They'd turned their backs on the art establishment and its obsessions with grand historical themes and classical mythology.

他们抛弃了旧有的艺术体制以及对宏伟的历史主题和经典神话的痴迷。

Alex learns Henry's super into classical mythology and can rattle off the configurations of a few dozen constellations if you let him get going.

亚历克斯（Alex）学习了亨利（Henry）的超级古典神话， 如果你让他开始的话， 他可以滔滔不绝地说出几十个星座的配置。

Then you could have history painting which can either be events that really happened; there could be a battle or some political event, or it can include mythology as well, classical mythology, gods and goddesses, that sort of thing.

然后你可以有历史绘画， 它可以是真实发生的事件；可能有一场战争或一些政治事件， 也可能包括神话， 古典神话，诸神和女神， 诸如此类。