Ten Great Moments in the (Recorded) History of Civilization. The ten periods of history which saw the most rapid advances in human achievement or quality of life. These are all events that have contributed to the forming of society as we know it today – even though many were from the far distant past.
本文阐述的是人类历史进程中最伟大的十个时期。这是人类发展和生活质量提高最快的十个时期,其间的重大事件尽管已经距今甚遥,却依然对当下的社会形态具有重大影响。
10. Renaissance 文艺复兴 (1483-1513)
The artistic Renaissance began earlier, but during this 20-year period Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Durer, and Botticelli created many of the world’s most famous paintings: The Last Supper, Mona Lisa, the Sistine Chapel, the Raphael Rooms, the Pieta, the Sistine Madonna, The Birth of Venus. The European discovery of the New World was also a rather big deal.
艺术文艺复兴的开端较早,但在这20年间里,达芬奇、米开朗基罗、拉斐尔、杜勒和波提且利等等著名画家创作了大量世界著名绘画:《最后的晚餐》《蒙娜丽莎》《西斯廷教堂》《拉斐尔画室》《圣母悼子》《西斯廷圣母》《维纳斯的诞生》。此外,欧洲对于新世界的探索也是人类史上的重大事件。