Statues were created not for their decorative effect but to play a primary role in the cults of the gods, the king, and the dead.
人们不是为了装饰效果而创作了这些雕像，而是为了它们能在祭祀神灵、国王和逝者这一方面发挥主要作用。
In an attempt to attract more tourists, the Swiss government commissioned several life-size fiberglass cow statues, having them decorated by local artists, and set them up on the streets of Zurich.
为了吸引更多的游客，瑞士政府委托当地艺术家来装饰几尊真人大小的玻璃纤维奶牛雕像，并将它们放置在苏黎世的街道上。
Very often such statues were enclosed in rectangular shrines or wall niches whose only opening was at the front, making it natural for the statue to display frontality.
这些雕像通常被封闭在长方形的神龛或壁龛中，它们唯一的开口在前面，这使得雕像很自然地展现了正面。
This discovery explains why Kalinese miniature statues were abstract and entirely different in style: molds could be used only for life-size sculptures.
这一发现解释了为什么卡利尼斯微型雕塑是抽象的，而且风格完全不同：模具只能用于真人大小的雕塑。
For example, in the early Italian Renaissance, bronze statues of horses with a raised foreleg usually had a cannonball under that hoof.
例如，在意大利文艺复兴早期，有一种扬起一条前腿的青铜马雕塑，其马蹄下通常有一个炮弹。
But they all have a lot of decorations on the walls inside, lots of ornamental plasterwork like statues, which distribute sound very efficiently, reflecting it in all different directions.
但这些音乐厅的内墙都有很多装饰，很多水泥装饰物，比如雕像，这些装饰物能有效传播声音，从不同方向反射声音。
The effect is altogether lighter and freer than what achieved in stone, but because both perform the same function, formal wooden and metal statues still display frontality.
比起由石头所制成的雕像，木质雕像和金属雕像总体感觉更加轻巧和灵活，但是因为都有相同的功能，这两种正式的雕像仍然采用了“正面描绘”的展现手法。
At the door stand tall guards, as rigid as statues, dressed in rich and picturesque costumes, and bearing halberds.
门口站着高大的卫兵，像雕像一样站得笔直，穿着华丽而鲜艳的服装，拿着长柄戟。
Frontality is, however, directly related to the functions of Egyptian statuary and the contexts in which the statues were set up.
然而，正面性是与埃及雕像的功能以及雕像所处的环境直接相关的。
Statues of him in different roles were sent all over the empire.
他扮演的不同角色的雕像被送往帝国各地。
Scholars have seen this idea in practice with ancient Greek and Roman statues.
学者们已经从古希腊和古罗马的雕像中看到了这种想法的实施。
The fetish sometimes manifests itself in the defacing of statues or pictures of attractive people, especially celebrities.
有时玷污狂会在丑化魅力人物尤其是名流的雕像或照片中来表现自己。
In a sacred pool on the slopes of Java's Mount Penanggungan, men bathe beside statues of Sri and Lakshmi, the consorts of the Hindu god Vishnu.
爪哇的槟榔刚甘山斜坡上圣池，男人们在印度教神毗湿奴的配偶希里·拉克希米雕像旁洗浴。
By the early Heian period (794-1185), Japanese craftsmen were producing superb wooden statues that some would argue count among the finest such examples in the world.
在平安时代(794- 1185)初期，日本工匠们制作了精湛的木制雕像，有人会说这在世界上最优秀的艺术品中具有重大价值。
After a short walk though, I wandered over to the museum, which is a large, three story building, with a small open air display of a few statues in the building's little garden.
在一番简短的漫步之后，我惊异于眼前的博物馆：一座巨大的三层楼建筑，在它面前的小花园中露天展出着一些雕塑。
Today in Ouagadougou where the current king of the Mossis lives, one can see Yennenga's statues at many places.
今天，在当今的莫西国王所在的瓦加杜古，人们可以在很多地方看到叶尼佳的雕像。
All over Egypt, he built monuments with busts, statues, and cartouches bearing his image or name, many of which now sit in museums around the world.
塔哈卡在整个埃及建造了数量众多的半身像，雕像，漩涡装饰，这些建筑上到处都是他的画像和名字，其中很多现在被世界各地的博物馆所珍藏。
There are also some very amazing statues, many of which follow the theme of life in Egypt, especially in rural areas, but others vary, and include a number of abstract works.
博物馆中还展出着许多令人惊叹的雕塑，同样，很多仍是以埃及的生活为主题，特别是埃及乡村的生活，当然，也有其他多种多样的主题，包括一些抽象的作品。
The artist in imposing stature enjoys high social status, for he's made a series of classical statues.
那位身材魁梧的艺术家因塑造了系列经典雕像而享有盛名。
Due to be completed in 30 months, the project involves 284 columns, 92 pillars, 140 statues, 6 papal coat of arms, 1200 meters in terraces and cornices as well as 3400 square meters of ceilings.
这项将在30个月内完成的工程将整修284根圆柱，92根方柱，140座雕像，6个教皇牧徽，1200米的平台和飞檐，3400平方米的天花板。
Thereafter, any time a friendly neighborhood dog trotted by, we froze in our tracks, like statues, paralyzed by fear.
那之后，只要有邻居家友好的狗狗小跑路过我们，我们立即像雕塑一样站在原地一动不动，像被恐惧麻痹了似的。
Nara houses one of the largest bronze Buddha statues in the world.
奈良收藏了世界最大的青铜佛像之一。
Greek literature describes the many sports that were popular in ancient times; murals and statues show discus throwers, wrestlers, and charioteers.
希腊文学作品描述了许多在古代就很流行的体育项目，各种壁画和雕塑也展示了古希腊投掷铁饼、摔跤和马车比赛的场景。
The elegant animal statues were painstakingly pieced together in Berlin and placed in the reconstructed gate.
那些精致的动物雕像在柏林经过辛苦地拼接修复后被安放在一座重新修建的伊什塔门上。
In a sacred pool on the slopes of Mount Penanggungan, men bathe beside statues of Sri and Lakshmi, the consorts of the Hindu god Vishnu.
在Penanggungan山坡一个圣池，男人们在印度教神毗湿奴配偶斯里和拉克希米雕像旁洗澡。
Some of the fine bronze busts show him for what he was—a grizzled old soldier—but in full-sized marble statues he becomes a role-player.
一些精制青铜半身像能让人看到他是一位白发苍苍的老兵，而全身的大理石雕像又表现出他玩世不恭的一面。
Some of the fine bronze busts show him for what he was—a grizzled old soldier—but in full-sized marble statues he becomes a role-player.
一些精制青铜半身像能让人看到他是一位白发苍苍的老兵，而全身的大理石雕像又表现出他玩世不恭的一面。
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