Chapter 208: Uffizi Gallery

After the visit, the cathedral of Florence, head Xia Yuxiang took everyone to the Uffizi Gallery, which is a world-famous painting art museum.

Xia Yuxiang said: "In my experience, every time I go to a city, I like to go to see the landmark buildings first, and then go to the museum, which displays a lot of exhibits left over from the history of the city. ”

Qu Lihua stood outside the Uffizi Art Gallery and looked up, the color of the exterior wall of this art museum is more solemn, with brown and dark gray as the main colors, and the main church I saw before, the gray and orange dome colors are completely different, giving people a different feeling.

Such a design can make people feel the solemnity of history, Qu Lihua and Meng Wenjie took pictures outside, and then followed Captain Xia Yuxiang and Oliver inside.

There are a lot of showcases inside, and when you go in, you can see it with your own eyes, and the feeling of being up close is different from the feeling of looking at pictures on the Internet before.

Oliver said: "Yes, Captain Xia is right, we have mentioned many Italian art masters before, they have famous writers, poets, architects, painters, and some musicians, they are all great people, mentioning their names, it is really sparkling, I have already given you some introductions. ”

"This museum is famous for its collection of works by representatives of the European Renaissance and other painting schools, such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Tintoretto, Rembrandt, Rubens, Van Dyck, etc., and has a collection of sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome, which is a treasure trove of Renaissance art. ”

"There are a lot of tourists who come here to visit, most of them are admired, we know that Italian painting is very famous, there are many painting masters, they have integrated their thoughts and what they want to express in their hearts into their paintings, and they have become world famous paintings, these paintings, all after so many years, it is not easy to preserve, each one is priceless. ”

"Exhibited in a museum of fine arts, not auctioned, exhibited in a museum to let visitors from all over the world know more about Italian culture, which has become a treasure of Italy, and when you think of the works of these masters, you think of Italy. ”

Oliver introduced to everyone: "The Uffizi Palace was originally the office of the illustrious Medici family, the Medici family was a big banker, known as the uncrowned king of Florence, this family is really rich, very powerful, they have a fine tradition of hobbing, supporting and protecting culture and art, and they also attach great importance to these treasures, that is, because of the attention, these artistic treasures can be preserved and displayed in front of everyone." ”

Qu Lihua asked curiously, "Oliver, I can understand a few famous paintings, but I am not very familiar with the works of several other masters, can you help us explain?"

"Okay, let me introduce you to you, let's choose the famous ones, among the exhibits are L. da Vinci's "The Wise Men Come to Worship", Michelangelo's "Holy Family", S. Botticelli's "Spring", Titian's "Venus of Urbino", Raphael's self-portraits, and masterpieces by A. Mantegna, Correggio and other masters. ”

"It is said that there are 45 exhibition halls with a collection of more than 100,000 pieces, and I have to ask the staff how many pieces, but I only know the approximate number, but you can also see from these figures that this art museum has a large collection. ”

"Why are there so many collections?" Qu Lihua exclaimed.

"Because the time is long, from the Middle Ages to the present, many years, the longer the time, the more painting masters, more people, a painting master creates several works, some even create a dozen, dozens of works, a lot of people, a long time, the accumulation of more and more works, so the collection is more and more, so the art museum is also very large, otherwise so many collections can not be placed, so when building this art museum, it is necessary to be thoughtful. ”

The collection was so rich that even Napoleon's expedition to Italy in 1796 saw the museum's collection, which shows that the collection was so beautiful at that time, and Napoleon was a man of knowledge, and he also admired works of art very much. ”

Only the statue of Venus Medici was looted by Napoleon to the Louvre and later returned to Italy. ”

"Famous paintings, sculptures, ceramics are treasures here, it is one of the largest and highest art museums in the world, everyone is rare to come here, you must take a good look, each collection more or less represents the Renaissance, you can see the progressive ideas and culture of the time. ”

"The exhibits are displayed in chronological order and genre, from here you can not only see the trend of the development of Italian art, but also get a general understanding of the various schools of world art, especially painting art, in front of the collection, there are also interpretive staff, there are beautiful Italian beauties, they explain in Italian and English, meet Chinese tourists, can also speak a few words of Chinese. ”

Bonisena's Madonna and Child caught Qu Lihua's attention, and she stood in front of the painting, looking at it intently.

The oil paintings are well preserved, although many years have passed, but the pictures are still clean and tidy, and there is no sign of oldness and yellowing, which shows how much effort the staff has put into preserving these world-famous paintings.

A mother with her hair tied back and wearing an orange dress with a green coat over it, she held two children, both boys, naughty and cute, and the mother's eyes revealed the mother's love.

Meng Wenjie also stopped to watch, he looked at a few more oil paintings, the painting is clear and has obvious Renaissance characteristics, and strives to be subtle and subtle, forming an original smoke-like tone in the artistic technique, highlighting the theme, the characters are lifelike, the demeanor is natural, and the movements are different.

Oliver said: "Now that the world's major museums and galleries have started the process of digitizing their collections, we can also see realistic images, which is also the result of the application of modern technology to museums and art galleries, so that more people who like art can see these world masterpieces." ”

Qu Lihua and Meng Wenjie stopped to watch and nodded in praise.

It can be seen that the creative masters of the Renaissance have their own creativity and novel ideas, and they have integrated their ideas into their paintings, and have put a lot of thought into their paintings. ”

Oliver nodded, "Yes, it's true, these masters are amazing, it's really not easy, their classic works, some descendants can't surpass them, and they have established their status as masters of art in the painting world." ”

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