Art on a Grand Scale 壯麗雄偉的地表圖像藝術

 

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The world’s largest works of art are drawn into the earth itself.

世上最巨大藝術作品就被刻畫於地球表面。

 

   Geoglyphs are huge images of shapes, animals, or strange human figures that are drawn on the land. To make them, the artists either add things like rocks or take things away by moving dirt to show lower layers of chalk or clay. To be considered as a geoglyph, the image must be at least four meters long, though many are hundreds or even thousands of meters in size.

 地面圖像為繪製於地表上的巨大形狀圖、動物圖樣或是奇特的人形圖像。製作這些巨型圖像時,藝術家會增添些像是岩石的東西或是搬走塵土來顯現較低層的白堊或黏土。若要被列為地面圖像,它必須至少有四公尺長,不過許多圖像的尺寸都長達數百或甚至數千公尺。

 

   These amazing works of art can be found in various countries and climates around the world, and they can be thousands of years old. Given their size, many geoglyphs are only visible from the top of a mountain or from an airplane. This has led many people to wonder why and how they were made in the first place.

  這些驚人的藝術品得以在各國以及各種氣候環境中被發掘,且它們可能已有數千年的歷史了。鑒於它們的大小,許多的地面圖像只能從山頂或是飛機上才看得到。這導致了許多人納悶這些圖像最初是為何以及如何地被創作出來。

 

   The reasons behind many ancient geoglyphs appear to be religious, as the images usually appear in areas that are holy to the nearby cultures of the region. How they were made, however, is still largely a mystery, and the methods likely varied from place to place. What all experts agree on, however, is that creating such giant works of art would take incredible planning, time, resources, and dedication.

  許多古老地面圖像被創造出的原因似乎都為宗教因素,因為這些圖像通常出現在對於鄰近該地區的文化而言為神聖的區域。然而,它們是如何被創作出來大致上仍是個謎,而且創作的手法可能也因地區而異。但所有專家一致認同的是,要創造出如此巨大的藝術品需要令人難以置信的規劃、時間花費、資源以及全心全意的投入。

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