证实

that Picasso ever visited the painted caves of Altamira

但据称毕加索曾去过阿尔塔米拉洞

or saw in person the extraordinary painted bison

并亲眼见过岩洞里

that those caves contained.

非凡的野牛壁画