保罗·克利(Paul Klee)的“天使”(Angelus Novus)画的是一个天使看上去正要从他入神地注视的事物旁离去。他凝视着前方,他的嘴微张,他的翅膀张开了。人们就是这样描绘历史天使的。他的脸朝着过去。在我们认为是一连串事件的地方,他看到的是一场单一的灾难。这场灾难堆积着尸骸,将它们抛弃在他的面前。天使想停下来唤醒死者,把破碎的世界修补完整。可是从天堂吹来了一阵风暴,它猛烈地吹击着天使的 Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus paints an angel looking away from what he looks upon. He stared forward, his mouth slightly opened, his wings widened. This is how people portrayed historical angels. His face is facing past. What we saw as a series of incidents was a single disaster. The disaster piled up the remains and abandoned them in front of him. Angels want to stop to awaken the dead, the broken world repair complete. But a storm came from heaven, blowing violently against the angel