The Museum of Classical Archaeology is one of the few surviving collections of plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture in the world.

古典考古博物馆是世界上少数收藏有古希腊和古罗马石膏铸体的博物馆之一。

And since then, classical art historians have begun to realize that Greek and Roman marble sculptures were originally colored.

自那以后，经典艺术史学家就开始意识到，希腊罗马大理石雕塑原本是上了色的。

Inspired by both Michelangelo and classical Greek sculpture (which had itself inspired Michelangelo), it was way ahead of its time and was fiercely rejected by the critics, due to its extreme naturalism.

它受到米开朗基罗和古典希腊雕塑的启发（古希腊雕塑本身就是米开朗基罗的灵感来源），它远远超前于它所处的时代，由于其极端的自然主义而遭到批评家的强烈反对。

However, the museum's holdings go far beyond these famous pieces, encompassing everything from Greek and Roman sculpture to Islamic art and artifacts from around the world.

然而，博物馆的藏品远不止这些著名的作品，包括从希腊和罗马雕塑到伊斯兰艺术和来自世界各地的手工艺品的一切。

Essentially, the traditional view, a view that's been prevalent for over 250 years, is that the Romans copied Greek sculptures because they couldn't create sculpture of their own.

从本质上讲，传统观点，一种已经流行了250多年的观点，是罗马人复制希腊雕塑是因为他们无法创造自己的雕塑。

Essentially, the traditional view, a view that’s been prevalent for over 250 years, is that the Romans copied Greek sculptures because they couldn’t create sculpture of their own.

从本质上讲，一种流行了 250 多年的传统观点认为，罗马人复制希腊雕塑是因为他们无法创造自己的雕塑。

For most western Europeans it was the first time they had ever been able to look closely at Greek sculpture, and they were overwhelmed and inspired by the breathing vitality and the beauty of these works.

对大多数西欧人来说，这是他们第一次近距离接触希腊雕刻，不由被它们的魅力深深折服。

What the invention of oil-painting was to the Venetians, the face of Antinous was to late Greek sculpture, and the face of Dorian Gray will some day be to me.

油画的发明之于威尼斯人，安提诺斯的面孔之于晚期希腊雕塑，而多里安·格雷的面孔总有一天将之于我。

That means that when they discuss subjects like the Elgin Marbles, ancient Greek sculptures currently held in the British Museum, they are not constrained by the sense of national embarrassment that many of their liberal peers exude.

这意味着，当他们讨论像埃尔金石雕——目前被收藏在大英博物馆的古希腊雕塑——这样的话题时，他们不会像他们的自由派同行那样，受限于那种国家尴尬感。

So Gazda hypothesizes that copying didn't indicate a lack of artistic imagination or skill on the part of Roman artists, but rather the Romans made copies because they admired Greek sculpture.

因此， 加兹达假设临摹并不表明罗马艺术家缺乏艺术想象力或技巧，而是罗马人复制是因为欣赏希腊雕塑。

So Gazda hypothesizes that copying didn’t indicate a lack of artistic imagination or skill on the part of Roman artists, but rather the Romans made copies because they admired Greek sculpture.

因此 Gazda 假设复制并不表明罗马艺术家缺乏艺术想象力或技巧，而是罗马人制作复制品是因为他们欣赏希腊雕塑。

Lucy felt contemptuous, for she was on the tack of caring for Greek sculpture, and had already borrowed a mythical dictionary from Mr. Beebe to get up the names of the goddesses and gods.

露西不屑一顾，她正忙着研究希腊雕塑，已经从毕比先生那里借了一本神话字典来查女神和神的名字。

At the edge of this box there lies a great wooden doll, which, so far as mutilation is concerned, bears a strong resemblance to the finest Greek sculpture, and especially in the total loss of its nose.

在这个盒子的边缘放着一个巨大的木头娃娃，就残缺不全而言，它与最精美的希腊雕塑非常相似，尤其是完全没有鼻子。