Chapter 32: Leonardo da Vinci
The girl on this painting is indeed the same prototype as the "Mona Lisa's Smile" on display at the Louvre Museum, except that the Mona Lisa in this painting looks younger and the background has changed.
The painting has no name, but Li Zimu took it upon himself to name it "Gil Dakang", because the name of the girl in the painting is Lisa De Gil Dakang.
It would be a big mistake to say that this is a fake, because this is indeed Leonardo's own handiwork, and by the way, later generations called him Leonardo da Vinci, because this guy has no real surname, and according to today's words, it is a black market account......
The world only knows "Mona Lisa's Smile", but few people know that there is also "Mona Lisa Without Smiling". This painting was indeed painted by Leonardo himself, and there were not only one in his hands, but as far as he knew of two, there were two in France. Whether it is the typesetting order from top right to bottom left or perspective and many other painting methods, as long as the painting in the Louvre Museum has it, this painting has it, and the only difference is that there is no smile.
The painting of the Mona Lisa Leonardo did prepare for a long time, but it was not as difficult as later generations imagined, in fact, Leonardo completed the painting very early, but there was still a lack of that smile, so there were some manuscripts such as the Mona Lisa in his hand that did not smile.
It wasn't until Gildacan became pregnant that the painting was finally completed, as for whether this painting has many unsolved mysteries as later generations said, Li Zimu doesn't know, and it is estimated that Leonardo himself doesn't know, right?
When he thought of Leonardo, the first thing that Li Zimu thought of was not how talented this guy was, but his appearance, there was no way, the main thing was that this guy was too handsome, and even he who had always been called a beautiful man walked with this guy and felt a little covered.
Maybe it's because he stands out from the crowd because he is rich and rich, or because he has been with Li Zimu for a long time, Leonardo subconsciously has no thoughts about women, which also leads to the fact that he has never married a wife in his life.
However, it should be corrected that he was not a homosexual as later generations imagined, but because he devoted all his energy to studying academics.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius, not only in painting, but also in other fields He has a lot of achievements, but this guy is the same as Li Zimu, that is, he is low-key, he rarely discusses his opinions in front of others, and even some of his works are only discovered by everyone after they die.
Li Zimu first met Leonardo during the period of Zhenghe, it seems that at that time, the Western Regions was catching up with the social atmosphere of the Renaissance, and most outstanding talents and works emerged, which can be regarded as a huge innovation in European ideology and politics, and Huaxia is still the era of the Son of Heaven, but he is not good at evaluating this.
This is the sixth time he has gone to that place in the Western Regions, and the first time he went with Zhang Jian. This time he happened to be living in Venice, because there was war going on elsewhere, so it was the only place that was quieter.
The first time we met was in a small hotel, because there were too many people in the hotel to sit in the seats, the two of them were arranged at a small table.
In the end, Li Zimu paid for his meal with a gold sorid, because Italy was not unified at that time, and the currency of each city-state was different, for example, Milan used larry, while Venice used solid.
In fact, this guy is not as rich as everyone thinks. Although it is said that his father is rich and good as an official, as I said before, this guy is an illegitimate child with a black market hukou, except for his Sanniang who loves him more, the family doesn't look at him very well.
In addition, this guy's temperament is relatively stubborn, and he is too stubborn to say that he is light, since his third mother died, he has never used a penny from the family, and he was only sixteen years old that year.
These are all things that Leonardo himself said when he was drunk and Li Zimu, and he would not tell these secrets buried in his heart in normal times. Because of that gold coin, this guy stuck to the plum wood like a fart......
But this is also something Li Zimu is willing to do, in fact, if he wants to get rid of a person, it is not a problem at all, but he needs a local person to study with him when he first arrives, and Leonardo just appears.
Later, Li Zimu found out that in addition to painting, this guy also has a lot of attainments in other fields, such as playing the piano very well, and in addition to inventing a lot of small things, such as an iron lump that can walk on its own, etc. If it weren't for his own words, Li Zimu wouldn't have known that he had such a high reputation in Milan.
Li Zimu learned a lot of things from him, such as the lyre that is different from the guzheng and how to paint oil paintings, etc., it is worth mentioning that Li Zimu's mirror words were learned from him, because this guy is a left-hander, and the words he writes are very distinctive, just like the words on the printing clay, they are written backwards, and they have to be read upside down to understand.
However, this guy also learned a lot of skills from Li Zimu, such as how to carve, although he used to carve, but Li Zimu's carving technique was something he had never seen, but in the end he still couldn't learn it, because Li Zimu carving was carved with a sword blade, and it used internal force, and there was no way for others to learn it.
Later, the war in Milan stopped, and Italy recaptured Milan from the French, but at that time Leonardo was in no hurry to go back because he was working on the Mona Lisa.
Later, when the Mona Lisa was finished, Leonardo wanted Li Zimu to follow him to Milan, because it was his roots. But how could Li Zimu agree to him, the two have known each other for a long time, and if they stay together again, the latter will inevitably not notice the secret of Li Zimu, so Li Zimu decisively rejected him.
In the end, Leonardo stayed in Venice for a while longer, and in the end, Li Zimu slipped away quietly, because this guy had to follow him with a dead face......
Before leaving, Li Zimu only took this manuscript of the Mona Lisa, and he did not take away many things that Leonardo gave him, including the smile of the Mona Lisa, because he knew that the painting was very important to Leonardo, after all, the girl looked very much like his mother when she was young, otherwise how could this guy paint such a picture so painstakingly.
Shaking his head and sighing, every time he flipped through the previous things, he couldn't help but want to see things and think about people, and the faces of those people were as if they had happened yesterday, which made him feel very uncomfortable.