波提切利在臭名昭著的“虚荣的篝火”中烧毁过多幅自己的画作,“虚荣的篝火”是什么意思?
Bonfire of the Vanities (Italian: Falò delle vanità) refers to the burning of objects that are deemed to be occasions of sin. The most infamous one took place on 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarolacollected and publicly burned thousands of objects like cosmetics, art, and books in Florence, Italy, on the Mardi Grasfestival.[1] Such bonfires were not invented by Savonarola, however. They were a common accompaniment to the outdoor sermons of San Bernardino di Siena in the first half of the century.
The focus of this destruction was nominally on objects that might tempt one to sin, including vanity items such as mirrors, cosmetics, fine dresses, playing cards, and even musical instruments. Other targets included books that were deemed to be immoral, such as works by Boccaccio, and manuscripts of secular songs, as well as artworks, including paintings and sculpture.
Botticelli[edit]
Although it is widely reported that the Florentine artist Sandro Botticelli burned several of his paintings based on classical mythology in the great Florentine bonfire of 1492, the historical record on this is not clear. According to the art historian Giorgio Vasari, Botticelli was a partisan of Savonarola: "he was so ardent a partisan that he was thereby induced to desert his painting, and, having no income to live on, fell into very great distress." Writing several centuries later, Orestes Brownson, an apologist for Savonarola, mentions artwork only by Fra Bartolomeo, Lorenzo di Credi, and "many other painters," along with "several antique statues."虚悉模[2] Art historian Rab Hatfield argues that one of Botticelli's paintings, The Mystical Nativity, is based on the sermon Savonarola delivered on Christmas Eve 1493.[3]
大意就差缓是类似于文艺复兴初期的宗教领袖类似于陆衡“焚书坑儒”之类的，波提切利把自己的作品给烧了，但从最后一段来看这种说法存在争议。看到这个问题浏览量有近1600次，所以搜了一下，上面是维基百科的解释。所有（真的是“所有”，意味着“没有不”）中文网页解释“虚荣的篝火”一词都抄的百度百科，真是悲哀。
