Before I knew it, it was close to six o'clock in the afternoon.

After visiting several exhibition halls in succession, Ye Tian and his team went to one of the most important and famous exhibition halls of the Vatican Museums, Raphael's Studio, to see a series of top artworks displayed here.

At this time, Antonio had already left, after all, he was the director of the Vatican Museums, and he had a lot of affairs to deal with, so it was impossible to accompany Ye Tian and them for a long time.

In addition to Antonio, several other Vatican Museums officials have also left for similar reasons.

But Leonardo, two priests, several museum administrators, and two security personnel were still there, continuing to accompany Ye Tian and them on the tour, which was not without supervision.

The Vatican Museums are full of priceless top-notch antique artworks, and most of them have special religious significance, where do they dare to let Ye Tian and them visit on their own!

Even if Ye Tian is a super-rich man, a top expert in antique artwork and knows how to protect antique artworks, it is impossible for the museum to be completely assured.

After Antonio and the others left, Ye Tian took over the responsibility of explaining, admiring the antique artworks displayed in various exhibition halls, while introducing and explaining to Betty and the others.

If he encounters an antique artwork that he is not familiar with, or does not know very well, the docent who follows behind will come forward and explain.

As before, when he walked into Raphael's studio, Ye Tian began to introduce the exhibition hall, and the clear voice echoed throughout the exhibition hall and reached the ears of everyone present.

"This is the famous Raphael studio, about Raphael, one of the three masters of Renaissance art, I will not introduce it here, everyone knows very well, and has admired many of his works.

In 1508, the Roman Catholic Church embarked on a large-scale construction of art, and Raphael, who had already made a name for himself at the age of 25, proudly came to Rome and accepted the Pope's commission as a master artist.

The Raphael studio in front of him is a set of rooms commissioned by Pope Julius II to renovate Raphael, consisting of four consecutive rooms, located on the second floor of the Vatican's Papal Palace.

It took Raphael and his students sixteen years, starting in 1508 and ending in 1524, to complete all the renovation work to create this magnificent palace of art.

It is known that Raphael died in 1520, and from the time he entered the Holy See at the age of 25 until his death at the age of 37, the most glorious twelve years of Raphael's life were all dedicated to this place.

Raphael's most illustrious career is faithfully recorded here, and he left behind many great works of art here, which also made the studio a great one.

There is no doubt that the Raphael Studio is one of the most important paintings in the Vatican Museums, and the collection of Raphael's paintings here is the largest and most elite in the world, which is unparalleled."

With Ye Tian's frustrated explanation, Betty and Anderson were looking at the exhibition hall they were in and admiring the many top artworks displayed in this exhibition hall.

Without exception, each of them was completely shocked by this beautiful exhibition hall and completely attracted by those famous top artworks, and their expressions were fascinated.

Leonardo, who was standing a little later, and the rest of the Vatican people, all showed a little admiration in their eyes, and they were all impressed by Ye Tian's wonderful explanation.

After a pause, Ye Tian continued to smile and said loudly:

"Raphael's studio has a total of four rooms, and if you introduce them in the order in which Raphael painted, their order should be the Signature Hall, the Elliodoro Hall, the Fire Hall, and the Constantine Hall.

But if we look at the architectural layout and the order of the space to be visited, they should be arranged in such a way that first the Constantine Room, then the Eleodoro Room, the Signature Hall, and the Fire Hall.

Where we are now is the Constantine Room, which used to be the Papal Reception Room, which was designed by Raphael himself, but he only completed the draft and died before it was completed.

As the name suggests, this room is dedicated to Constantine the Great, and the four frescoes in the room mainly depict the Roman Emperor Constantine, who was of great importance to Christians.

In 312 AD, on the eve of the decisive battle at the Pont de Milvi against Maxentius for the throne, Constantine claimed to have seen the apparition of Christ, a symbol of the legitimacy of the Roman Empire's recognition of Christianity.

After the victory at the Battle of the Milvi Bridge, Constantine fulfilled his promise and issued the famous Edict of Milan, which allowed Christianity to spread rapidly from the ground to the earth.

Raphael used four frescoes to depict this subject, the baptism of Constantine, the appearance of the cross to Constantine, the Battle of the Milvi Bridge, and the Dedication of Constantine.

Because of Raphael's untimely death, most of these frescoes were painted by his students Romano, Penny and others on the basis of Raphael's drafts, which is somewhat regrettable.

Despite this, the grand and harmonious layout of these murals and the noble and elegant character creation still show the imprint of Raphael everywhere, let's start with the "Battle of Milvi Bridge" on the left."

With that, Ye Tian and Betty came to the left wall of the room and stood a few meters away, and began to admire this magnificent classicist mural, "The Battle of Milvi Bridge".

The Battle of Milvi Bridge was a famous battle that took place in 312 AD between Constantine and Maxentius.

With this victory, Constantine abolished the co-rule of the Four Emperors and became the sole monarch of the Roman Empire, marking the beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.

From then on, Christianity came from the underground to the earth, and with the strong support of the Roman Empire, it began to grow rapidly, and soon spread throughout the Western world.

After visiting this magnificent and magnificent fresco, Ye Tian and the others came to the next fresco, "The Cross Appears to Constantine", and began to appreciate this famous fresco.

Next is "The Baptism of Constantine", and finally "The Gift of Constantine", each mural, Ye Tian and they all carefully appreciated.

At the same time, Ye Tian gave a wonderful explanation to each mural here to deepen Betty's understanding and better appreciate these top artworks.

After admiring the four frescoes in the Constantine Room and several Renaissance sculptures displayed in this hall, Ye Tian and the others continued to walk forward and entered the next room.

The next room is the Elliodoro Room, a dazzling temple of art.

On the ceiling of this room, there are four ceiling paintings by Raphael, based on four stories from the Old Testament of the Bible.

They are Noah's departure from the ark, Abraham's desire to sacrifice Isaac, the burning of bushes in front of Moses, and Jacob's dream of the ladder.

On the walls of the room are several frescoes, all by Raphael, each of which is a priceless work of art, radiating a sparkle in the history of art!

The four frescoes are Eleodoro's Capture in the Temple of Jerusalem, St. Peter's Escape from Prison, The Mass of Bolsena, and Leo V's Defeat of Attila the Huns.

Among them, "Eleodoro was captured in the Jerusalem Temple" is the most famous, the main purpose of which conveys the inviolability of the church property, and the name of Eleodoro Room comes from this famous fresco!

The other three frescoes, "The Mass of Bolsena" and "St. Peter's Escape from Prison", and "Leo V Repels Attila the Huns", mainly express the spiritual and temporal power of the Church under the blessing of God.

Interestingly, on "The Capture of Eleodoro in the Temple of Jerusalem", the figure of the client, Pope Julius II, appears, which looks like a hard product placement!

And on the Mass of Bolsena, the client, Pope Julius II, reappears and is very conspicuous, and Raphael himself is incarnated as a member of the Swiss Guard, looking out of the picture!

This kind of creative technique can often be seen in Raphael's other works, and Raphael carried it forward to the extreme, and had a great influence on many painters at that time and in later generations.

After entering the Elliodoro Hall, Ye Tian first took a quick glance at the panorama, and then took Betty to the mural "St. Peter's Escape from Prison" and began to admire this famous mural.

At the same time, his professional explanation also began again, and it was still so exciting.

"St. Peter's Escape from Prison is a very special fresco by Raphael, which is a very famous light source work in the history of Western art.

The mural depicts the famous story of St. Peter, Jesus' great disciple, who was imprisoned for his mission, and God sent angels to rescue him.

As we all know, St. Peter was the first pope of Christianity, and if he is saved, it means that all future popes will be blessed by God, which is of great significance.

In the middle of the fresco, St. Peter is sleeping soundly, and the angel quietly descends at this moment to wake him up, and the angel radiates a strong light that illuminates everything.

The armor of the soldiers at the gate of the prison also reflected a bright light, and on the left side of the mural, the warden noticed that St. Peter had been rescued, so he immediately woke up the soldiers and told them to go after him.

The area to the left of the mural, the light source comes from the moon in the sky, cold and dark, and the prison warden still holds a torch in his hand, which is another light source in this famous mural.

The reason why Raphael's mural is classic is that these special light sources are constantly interspersed in the dark prison, which greatly enhances the sense of space and perspective,......"

While explaining, Ye Tian had also secretly opened the perspective and began to explore the famous fresco, as well as this wall.

As far as the eye could see, this mural and the wall that carried it were instantly seen through by Ye Tian, and there was no secret to speak of.

On this mural, Ye Tian discovered several small secrets left by Raphael, some of which had already been discovered and made public, and some of which were discovered for the first time and were not yet known.

There are hidden autographs left by Raphael, as well as some of the little tricks he played, which are harmless and hidden in various places in the paintings.

Unlike Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael rarely played such esoteric and puzzling games as mysterious characters and the Fibonacci sequence.

The secrets he left behind on his paintings seem to be more like real games, a little ridicule and emotional adjustment in the process of his artistic creation!

In addition to these little secrets, through perspective, Ye Tian seemed to see Raphael standing in front of this wall with a paintbrush in his hand, and he seemed to see the great era of bright stars!