86-3-413
When Wiertz died in 1865, few seemed to imagine that his estate might one day become a burden. Public opinion, politicians and the press called him a Belgian hero of the arts, to be ranked alongside such figures as Gustave Wappers, a painter of patriotic and historical works. Today, it takes some rummaging in an art dictionary to find a trace of either man. Tastes change. But the difference between the two Belgian artists is instructive. Wappers achieved material success in his lifetime: he was made a baron and painter to the king. But his physical legacy is not overwhelming. His most famous work, a large and busy depiction of the 1830 revolution, still hangs in Brussels's Royal Fine Arts museum. Few visitors have a clue what it represents, or linger long to study its confused jumble of wounded patriots, pike-wielding peasants and Belgian flags.
In contrast, Wiertz died poor, but the Belgian state is legally stuck with all 220 of his worksdreadful though most of them areand an obligation to display them forever. In 1866, when Belgium󰡑s parliament gratefully accepted Wiertz'󰡑s estate, it bowed to the artist's strict conditions that his paintings should never be moved, loaned or placed in storage, but should remain "invariably fixed" to the walls of the studio Belgium had built for him.

A. 어휘
estate 資産(자산). burden 부담, 짐. the press 언론.
patriotic and historical works 애국적이고 역사적인 작품.
rummage 샅샅이 찾아 뒤지다. trace 흔적, 자취. instructive 교육적인, 교훈적인.
a baron and painter to the king 男爵(남작)겸 국왕전속화가.
physical 물질적인(구체적인), 신체적인. legacy 遺産(유산). depiction 묘사.
Royal Fine Arts museum 왕립 미술박물관. have a clue 이해하다.
linger 떠나기를 망설이다, 꾸물거리다. confused 혼란한, 난잡한. jumble 뒤범벅.
patriot 애국자. pike-wielding 미늘창을 휘두르는. legally 법률적으로
stick-stuck-stuck 꼼짝못하게 붙들려 있다, 고착시키다. dreadful 몹시 불쾌한, 무서운.
obligation 의무. parliament 의회. gratefully 감사하며, 즐겁게. loan 貸與(대여)하다.
storage 저장. invariably 불변하게.

B. 구문
- the Belgian state is legally . . . an obligation to display them forever.
[벨기에정부는 Wiertz 의 모든 작품(220점)작품의 질은 대부분 형편없지만법률적으로 꼼짝없이 붙들려 있고 그 작품들을 영원히 전시해야 되는 의무에도 법률적으로 꼼짝없이 붙들려 있다.]

86-4-414
Chimerical champions
The curious tale of Antoine Wiertz, perhaps the worst painter to have a government-funded museum all to himself, at least in the free world, holds several lessons for modern-day politicians. Those lessons are especially relevant right now, as politicians pour billions into firms buffeted by the recession.
For a start, national champions are not always as durable as they appear, even when politicians, press and public are all clamouring for an institution to be rescued with copious state aid. People are bad at second-guessing posterity. Indeed, those who sound most convincing about the future are often merely describing present-day trends, or else they are just articulate lobbyists for today's success stories.
Also, once the state displaces the market and takes responsibility for a commercial enterprise, whether a bank, a carmaker or a struggling painter with a gift for the gab, it can be surprisingly hard for it to back out again. And one should always beware of appeals to chauvinism and local pride. After a hostile reception by critics at the Paris salon of 1839, Wiertz published a furious call for Brussels to "rise up" and become "capital of Europe", leaving Paris a mere "provincial" town. He was promptly awarded a medal by the Brussels authorities.
Wiertz was not always wrong about posterity. When he wrote to the government to ask for funds to build his studio in what was then an obscure suburb, he predicted that the area would one day become "the centre of an immense and rich population". His museum now lies just 20 metres from the gleaming steel-and-glass towers of the European Parliament in Brussels (postal address: Rue Wiertz). When the parliament's members next pontificate about the need for state intervention, they should pop next door to Wiertz's studio, and have a ponder.

A. 어휘
chimerical 상상의, 가공의, 환상의.
government-funded museum 정부의 기금으로 설립된 박물관. lesson 교훈.
relevant 당면한 사회문제나 생활과 관련이 있는, 적절한. pour 쏟아 붇다.
firm 회사. buffet 주먹으로 치다, 못살게 굴다. recession 경제불황.
for a start 제일 먼저, 우선. durable 耐久力(내구력)이 있는.
press and public 언론과 대중. clamour 절규하다, 떠들다.
institution 공공건물, 설립, 제정, 제도, 학회. rescue 구조하다.
copious 대량의. be bad at 서툴다. second-guess 고쳐 생각하다, 再考(재고)하다.
posterity 後孫(후손). sound 들리다. convincing 납득이 가는, 설득력이 있는.
articulate 명료한, 理路(이로) 整然(정연)한. displace 대신 들어서다, 교체하다.
enterprise 기업, 사업. gift 재능. gab 유창한 변설, 잡담, 수다.
painter with a gift for the gab 유창한 변설에 대한 재능을 가진 화가.
back out 손을 떼다, 퇴각하다. beware of 주의하다. appeal 간청, 애원, 호소.
chauvinism 열광적 애국주의, 맹신, 배타주의. hostile 敵對的(적대적)인.
critics 비평가. publish 발표하다, 발행하다. furious 격노한, 狂暴(광포)한.
provincial 지방의. promptly 즉석에, 신속하게. Brussels 벨기에 수도.
the Brussels authorities 벨기에 정부당국. obscure 僻村(벽촌)의, 눈에 띄지않는, 희미한.
immense 거대한, 광대한. gleaming 번득이는, 빛나는. tower 고층건물.
postal address 우편주소. pontificate 집행하다, 주교의 직무(미사)를 집행하다.
intervention 介入(개입). pop 불쑥 들어가다(나가다), 갑자기 움직이다.
have a ponder 깊이 생각하다.

B. 구문
- People are bad at second-guessing posterity.
[당대의 사람들은 후대의 사람들이 생각이 바뀐다는 것을 잘 인식하지 못한다.]
- Wiertz published a furious . . . become 󰡒capital of Europe󰡓
[ Wiertz는 Brussels (벨기에사람들)이 봉기하여 유럽의 수도가 될 것을 촉구하는 분노에 찬 성명서를 발표하였다.]
- they should pop next door to Wiertz󰡑s studio, and have a ponder.
[그들은 Wiertz 기념관 스튜디오 가까이로 나와서 깊이 생각해야 할 것이다.]