Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1746: Immortal monument
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Unlike the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, where the Last Supper is located, the Sistine Chapel has been in use for hundreds of years and is the pope's private chapel, so there are not so many access controls.
Moreover, many of the murals in this church are in better preservation conditions, and the lighting conditions are better. Natural light shines directly into the interior of the church through several tall glass windows, and the visual conditions are excellent.
As soon as they entered the Sistine Chapel, Ye Tian and the others were completely shocked by what they saw. Everyone stopped and stared at everything in the church with their mouths open. Their eyes were almost exhausted.
What appeared in front of them was a paradise of mural art, brilliant and magnificent, radiating extremely bright light, which was dazzling.
On the wall facing the door of the church is one of the greatest works of art of the Renaissance, "The Last Judgment", by Michelangelo.
Extending your gaze upward, you can see a series of huge ceiling paintings, also by Michelangelo, which is another greatest work of art during the Renaissance, "Genesis".
On the right wall of the church, there are six murals depicting the life of **** Christ. "The Life of Christ" was created by the early Renaissance art master Botticelli and is one of his representative works.
On the left wall of the church, there are six murals describing the life of Moses, the savior of Israel. The "Life of Moses" was created by the early Renaissance art master Ghirlandeo and is also a group of top-notch works of art.
Looking at these famous murals in art history, especially Michelangelo's two masterpieces, "Genesis" and "The Last Judgment", Ye Tian and the others were instantly attracted and fell into a state of obsession.
The same goes for other tourists who entered the church with them. They all stood there, looking at these exquisite murals and everything in the Sistine Chapel in ecstasy.
It took a long time for Ye Tian to wake up, and then he let out a sigh.
"Wow! It's so spectacular and shocking. This is simply a paradise of mural art, breathtaking"
With his sigh, Betty and the others, as well as other tourists around them, were all awakened.
The next moment, the scene was completely boiling with exclamations and exclamations. Some devout believers even began to pray in low voices.
After some exclamation and emotion, everyone's mood calmed down a little, and the scene quickly became quiet.
Immediately afterwards, everyone selected their goals and began to appreciate the murals in this church.
Due to the distance and the fact that there was a marble frame screen in the middle of the church blocking the view, for a while, everyone was unable to appreciate "The Last Judgment" and could only appreciate the other three murals nearby!
Without exception, everyone at the scene raised their heads and necks, looking at the dome of the church and the "Genesis" painted on the dome, a masterpiece by the master of art Michelangelo!
Ye Tian and the others were no exception. Everyone raised their heads and looked at the dome of the church. Everyone was extremely excited and full of expectations.
"Genesis" is a set of giant murals created by Michelangelo from 1508 to 1512. It lasted for more than four years, and the mural area is about 480 square meters. It can be regarded as a masterpiece.
The area of this set of murals is so large that it completely covers the huge dome inside the church, extending from the door to the front wall, and is connected with "The Last Judgment".
The themes on the screen are all based on the beginning of the Bible, about the story from the creation of the world to the flood and the ark.
They are respectively "God separated light and darkness", "Created the sun, moon, grass and trees", "God separated land and water", "Created Adam", "Created Eve", "Expelled from the Garden of Eden", "Noah's Sacrifice", "The Great Flood", "Noah's Drunkenness".
The entire set of murals consists of the above 9 central pictures and numerous decorative painting parts. A total of 343 figures are painted. The scenes are grand and the characterizations are shocking. It is a huge systematic project.
"Genesis" is divided into three parts, namely 'God's Creation of the World', 'The Fall of Man', and 'Undue Sacrifice'.
Each scene is centered around a huge naked young man sitting in various forms, and on both sides of the mural are vivid witches, prophets and slaves.
The entire mural is so majestic and powerful that even the extremely strong vault of the Sistine Chapel seems unable to bear its weight and seems to be trembling slightly.
It was completely quiet inside the church. Everyone was looking up at the exquisite murals on the ceiling and were deeply fascinated by them.
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded at the scene, waking up the intoxicated Ye Tian and other visitors.
"Steven, can you explain this "Genesis" to you? We were fortunate enough to listen to your explanation in other exhibition halls before, and it can be said to be very exciting.
Most of the tourists here are laymen and do not have a deep understanding of this famous ceiling painting. But you are a senior professional and you must know more than us."
The speaker was a white man in his forties, accompanied by his wife and children. He was obviously traveling as a family.
After the man finished speaking, someone immediately responded.
"Yes, Steven, let me explain to you. As we all know, you once owned an oil painting by Michelangelo, "The Creation of Adam", which came from "Genesis".
Your understanding of the famous group of murals "Genesis" must be deeper and more thorough than most people. If you can explain it to everyone, that would be great! "
After hearing these two words, everyone at the scene turned to look at Ye Tian. Everyone was extremely excited and full of expectations!
In their eyes, Ye Tian is no longer the ruthless and greedy bastard, but the world's top antique art appraisal expert and a senior professional.
Betty and Anderson also looked at Ye Tian, looking forward to his explanation.
Even the docents, staff, and security personnel in the Sistine Chapel looked at Ye Tian with curiosity and wanted to hear his professional explanation.
Ye Tian looked back at the two buddies who were speaking, then scanned the audience, then smiled and said loudly:
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Steven, it's nice to see you all here, and I wish you all a wonderful and enjoyable day.
As everyone knows, I am an atheist, and the Sistine Chapel has a very special status in the religious world, and Michelangelo's "Genesis" is also very special.
Obviously, it is not suitable for me to comment on the "Genesis" mural in this church. It may cause some unnecessary trouble, and I don't want to see that happen.
Since everyone asked me to give an explanation, it is hard for me to refuse, but kindness is hard to come by. I can give an explanation about this group of murals to satisfy everyone's curiosity.
But I will not comment on the content of this group of murals. I will only tell you about the artistry of this group of murals, as well as the background and related stories of Michelangelo’s creation of this group of murals.”
"Pa bang bang"
There was a round of applause, short but warm.
All the tourists in the church gave Ye Tian their own applause.
While applauding one after another, everyone also secretly admired him.
This guy Steven is exactly like the legend. He is very cautious and flawless in his work!
The applause quickly fell, and Ye Tian’s clear voice came out again.
""Genesis" is a set of ceiling paintings with an area of 480 square meters, covering the entire dome of the Sistine Chapel. It consists of nine paintings with a total of 343 figures.
It can be seen that each of these characters in Michelangelo's paintings is ideal, heroic, and strong, fully expressing the power and beauty of the human body. Very similar to his sculptures!
Because this is a ceiling painting, and it was completed by Michelangelo independently. When creating this set of ceiling paintings, Michelangelo basically painted in a supine posture, and he persisted for four to five years.
So much so that within a few months after the creation of "Genesis", Michelangelo could not even look straight. He had to pick up and look up even to read a letter. It can be said that he was creating with his life.
It is precisely in this way that Michelangelo completed this set of great works. What he left to future generations is immortal grandeur, rigor, magnificence and solemnity. It is an immortal monument to mural art.
Although Michelangelo gave people unlimited space for interpretation in terms of art, people’s admiration for his work spirit has also become an important aspect when examining this group of ceiling paintings..."
While explaining, Ye Tian also turned on perspective and began to explore the group of murals on the ceiling of the church and the space above the dome to see if he could find anything.
As far as he could see, all the details of the "Genesis" murals on the ceiling were immediately clearly presented in his eyes, and no one was missed!
Even the Vatican Library above the dome and the sky above the church were all visible to him.
There is indeed a secret in the "Genesis" mural, which may be called Michelangelo's code.
It is an anatomical diagram that resembles the structure of the human brain and an anatomical diagram of the human spine. They are hidden in the two sets of murals "The Creation of Adam" and "God Divides Light and Darkness" respectively. They are very hidden.
According to historical records, Michelangelo studied human anatomy enthusiastically when he was a teenager to improve his understanding of the human body.
He once persuaded a monastery deputy abbot to allow him to study corpses in the monastery hospital and made many human anatomy sketches, but he later destroyed most of the relevant sketch notes.
He understands human anatomy, and all the murals were done by Michelangelo himself, never relying on others. From this point of view, it is not surprising that the anatomy of the human body appears in "Genesis"!
Although this discovery was amazing, it was of no use to Ye Tian. He could only enjoy it secretly and could not make it public.
In addition to the human anatomy diagram, on the lowest sketch, he also discovered several characters and corresponding backgrounds that were not shown in the murals, which can be regarded as hidden secrets!
Similar to the previous discoveries, in the field of art, these discoveries are amazing enough and will definitely cause a sensation. However, they are of no use to Ye Tian. They can only help him understand more about this group of murals.
Of course, during the perspective process, he also saw the entire process of Michelangelo's creation of this group of murals, witnessed the birth of a unique work, and the artist's astonishing artistic talent!
After looking through the murals, his gaze continued upward and entered the Vatican Library above the dome, which contained many ancient books from the Middle Ages.
Only a small part of these ancient books are in English. The rest are mostly in Latin or Italian, and there are also some ancient books in French, Spanish, and other languages.
In this historic library, Ye Tian also discovered two secret compartments hidden behind the bookshelves, but they were empty and there were no surprising discoveries!
Of course, the main reason is that he does not recognize the words in many ancient books. Even if there are any secrets hidden in those ancient books, he cannot tell it at this time!
It seems that we have to continue to study and learn various languages and writing, so as not to miss some secrets and treasures that are right in front of us. That would be a pity!
While thinking this secretly, Ye Tian also withdrew his gaze and ended the perspective.