It has been said that romance is dead in the modern age – but our hearts are still hankering for it, it seems.有人說現代早已沒有真正的浪漫，但我們似乎依然擁有一顆追求浪漫的心。

This painting of a stolen kiss between the most famous star-crossed lovers of them all has been voted the most romantic artwork in Britain.日前屬于羅密歐與朱麗葉這對最著名的苦命鴛鴦間偷吻被英國民眾投票選舉成為最浪漫的藝術品。

Experts say that Romeo and Juliet, painted in oil by Frank Bernard Dicksee in 1884, remains popular because we all still crave ‘passion and faithfulness’.專家稱這幅由Frank Bernard Dicksee于1884年完成的油畫之所以一直深受歡迎的原因在于大家仍然對激情和忠誠充滿著渴望。

It shows the Shakespearean couple sharing a kiss after their wedding night, not realising it is to be their last.莎翁筆下的這對眷侶在新婚之夜的那一吻，沒料到成為了生死離別之吻。

Art critic Godfrey Barker said: ‘It creates the impression death is close but love will never die. Romance is a dream that still lives in the hearts of millions.’藝術評論家Godfrey Barker說：雖然這對眷侶與世長辭但他們的愛情將會永存于世。浪漫是一場美夢而且是成千上萬的人依然所渴望擁有的。

The painting, at Southampton City Art Gallery, received 71 per cent of votes in the Art Fund survey to mark Valentine’s Day.據悉在由藝術基金會在情人節到來之際發起的調查活動中，這幅收藏于南安普頓市美術館的畫作得到了71%的選票，無疑當選成為最浪漫的藝術品。

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