The progress of the Greeks in the realm of art was amazing in its swiftness.It begins at about 620 B.C.,when the statues found are quite archaic.In little less than 200years we reach the glorious work of Pheidias and Ictinus.

在艺术领域里，希腊人的进步之快令人惊异。希腊艺术始于公元前约620年，人们所发现的那个年代的雕像颇为古朴原始。但在不到200年的时间里，我们就碰到了菲迪亚斯和伊克提努斯所作的光辉灿烂的作品。

As an illustration of this early archaic period we may take the very crude statue of Artemis,discovered at Delos.It dates form about 620 B.C.,and is of intense interest.The Greeks called these figures xoana---- that is to say,images carved in wood,this being the material of which this figure is made.Exceedingly primitive in form,it gives no indication of what is to come.There is no skill exhibited in it.any savage race could have produced a figure as successfully.

为了对这段较早的古风时期做一个具体的说明，我们可以举在提洛岛上所发现的那座粗糟的阿耳特密斯像为例。这座雕像作于公元前约620年，是一件令人感兴趣的作品。希腊人把这样的雕像叫做“从天上下凡的木雕神像”——也就是用木头刻成的像，因为制造这种雕像所用的材料是木头。雕像的形式极为原始，让人完全无法料到未来的日子里将回有怎样一种面貌的作品问世。雕像上也没有显示出任何的技巧；任何一个未开划的民族都可以同样成功地制作出这样的一座雕像。

If we pass over a period of seventy years we find a startlingly new development.We find in the winged figure by Archermus(550 B.C.)the first attempt to show movement.In the Egyptian figures the feet were always firmly planted on the ground,and even then the figures were almost invariably male.Still more interesting is the fact that this winged goddess is smilling.True,the smile may not be all that could be desried,but it is the first smile in art.And that smile means the birth of sentiment and the birth of emotion.

如果我们跨越七十年的时间，就会看到另人吃惊的新发现。在阿尔喀穆斯的带翼人像（公元前550年）中，我们看到了为表现动态而做的第一个尝试。埃及人像的两只脚总是牢牢地踏在地面上，而且表现的清一色的都是男性。而这尊带翼人像所表现的却是以为女神；更为有趣的一点是：他在微笑。不错，微笑也许并不是人们对雕像的全部希望，但那却是艺术中的第一个微笑。它意味着情趣和感情的诞生。

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