He chose Ravenna, a harbor town in northern Italy, to be his capital and built beautiful churches decorated with wonderful brightly colored mosaics.

选择上意大利的一座港口城市拉韦纳做首都。在那里建造镶嵌美妙的赛克（在美术中，用各种颜的小块材料如石块、玻璃、瓷片或贝壳等紧拼集在黏附性底材上的表面装饰）的漂亮教堂。

Because the shape of their furniture wasn't supposed to be unnecessarily decorative, the furniture's surface became the only place to create visual pleasure.

因的家具的形状不应该是不必要的装饰，家具的表面成唯一创造视觉享受的地方。

Or you can take this little gnocchi, put it on top of a fork, and roll it down the fork, and you'll see it'll create a really nice decorative surface.

或者你可以拿这个小面疙瘩，把它放在叉子上，然后把它从叉子上滚下来，你会发现它会形成一个非常漂亮的装饰表面。