Speaking of world famous paintings, we will definitely want to arrive immediately. Vinci's "Mona Lisa", how well-known is this painting?
can be explained in this way. It surpasses Qin Shihuang in the East and Alexander the Great in the West. It is a famous painting known to both the East and the West.
Before, we talked about Leonardo da Vinci, a genius in art history. He was funded by the Medici family in his early years. He became famous throughout the Italian peninsula at a young age. Later, he became the most important artist of the Renaissance, known as the three masters of the Renaissance. one.
In the history of Western art, Leonardo is a giant standing on top of a giant.
Speaking of this "Mona Lisa", in the long years, many people have wondered who da Vinci painted?
Some people said it was Leonardo’s lover, others said it was a famous local prostitute in Florence, and of course there was even more brainstorming speculation that this was a self-portrait of Leonardo.
But in the end it proved that these claims are not reliable. The prototype of this painting is an Italian lady named Lisa Gladini.
Of course, in the end, Da Vinci did not give the painting to the client, but sold the painting to the French king at the time. The transaction price was 4000 Ecu, which is equivalent to the current 400,000 US dollars. .
Now this painting is in the Louvre in France, as one of the world's four major museums, this pair of "Mona Lisa" is the treasure of the Louvre.
hope that the Louvre can keep this painting well, and don’t have the regrettable fire like the Palace of Versailles. After all, the house can be repaired. If the artwork is gone, it is really gone. Da Vinci can’t get up from the ground. Repaint a picture.
Of course, in addition to "Mona Lisa", there are two other paintings in the world that can be compared with "Mona Lisa", and they are called the world's three famous paintings.
Let’s talk about this painting "Gong'e". The author of "Gong'e" is Velázquez. Velázquez was the greatest painter of Spain in the 17th century, and most of the later painters were deeply influenced by it.
Therefore Velázquez also considers himself to be "one of the greatest teachers" in the world. This is not Velázquez's own bragging. This is a fact that later generations of painters will recognize.
So what scene does this "Gong'e" depict? It depicts daily life in the Spanish court in the 17th century.
The little princess Margaret is portrayed as both solemn and unconcealed childishness, occupying the center of the picture.
A court lady kneeled to her and offered a cup of water. On the left of the screen is the painter himself who is painting.
Velázquez arranges himself in this rather dramatic plot, giving the whole painting a strong life and sentiment.
After the completion of this painting, it was directly collected by King Philip IV of Spain in the study room, and no one was allowed to peek. Until Velázquez died, Philip IV painted on Velázquez’s chest A red sacred cross was put on, and the painting became public and became a work of God.
Regarding this painting, many people think that at first glance this painting will feel creepy, just like looking at a mirror, and if you forcibly enter the painter’s perspective, you will see a strange perspective in the painting. .
Foucault once analyzed "Gong'e" in "Words and Objects":
painter's "canvas" itself is a symbol of "visible", but the canvas is facing back to us, and the viewer cannot see the painter's painting What? At this time, the canvas becomes a metaphor of "invisible", but the appearance of the canvas becomes a visible representation of itself, so the symbol and performance are separated.
Let me talk about another famous painting "Night Watch". "Night Watch" is an oil painting on canvas created by Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmanson van Rhein in 1642, now in Amsterdam, Netherlands. National Museum.
The characters depicted in "Night Watch" are actually Dutch city militiamen on patrol. They certainly have the responsibility to defend their own city, but in normal times, their tasks are more similar to today's city management and joint defense team members. After a series of military reforms, the Dutch army led by Morris achieved a series of victories over the Spanish phalanx. The
"Night Watch" was taken back by the painter's employer, the members of the Shooter team, shortly after the creation, because the painting was too big to hang on the doorIn the hall, the team members cut off the periphery by themselves, which also made the whole painting lose its original balance.
and the hall where the painting was hung was heated by a peat and open fire. Over time, a thick layer of charcoal fell on the painting, making the color of the entire painting dim, so that in the 18th century, people put this The scene that was originally during the day mistakenly thought it was done at night, so the painting was named "Night Watch".
was later collected by the Dutch royal family, until the establishment of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in the 19th century, it has been preserved as a collection of treasures.
