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There's not much more than a handful of different eyebrow types
例如 只有几种不同的眉形
or different moustache types, for example.
和不同的胡须形状
They're a very standardised, institutionalised version
他们的个体特征
of individuality.
都有标准程式
As one archaeologist has nicely put it -
正如一位考古学家曾经说的
their faces are likenesses,
他们的脸非常相像
but they are likenesses of no-one.
但他们又不像任何人
They're not, in the terms of Western art history, true portraits.
就西方艺术史而言 他们不是真正的肖像
Some have admired this ancient form of artistic mass production,
有些人称赞这个古代的大规模艺术品
others feel it a perfect way of expressing a regimented army.
有些人觉得这是军队的最佳表现形式
Whatever you feel about them,
无论你如何看待他们
they certainly raise
他们都引发了
all kinds of questions about what a likeness is.
各种关于"何为相似"的问题
But one thing is for sure -
但有件事是很确定的
in the scale and complexity of the tomb
这座坟墓的规模和复杂性
and even, I think, in the artistic detail
甚至是艺术细节
that the Emperor, dead or alive, could command,
都听从于这位帝王 无论其在位或身故
there's a strong assertion of imperial power.
这里体现着对皇权的极致推崇
