 ARenaissancefrescohidden for 300 years has been rediscovered in Spain - thanks to nesting pigeons.
Art restorers working in Valencia's cathedralspottedthe birds flying through a hole in what turned out to be a false ceiling and were intrigued. They stuck a digital camera in the gap and shot pictures that showed a well-preserved 15th century Italian fresco. It is one of the earliest and most important examples of such Renaissance art in Spain, experts say. The fresco, whichdepictsfour angels against a starry blue background, was painted by two Italians, Francesco Pagano and Paolo de San Leocadio, in the late 1400s. They were commissioned by apapalenvoy, Rodrigo Borja, a Spaniard who went on to become Pope Alexander VI in 1492. The fresco was covered up by aBaroqueceiling, believed to have been constructed around 1670, likely as a result of changing artistic tastes. Normally, baroque artists covering up an existing fresco wouldscrape it off,art historian Fernando Lopez told reporters. "This time they did not. They left anair pocket. That is the big surprise." The president of Valencia's government, Francisco Camps, said the find was "one of the most important cultural discoveries in recent years" in Spain. (Agencies)
| 在筑巢的鴿子的幫助下，一幅暗藏了300年的文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的油畫在西班牙重見天日。 藝術(shù)修復(fù)者們?cè)趯?duì)西班牙巴倫西亞大教堂進(jìn)行修復(fù)時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)鴿子飛進(jìn)飛出的洞口通往一個(gè)假屋頂，這引起了修復(fù)者的興趣。 他們把數(shù)碼相機(jī)擱在缺口上拍照，照片顯示其中有一幅保存完好的15世紀(jì)的意大利壁畫。 專家說，這是西班牙發(fā)現(xiàn)的最早也是最重要的此類文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期的藝術(shù)品之一。 這幅壁畫描繪的是在布滿星星的藍(lán)色背景下的四個(gè)天使，它是由兩個(gè)意大利人弗朗西斯科·帕伽諾和保羅·圣·雷歐卡迪歐于15世紀(jì)末期完成的。 他們受命于羅馬教皇特使羅德里格·波迦，這個(gè)西班牙人1492年成為了教皇亞歷山大六世。 這幅壁畫被巴洛克式的屋頂覆蓋住了，這個(gè)屋頂據(jù)說建于1670年前后，很有可能是藝術(shù)風(fēng)格轉(zhuǎn)變的結(jié)果。 藝術(shù)史學(xué)家佛納多·洛普茲告訴記者，一般來說巴洛克藝術(shù)家們掩蓋已有的壁畫時(shí)，會(huì)把壁畫刮掉。 “這次他們沒有刮掉壁畫。還留下了氣穴。太令人驚奇了。” 巴倫西亞市市長(zhǎng)佛朗西斯科·坎普斯稱該發(fā)現(xiàn)是西班牙“近年來最重要的文化發(fā)現(xiàn)之一”。 Renaissance：文藝復(fù)興時(shí)期
fresco：壁畫
spot：認(rèn)出，發(fā)現(xiàn)
depict：描述，描寫
papal：
羅馬教皇的，教皇制度的
Baroque：巴洛克式的
air pocket：氣穴
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Updated: 2004-07-05 01:00
