Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, NYC(纽约城·流水露台和喷泉)
2024-04-27 Independent Bookstore Day
【The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage (1919)】
Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)
But not on a shell, she starts,
Archaic, for the sea.
But on the first-found weed
She scuds the glitters,
Noiselessly, like one more wave.
She too is discontent
And would have purple stuff upon her arms,
Tired of the salty harbors,
Eager for the brine and bellowing
Of the high interiors of the sea.
The wind speeds her on,
Blowing upon her hands
And watery back.
She touches the clouds, where she goes,
In the circle of her traverse of the sea.
Yet this is meagre play
In the scrurry and water-shine,
As her heels foam—
Not as when the goldener nude
Of a later day
Will go, like the centre of sea-green pomp,
In an intenser calm,
Scullion of fate,
Across the spick torrent, ceaselessly,
Upon her irretrievable way.
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【《渺小的裸女开启春之旅》(1919)】
异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)
【红霞译】
她并非从贝壳开始,
以古韵的姿态,奔向大海。
而是在初遇的水草上
闪烁着亮光,
无声无息,如同又一个波浪。
她也怅然不已
而手臂会戴上紫色饰物,
厌倦了咸涩的海港,
渴望海水咆哮的
大海巨浪。
风加快她的速度,
吹拂她的双手
和打湿的后背。
她触摸云彩,就在
迂回穿行大海的地方。
但这只是微渺之举
在荡漾的水光中,
一如她身后泛起泡沫——
不像金棕色裸女
在后来的一天
消逝,却如海绿色盛况的中心,
更加平静,
命运的仆从,
不断地穿越汹涌的波浪,
踏上难再回头的道路。
【注】流水喷泉是为了纪念1842年巴豆渡槽(Croton Aqueduct)的开通所打造的纯净水纪念碑,该渡槽首次为纽约城带来淡水,这对因饮用水污染而遭受像黄热病、霍乱等毁灭性疾病爆发的纽约人来说是“治愈”的。雕塑《水之天使》的灵感来自《约翰“神赐”福音》(Gospel of John)中耶稣施行医治奇迹的流水疗愈池,描述了天使祝福流水池并赋予其治愈能力,再现“季节、时刻、人类世纪”主题思想;天使手中的百合花象征着水的纯洁,基座周围的四个小天使代表着和平、健康、纯洁和节制。
流水露天是中央公园绿荫道(The Mall)必经之路,其拱廊号称世上唯一采用花砖或镶嵌瓷砖做天花板的建筑,由14,000—16,000块山地花砖组成,因此形成49块嵌板,并创造出精致的几何图案。
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2021: Selection of Study Areas(选择大学专业)
Lower Bethesda Terrace & Fountain Overviewed from Bethesda Terrace Esplanade
(从流水露台广场俯瞰下层流水露台和喷泉 04-27-2024)
Bethesda Fountain (流水喷泉)
Angel of the Waters (雕塑《水之天使》)
Bethesda Fountain about the Seasons, the Times of Day, the Ages of Mankind
(流水喷泉·季节、时刻、人类世纪 05-24-1996)
Girls Out (好友同行 04-11-1997)
7th Grader @ Bethesda Terrace & Fountain
(流水露台和喷泉·初二生 10-24-2015)
Bethesda Terrace in Central Park @ Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Window in 2023-2024 Christmas-New Year Seasons
(2023—2024年度圣诞节—元旦期间第五大道剪刀百货店节日橱窗·中央公园流水露台)
A Sweeping Promenade (The Mall) Leading to a Grand Terrace Overlooking the Lake
(宽阔的长廊或称林荫路·通往俯瞰湖泊的大露台 04-27-2024)
Mega Soap Buble (巨型肥皂泡)
Bethesda Terrace Arcade w/ Large & Delightfully Cool Hall
(流水露台拱廊·设有宽敞且凉爽的大厅)
Ceiling w/ Minton Encaustic Tiles @ Bethesda Terrace Arcade
(流水露台拱廊·山地花砖天花板 04-27-2024)
Photogenic Place for Wedding
(婚纱照热拍地 04-27-2024)
Architect Jacob Wrey Mould's Design
(建筑师“信徒·转变·威力”的设计)
Bethesda Fountain Viewed from Bethesda Terrace Arcade
(从流水露台拱廊近观流水露台 04-27-2024)
Flagpole Pedestal (旗杆底座)
Boathouse over the Lake in Central Park (船屋)
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