2015年3月5日 星期四

effigy, to the point,more to the point



"There's a dichotomy going on: the calm facial features compared with the agitated drapery." —Curator Thayer Tolles on “Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck,” a funerary monument reminiscent of Gothic and Renaissance giant tomb effigies.

This video is part of “Viewpoints: Body Language.” See more videos and listen to audio clips from educators, musicians, choreographers, neuroscientists, and more on twenty works of sculpture:http://met.org/1GK2yGD ‪#‎MetViewpoints‬
Richard the Lionheart was crowned king ‪#‎onthisday‬ in 1189. Here's a drawing of his tomb effigy http://ow.ly/B1y3a
 effigy
[名]
1 彫像;(貨幣面などの)肖像,画像.
2 (その人の姿をわざと醜く模した)人形,偶像.
burn [hang, execute] a person in effigy
(1)(怒り・軽蔑・嘲笑を公然と示すために)〈人の〉肖像[人形]を焼く[絞首刑にする,処刑する].
(2)非難[酷評]する;嘲笑する.

更重要的一點 more to the point



to the point


Relevant:his evidence was brief and to the point

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