最初读埃利·弗尔,给我最深的印象,是他华丽、繁饰、甚至有点堆砌,但又是那么富于诗意的语言。说实在的,若按法国语言学家的标准,他的文体不能说是上等的。因为它不明快。含意往往跳跃、闪烁和散漫于太多的复合长句和播入语之中。和英国美术史家贡布里奇相比,那后者的文体是明快得多了。后来我有机会通读了他的《艺术史》前两卷, The first reading of Eli Vall gave me the deepest impression that he was gorgeous, fanciful, and even a bit piled up, but in a poetic language. To be honest, his style can not be said to be superior if judged by French linguists. Because it is not bright. Meaning often jumps, flashes and scatters in too many compound long sentences and syllabary. Compared with the British art historian Gonbridge, the style of the latter is much brighter. Later I had the opportunity to read through the first two volumes of his “Art History”