Chapter 1316 Da Vinci's paintings
Standing in "The Oath of the Horas Brothers" for a while, a voice suddenly came from the side.
"Mr. Steven, let me explain to you this famous painting. Although you all know something about this painting, you are very shallow and you will know nothing about the deeper things!"
"Yes, Mr. Steven, let me explain it to you. Everyone here must want to know more about this famous painting!"
Someone echoed, his voice full of expectations.
Ye Tian turned his head to look at the many visitors around him, then smiled and nodded and said:
"Since everyone is willing to listen, I will explain it to you. Speaking of Jacques Louis David's "The Oath of the Brothers of Horas", we have to talk about the age and background of the oil painting.
Only by understanding this background knowledge can everyone better understand the meaning of this painting, as well as its important position and influence in the history of Western art and French art.
This painting "The Oath of the Brothers of Horas" was customized by King Louis XVI of France to the painter David. The content of the painting was also designated by Louis XVI. At that time, David's reputation was still very ordinary.
After receiving the task, David did not create according to the requirements of the French royal family, but deliberately strengthened the firmness and determination of the characters in the painting. This is very obvious in the painting.
For the survival of the nation and to save the motherland, we can only sacrifice the interests of our family and individuals! The characters in the painting have solemn expressions and exciting movements, and the classical architecture in the background also highlights this solemn atmosphere.
Once this painting was published, it caused a huge sensation. The classical heroism theme, solemn colors and rigorous composition made it a representative work of the classical school of painting.
Because of this painting "The Oath of the Brothers of Horas", David became famous in one fell swoop and quickly established his position in the painting world and cultural circles. Later, he was even praised as the founder of the Neoclassical School of Painting.
When the French people sang the revolutionary song "Either victory or death" to the front line and fought a decisive battle with foreign interference troops and noble exiles, the agitation effect of this painting is very obvious!
It can be said that during the French Revolution, this "The Oath of the Brothers of Horas" was a banner of revolution and a spiritual portrayal of countless revolutionaries. The importance can be seen... "
Listening to Ye Tian’s professional explanation and admiring the outstanding painting full of heroism in front of him, almost all visitors on the scene were immersed in the wonderful artistic conception created by the painting.
At this time, they seemed to be in the ancient city of Rome, transformed into one of the three brothers of Horas, and were about to take over the sword from the old Horas and rushed to the fighting arena without hesitation!
Next, they will fight life and death with their fierce opponents and friends they know, welcome an unknown fate, and determine the survival of Rome!
Either return to victory or die in the battlefield!
This powerful and heroic shout echoed in the hearts of almost every visitor, making everyone excited!
At the same time, these visitors felt that they were in the streets of Paris during the French Revolution at the end of the 18th century, and in the most passionate and exciting glorious era!
At this moment, they seemed to have transformed into revolutionaries on the streets of Paris, full of passion and passion!
They held high the banner of "freedom, equality, fraternity" and sang the revolutionary song of either victory or death, and stride forward towards the Bastille, and headed towards the battlefield full of blood and fire!
Before "The Oath of the Horas Brothers", only Ye Tian's clear voice was left echoing in the air, and then there was a heavy and rapid breathing sound!
Apart from that, there are no other sounds here.
Not only were the many visitors in front of this painting, but the visitors in front of the paintings were the same. They turned their heads and looked here, listening to Ye Tian’s explanation, and everyone was extremely focused.
It took about two or three minutes before Ye Tian explained this top-level painting. He was extremely thorough and extremely exciting and vivid!
As soon as his words fell, a thunderous applause broke out at the scene.
"Smacking"
Everyone at the scene was applauding, for Ye Tian’s wonderful explanation and for the top famous painting in front of him. The warm applause resounded throughout the Louvre Gallery.
After the applause fell, and after careful appreciation of the painting, Ye Tian and the others walked reluctantly, walked towards the next painting, and continued to appreciate the many top artworks displayed here!
The next painting is also a famous work of art, which was written by Botticelli, a famous painter of the Florentine School of Painting in Italy during the Renaissance.
Before we knew it, Ye Tian and his team had been in the Louvre Gallery for more than an hour and had admired dozens or hundreds of world-famous paintings.
In this case, when there is a choice, their key goal is those top paintings that occupy a special position in art history, are well-known and have extraordinary artistic value!
The other relatively not particularly famous paintings could only glance at each other quickly and sweep by!
Otherwise, if they would like to appreciate each painting carefully, stay in front of it for a few minutes, and explain it, they might still be staying near the entrance of the large gallery.
At that speed, if you want to finish reading all the paintings in the large gallery, you have to stay here for at least a few days.
After appreciating another famous painting, Ye Tian and the others continued to walk forward and finally arrived at one of the most heavyweight paintings in the gallery, in front of Da Vinci's "Holy Mother of the Rock".
When Ye Tian walked to this world-famous painting, his emotions became turbulent, and his eyes suddenly became bright, and his excitement shone brightly, like a searchlight.
Betty walking beside him, Anderson on the other side, and many other visitors who followed him, everyone performed similarly, and everyone was extremely excited!
You know, this is an outstanding painting by Leonardo da Vinci, a famous Italian painter and one of the three Renaissance masters.
In addition to the great reputation of Leonardo da Vinci, the painting "Holy Virgin of Rock" itself is also very outstanding, and it is a well-deserved top-notch artwork!
In this "Holy Mother of Rock", Leonardo da Vinci fully utilized his famous mist perspective technique, which is a textbook of mist perspective technique, which is breathtaking!
After standing in front of this painting, Ye Tian couldn't wait to appreciate this world-famous outstanding painting, and he was extremely focused on seeing it.
"Holy Virgin of Rock" is an altar painting by Leonardo da Vinci at the request of a religious group for the Church of San Francesco, Milan, Italy.
In this painting, Virgin Mary is located in the center of the picture. She holds the baby St. John with her right hand, and is also a baby Jesus, sitting on her left, behind Jesus is an angel in red!
The three main characters in the painting are in perfect triangle composition, and the three main characters respond to each other with gestures.
The background of the whole painting is a deep cave, with some flowers and plants dotted among them, and the cave is transparent, and the light penetrates into the cave from outside, illuminating the space in the cave!
There is no doubt that this is a traditional painting of religious themes, but from the expression techniques and composition layout, Leonardo da Vinci's profound artistic attainments can be seen.
Especially when portraying characters and environments, the use of smoky brushwork, scientific and rigorous realistic and perspective, and shrinkage techniques, all clearly show the wonderful painting techniques of Da Vincises.
Anyone who has studied Renaissance art can see at a glance that in dealing with the dialectical relationship between realistic and realistic art processing, Leonardo da Vinci has reached an unprecedented level!
In terms of artistic treatment of the plot, unusual and elusive scenery, the organic fusion of characters and environment, the clever use of light, the characters' images shining from noble beauty, etc.
Chapter completed!