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Today is the first Sunday of the month, wow! All museums are free. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info This made An Qingju and An Chuyu earn an extra day in vain, and with the six-day museum pass in the back, the one of the two oil thieves was having fun.

It wasn't too early to go out, it was about nine o'clock. But Paris on a weekend morning is really refreshing. The streets are quiet, with blue dots and white clouds reflecting the streets of Paris. I can't say what it's like, but I think this kind of street is really good for walking.

Walk down the main street and discover a different kind of Paris on Sunday. There are also walking paths in the middle of the down and down lanes on some streets in Paris, which can be walked by cyclists or dog walkers.

The streets of Paris are generally wide, and it is not enough to have walking paths on both sides of the road. It seems that Baron Ottoman took this into account a hundred years ago. On Sundays, this middle pedestrian path naturally becomes a market.

In the past, when An first met, he thought that all major shopping malls and supermarkets could close their doors on Sundays (which is also commendable, and he could put money without making money), and it was just that, if people bought daily necessities, where would they go?

It seems that it would be nice to come to the market! The things in these bazaars look so fresh, there are all kinds of meats, all kinds of fresh or seasoned meats, and cooked sausages; Fruits and vegetables are abundant; There are also various sauces, various pastries for baking. Most of the things are not packaged and are familiar to many stall owners and customers.

These bazaars were put on the streets at some point, but by Monday they were absolutely clean as if they had never happened. An Qingju and An Chuyu saw that some tourists simply settled breakfast here, and asked for a large piece of fragrant pie that had just come out of the pot, and ate it while walking, which was so refreshing.

Today, An Qingju and An Chuyu went to the Musée d'Orsay for the first time. Gratis. The first time An Qingju and An met was to walk around the various exhibition halls of the Musée d'Orsay. Later, I went again, only for the exhibits that An Qingju and An Chuyu were worried about.

There are three major art galleries in Paris, divided into chronological order of the artworks on display. respectively. The Louvre, the Musée d'Orsay and the Centre Pompidou. Among them, the Louvre displays works of art from before 1848; The Centre Pompidou is a modern art poster. The Musée d'Orsay, which is here in between Western art.

An Qingju and An Chuyu have read a little bit of books on Western art history. There is a documentary about "Western Art History", which is similar to the chronological division of European art and the museums that An Qingju and An first met visited, so let's take this as the subject for the time being. According to the documentary. Western art is roughly divided into six stages.

Post-Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical, Romantic, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist. The works of art from the first five periods can be seen in the Louvre, and parts of Neoclassicism and Romanticism, as well as works from the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist periods, are located in the Musée d'Orsay.

Of course, these periods are divided by the iconic chronology of their appearance, and even in the Impressionist period, there were still people who created works that reflected the style of the Romantic period.

This explains why the Musée d'Orsay sometimes sees works in the neoclassical and even Rococo styles, which were later imitations of the style of the earlier period, but not from that period.

The entire museum was converted into a railway station, on the left bank of the Seine, directly opposite the Louvre. The translucent dome of the waiting hall brings natural light to the museum.

On this day, An Qingju and An first met. The long queue outside the door came and went, and it took half an hour to get in. Later, when An Qingju and An Chuyu went with a museum pass, they could go directly from the other entrance, and there was no queue.

In addition to the main hall, no other exhibition halls in the museum are allowed to take pictures - unlike the Louvre. The exhibits inside the Louvre are photographed, as long as they don't use flash.

What's even happier is that the Musée d'Orsay has a Chinese audio guide, 5 euros per person, which is worth renting. Of course. If you don't need an audio guide, you can also buy a Chinese version of the Olympiad guide in the shop. 9 euros a book, which contains high-resolution photos of almost all the famous exhibits.

Most importantly, the names of the artists translated in this Chinese version of the guidebook are exactly the same as our Chinese translation habits - as you will find later, this is important.

In addition to the artwork, the building is also something to admire. The old bell that served as a train station has been preserved, and it has a lot of taste. There is also a particularly tall café in the museum. There is a strong artistic atmosphere inside, and it is also an option to go in elegantly. Of course, An Qingju and An Chuyu also went in to take a look, just to take pictures haha.

An Qingju and An Chuyu are not art professionals, and watching Western art is purely appreciation, and they like it when they look good; If you can't understand it, you pull it down - so An Qingju and An Chuyu didn't go to the Pompidou Center. Privately, I thought there would be more people who couldn't understand it. In terms of art form, An Qingju and An Chuyu like painting more than sculpture.

One is the relationship between colors, and the other is the lack of plot in the sculpture. Most of the sculptures describe a single scene of people and objects, and most of the time they can only be understood and appreciated through the expressions of the characters and the stories behind the sculptures. Painting is different, a painting can be a landscape, it can record a historical fact, it can capture a moment of life.

This is true of both the Renaissance and the Impressionists. In the era when there was no photography, An Qingju and An Chuyu could not only get close to history through these paintings, but also visit the spiritual world of people at that time by appreciating the paintings.

The paintings I don't like are mainly religious subjects (unless they are particularly beautiful), and there are single portraits of people (unless they are particularly good). My favorite paintings are mainly depicting landscapes of people, people and nature, human life, and so on.

Well, let's talk about some works that An Qingju and An Chuyu particularly liked and appreciated, and listed them here as a commemoration.

There are also favorites in sculpture. For example, this one is written by Ernest. Mesonire (it is estimated that the translation in Chinese should be Messonier). The sculpture, called The Traveler, is a mixture of wax, cloth and leather, depicting Napoleon's expedition to Russia. This small sculpture vividly interprets the fierce cold wind of the time and the feeling of defeat on the way of the expedition.

I don't like to look at sculptures anymore, but Rodin's sculptures always like to look at them. This "Gates of Hell" is naturally famous and worth watching. This work cleared the blindness of An Qingju and An Chuyu. One is how to make bronze sculptures; The second is the relationship between "The Gates of Hell" and Rodin's "thinker".

First of all, how to make a cast bronze sculpture? Originally, the original manuscript was carved with plaster or cement, and then turned into a mold for pouring. After that, it is poured (that is, the liquid metal) and cooled. Finally, it is spliced together and then sanded.

Rodin's "Gates of Hell" is based on the Divine Comedy. Originally, this work was meant to decorate the museum, but it somehow became a soup. As a result, this sculpture became a breeding ground for many of Rodin's later masterpieces. This Gates of Hell depicts the complexities of human beings' ever-struggling humanity and emotions and contains 186 works.

Many of the smaller components were enlarged by Rodin (which was also one of the early design steps of the cast bronze sculpture). First make a small model, then enlarge it) into an immortal masterpiece, for example. The "Thinker" at the top of the door frame - its first pouring bronze statue is in the Panthéon. And "Kiss", "Eve", all on this door.

Of course, more of Rodin's bronze sculptures can be seen at the Musée Rodin and even everywhere in Paris.

Ingres's works can be seen in the Louvre, and he is a model of neoclassicism. But this work was made in 1856, so it came to Orsay.

What impressed me deeply was the back of the bathing girl he painted (called "bathing girl"), there was a person taking a bath, and a group of people taking a bath. This "Spring" is different from the eldest sister who bathes, although she is not wearing anything, it does not look lewd at all, but very innocent.

The real original painting is 1.6 meters high, and it looks like the girl in the picture is life-size. The skin is extremely delicate, but it's really not so beautiful.

When An Qingju didn't know anything about art, he saw the poster of this painting on the stall. I think it's beautiful. This painting is also very famous in China, and many messy art studios like to hang the oil printing painting of "Spring" to show its excellent "art appreciation".

The author of this painting, An Qingju, and An Chuyu, are not familiar at all, and their name is Henry. Renio was a romantic painter who died young. However, the painting is in the neoclassical style and is called "The Execution of the Moorish King of Granada without Trial" and was painted in 1870. The name is also extra-long.

However, this painting is 3 meters high, and it is created from the perspective of looking up, and the picture is particularly spectacular and bloody. It depicts the cruelty of the Muslim kings who occupied Spain and Portugal for 781 years, and the painter did his job. The ruthlessness of the moment when the knife fell was vividly depicted. Standing in front of the painting, it is almost as if you can smell blood.

Miller's works are in the Orsay several times, most notably in "Vespers" and "The Gleaners"; It's a realistic theme. Talk about your feelings. Personally, I prefer to watch "The Gleaner", the picture is relatively large, the width is 1.1 meters, the colors are relatively bright, and the scene of rural life is rushing to the face.

The three gleaners are patient, humble, loyal, have no facial expressions, and do not shout something like other realist paintings, but rely on their body movements to express their lives. The Gleaner has a religious theme, and the Bible contains many scenes of peasants working in the fields.

In the past, painters painted very little, and Miller echoed religious themes with realism. In the Louvre, I have seen a group of paintings of the four seasons that seem to be Poussin, and there are also scenes similar to gleanings, but in Miller's works, the "laborer in the field" is the real owner of the picture, which is very special in that era.

Courbet, he is a representative of realism. His famous painting "Atelier" is in the Musée d'Orsay. The picture is large, more than 3 meters wide. The content of the picture is strange. Courbet sits in the middle, painting a landscape. On the left of the whole picture is a bunch of models of the painter, posing in different poses, but none of these models are in the painter's painting.

On the right side of the picture are a group of friends of the artist, who may have come to order the painting or to appreciate the creative process. There is a nude woman standing next to the painter, the light is the brightest, and no one stands so much and doesn't care, obviously the painter's model, but sincerely admires the painter (it is estimated that both the painting and the person appreciate it), and there is a child standing on the side, who admires and watches the painter paint.

Does the painting depict the life of the painter, or the life of the orderer, or some kind of life? It's still a realistic theme, and it looks quite godlike.

Well, to Impressionism. Manet said. "An Chuyu only paints what An Chuyu sees, not what pleases others; An Chuyu only paints the real, not the imagination. This is actually "impressionism". An Qingju felt that "impression" was probably a very subjective thing, and Manet's impression became like this.

Titian's "Venus" is this and this prostitute in Manet's "impression". Female ("Olympia"), Titian's "pastoral concert" in Manet's "impression" is the author's family on a spring outing ("Lunch on the Grass"). And what was originally three portraits was merged by Manet into one, and it became three people who looked like each other poked in front of the balcony.

Give Ann a feeling of first encounter, Henry. Fontaine-Latour is more or less a non-smoking journalist painter, that is, a painter of painters. I don't know what the reputation of this man is, but he is obviously professionally trained in fine arts, and I heard that he is still a transitional figure from romanticism to impressionism.

His paintings remained in the Orsay, and An Chuyu felt that a big reason was that he painted the collective activities of the Impressionist masters at that time with the same eyes as a journalist. It's also very good, at least I know what the parents look like, and there are also "activity scenes", which is equivalent to photography.

Both of these paintings are very large, so they are very realistic, which shows the skill of the painter. The one on the left, Homage to Delacroix, is 2.5 meters wide, and the more famous Atelier de la Bardinon on the right is 2.7 meters wide.

The one in the white shirt on the left is Fontaine Latour, and the one standing next to him with a flower and the one on the right is Manet. On the right, Renoir is standing in a frame with a hat, and on the far right, Claude is a little blurred. Monet.

Finally it's time for Claude. Monet, the founder of Impressionism, is also an iconic figure. An Qingju and An first met, and the first stop they went to in France was the small town of Giverny, which was to see Monet painting lotus ponds. Ann's first encounter is not here to talk nonsense, in a simple word, if you want to see Monet, you will have to come to Paris. (To be continued.) )

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