巴黎凱旋門包了起來 已故藝術家作品成真 The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was wrapped in fabric

The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was covered in fabric as a tribute to the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The massive monument was covered in 25,000 square meters of silver-blue colored fabric, along with 3,000 meters of red rope. The installation remained in place for 16 days.

The two artists were a couple who lived in Paris. They began transforming public spaces into their works of art in 1961. Christo became fascinated by the Arc de Triomphe when he lived near the monument. Before he died in 2020, he asked that the project be completed posthumously.

To have the fabric installed, workers had to install scaffolding and brackets around the top of the Arc de Triomphe, from which the fabric was unfurled and guided to the bottom.

友善讓你懂 │ 解說：

　
近期，巴黎知名地標凱旋門被塑膠布包裹了起來，這是已故藝術家克斯托和珍克勞德的作品。高達50公尺的巨大凱旋門，覆蓋著2萬5000平方公尺的銀藍色塑膠部，以及 3000公尺長的紅色繩索。這件大型藝術作品總共維持了 16 天。

這兩位藝術家是一對夫婦，生前住在巴黎。1961 年，他們開始將公共空間變成藝術作品。克里斯托住在凱旋門附近時，就這個地標深深著迷，也開始構想這件作品。在他2020年去世之前，他希望這項計畫能在他死後完成。

為了安裝塑膠布，工人們必須在凱旋門頂部安裝鷹架和支架，讓布從那裡開展並引導到底部，是一項大工程。

輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習：

　
Tribute
原指「進貢、貢金」，延伸的含意為「敬意，尊崇，稱頌」等，
動詞通常會用pay： pay pay tribute to sb./sth. 就是讚揚某人某物、對某人某物致上敬意的意思。

　
例句：
We must pay tribute to all those who built this country.
我們必須向所有建立這個國家的人致敬。

本篇其他相關單字，介紹如下：

• massive (adj.) 巨大的
• monument (n.) 紀念碑、歷史遺跡
• installation (n.) 裝置
• transform (v.) 轉換
• posthumous (adj.) 死後的