military and political authority.
军事和政治权威。
OK, I won’t point out any further details about the colors on the Augustus statue,
好了,关于Augustus雕塑上的颜色我就不再赘述了,
because you can already begin to see that there was cultural importance associated with the colors, symbolism which should help us understand the statues better.
因为你们现在已经可以开始看到,这些颜色和文化意义是有所关联的,这些是能够帮助我们更好懂得雕塑的象征。
There are many, many more sculptures that have traces of pigments left on them and we have the technology these days to be able to carry out effective studies of these pigments.
还有很多很多雕塑上也有着残余的颜料痕迹,而且如今我们有了能够对这些颜料进行有效研究的技术。
There is a lot of work to be done, but it needs to be done fast.
还有很多工作有待完成,但需要尽快完成。
Like I said before, these pigments deteriorate rapidly so we really need to do the research before the traces are gone
就像我之前说过的,这些颜料会快速脱落,所以我们真的需要在这些痕迹消失之前进行研究,
so that we can increase our understanding of ancient polychrome sculptures and the cultures which created them.
以便于我们增加对古代多色雕塑,以及创作出它们的文化的理解。