Gustav Klimt, one of the most famous artists in the world, was born on this day in 1862.
古斯塔夫-克林姆特是世界上最著名的艺术家之一，他出生于1862年的今天。
Here he presented Athena, the Olympian goddess of wisdom and war. Klimt's use of Classical myth iconography is directly derivative of antiquity in his many images of Athena. The painting we present today depicts a very different persona from his famous femmes fatales whose sexuality is overwhelming, for example his Judith and the Head of Holofernes (1901) and Danae (1907-8) .
在这幅画里他描绘的是奥林匹亚智慧与战争女神雅典娜。克林姆特的许多关于雅典娜的图画都显示了古典神话肖像学的运用，它们直接从古代形象衍生而出。今天这幅作品描绘的人物与他笔下著名的，有着压倒性魅惑和性感的"蛇蝎美人"截然不同，比如他的《朱迪斯与霍罗芬斯的首级》（1901年）和《达娜厄》（1907-8年）。
Here it is Athena's divinity that Klimt finds more interesting, rather than her sexuality, which is not surprising given the gender ambiguities she demonstrated in Greek antiquity. Perhaps Klimt implies that power is a catalyst to sexual instincts, as history has long suggested that power is one of the most important sexual stimuli in human behavior and that the desire for power is strongly connected to sexual desire. In any case, this somewhat asexual Greek goddess becomes Klimt's most powerful female in his art.
在这幅作品中，克林姆特更感兴趣的是雅典娜的神性而不是她的性感。这并不奇怪，因为在古希腊，雅典娜表现出性别上的模糊性。也许克林姆特在暗示，权力也是一种性本能的催化剂，因为历史早已表明，权力是人类行为中最重要的性刺激之一，对权力和力量的渴望与性欲密切相关。无论如何，这位无性别的希腊女神成为了克林姆特艺术作品中最强大的女性。
We present today's painting thanks to the Wien Museum. : )
感谢维也纳博物馆与我们分享今天的画作。:)
