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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 651

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

After hearing the minority report last week, I began to feel that I might be disfranchised, for I have no great degree of “genius for the arts;” I felt, therefore, that I must get “posted” on that subject as soon as possible. I at once sauntered into the Senate Chamber to look at the paintings; there I saw portraits of great men, and I saw two empty frames from which the pictures had been removed. These missing paintings, I was told, were portraits of two ex-Governors of the State, whose position on political affairs was obnoxious to the dominant party in the Legislature; and especially obnoxious were the supposed sentiments of these governors on the war. Therefore, the Senate voted to remove the pictures, and thus proved as it would seem, that there is an intimate connection between politics and art.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 651 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆听到少数派报告后,担心自己会因“缺乏艺术天赋”而被剥夺投票权,于是赶紧去参议院大厅看画补课。他看到伟人肖像,也看到两个空画框。原来那两幅画是两位前州长的肖像,因政治立场(尤其对战争的看法)被执政党讨厌,参议院投票把画撤了。巴纳姆讽刺道:这证明政治和艺术关系密切。核心是:当政治权力可以决定艺术去留,艺术就不再中立,而成了党派斗争的工具。

上下文

巴纳姆在自传中回忆自己因艺术资格问题去参议院看画,却撞见政治干预艺术的荒唐事。

今日一问

你身边有没有看似中立的领域,其实被政治或权力悄悄左右?

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