Chapter 113, Xi Qing's literary and artistic feelings
It's just that what shocked Xi Qing was not the expressiveness of this sculpture, but because the inside of the sculpture that Xi Qing saw, if you calculate according to time, this should be a work from the 14th to 15th centuries. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Like this sculpture that is 100% carved by man, its value may not be lower than the treasures I received.
"Xi Qing, you don't know this? This is the treasure of Notre-Dame Cathedral, Michelangelo's 25-year-old sculpture "Sadness" ah......"
Tao Xiaoman still knew about this work, so he was a little surprised by Xi Qing's question, smiled and said: "As soon as this work came out, it caused a huge sensation, and people didn't believe that such an excellent work would come from a young man who was only 25 years old.
For this reason, Michelangelo engraved his name on the belt on the chest of the Madonna in the statue, which is the only work he has signed during his lifetime......"
Listening to Tao Xiaoman's words, Xi Qing put his hand on the glass, eager to use a hammer to smash the glass open, and carry away the sculpture inside.
Of course, this mind can only be thought about, and those big-nosed French policemen may not understand Xi Qing's Chinese culture.
After leaving Notre Dame Cathedral, Tao Xiaoman took Xi Qing to the Guimet Museum in Paris, Tao Xiaoman had been here before, she knew that there were many Chinese cultural relics here, and thought that Xi Qing would like it.
After spending six euros per person to enter the Guimet Museum, when he saw the first object hanging on the wall, Xi Qing's face immediately became a little ugly.
It is a "Amitabha Western Pure Land Change", from the style point of view, Xi Qing can recognize at a glance, this is from China from Dunhuang Tang Dynasty products, and next to it "Puxian Bodhisattva Riding Elephant" and "Walking Monk Statue", both represent the masterpieces of the Tang Dynasty art influence Buddhism.
In this case, walking in this museum, it is almost like being in China, almost all the collections are from China. It's no wonder that the Guimet Museum houses treasures looted from other countries, including China, which was one of the most plundered.
Seeing the jade carving of "White Jade Tiger" placed under the glass cover, the tiger walked sideways on the clouds, the body lines were engraved, simple and fluent, imposing, masculine and mysterious, it was obviously a work of the Western Han Dynasty, if it was auctioned in China, the minimum value was more than 50 million.
And the double beast ear, the four-legged square seat, the top cover has been lost, the mouth is decorated with a circle of phoenix patterns, and the abdomen is composed of a hook and thunder pattern, marking the work belonging to the late Yin Shang period, which is also a priceless treasure.
Tao Xiaoman, who was following Xi Qing, didn't know that Xi Qing looked at these precious cultural relics, and his heart was more angry, those Buddha heads that were obviously taken off by violence, and the huge "Kangxi Southern Tour Map" stored in glass and hung on the wall, saw Xi Qing's heart blocked.
These objects are all real, and their origins, needless to say, were snatched by these foreign devils who knocked on China's door with guns and cannons, and admired their national treasures in foreign countries, Xi Qing had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
In fact, not only were the objects here taken away from China during the catastrophe, but also many so-called adventurers who took advantage of China's civil strife and its low prices to smuggle out of China.
Just like the royal Taoist people in Dunhuang back then, just for the sake of coveting just four pieces of horseshoe silver, equivalent to 200 taels of silver, they sold 24 boxes of scriptures and 5 boxes of Buddhist paintings to the British-Hungarian Stein, leaving only the desolate murals of the Mogao Grottoes.
Seeing that some Chinese tourists in the museum were making a fuss pointing out those things that belonged to their own country, Xi Qing even turned out the eighteen generations of the Qing Dynasty braided ancestors who made evil back then.
"If you don't look at it, it's boring......"
Xi Qing is a little interested, compared to China's many precious cultural relics in foreign museums for people to visit, Xi Qing hopes that foreign artworks can be placed in Chinese museums.
It's just that although China is much more developed than before, its overall national strength is still not good, and if it can flex its muscles as often as the American stick, perhaps the so-called "eight-nation coalition" of those years will obediently and automatically return to China the property looted more than a century ago.
"What's the matter, these things are the most precious relics, don't you like them?"
Tao Xiaoman was studying abroad during this time, and she knew the preciousness of these things, but she didn't understand Xi Qing's mood at the moment.
"It's precious, and I like it too, but I prefer them to be stored in Chinese museums rather than here, which only shows that these things were stolen by robbers!"
Xi Qing's emotions were a little excited, and the words were very loud, and many Chinese tourists around heard them, and everyone showed a contemplative look on their faces, Xi Qing's words made their hearts also touch a little, and there was no longer that excited expression on their faces.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think of that, so why don't we leave......"
Tao Xiaoman saw Xi Qing's excited appearance, and apologized to Xi Qing with some guilt.
"Hehe, it's none of your business, it's okay, let's go......"
Xi Qing smiled and hugged Tao Xiaoman, put her right hand on her soft waist, and walked out of the museum with Tao Xiaoman.
"By the way, Tao Xiaoman, is there any antique shop in Paris? Something that specializes in old stuff? I thought I could take it back and give it to my teacher, who loved it. ”
After walking out of the museum, Xi Qing also wondered if he could buy one or two Chinese treasures, and maybe some of the treasures were scattered among the people of Paris.
As long as it is a cultural relic, there are always some pearls covered with dust, Xi Qing thinks that maybe some treasures will be left behind in the people.
"Antique shop? I really don't know, let me think about ......"
Tao Xiaoman hadn't paid attention to these things before, and after hearing Xi Qing's words, he thought for a while and suddenly said: "I remember, there seems to be a street in the sixth district, which sells some strange things, why don't we go and have a look?" ”
After Tao Xiaoman finished speaking, he then said: "But Xi Qing, I'm not sure it's an antique store......
Xi Qing knew that he was not in a very good mood today, which affected Tao Xiaoman, and he was also a little embarrassed in his heart, so he took Tao Xiaoman's hand and said, "It's okay, let's go and have a look, anyway, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower have been there, so let's take it as a shopping......"
The 6th arrondissement of Paris, also known as the "Luxembourg district", is located on the banks of the South River in the Seine-Marne, and is home to many shops, cinemas, theaters, and the vast Jardin du Luxembourg.
Like the French Academy, the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty of Dentistry, the Mineral Faculty and many primary and secondary schools, the French House of Lords building is located in the Jardin du Luxembourg, and the atmosphere of culture is extremely strong.
Xi Qing and the others are now in the sixteenth district, and it took more than half an hour to take a taxi before they found the place Tao Xiaoman said.
According to the English-speaking French driver, this is called Furstemberg Street, which is an extremely quiet street full of Left Bank literary atmosphere, he does not know what it is called antiques, but he knows that there are many historical things there.
Walking hand in hand with Tao Xiaoman in this street where there are obviously not many people, Xi Qing feels that although it is not as famous as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Incense Street and other attractions, it has another intellectual and emotional side, exuding a different kind of Parisian romantic style.
On both sides of the street are some shops with classical decoration style, which can be regarded as satisfying Xi Qing's thoughts, and pulling Tao Xiaoman's family to shop.
…… Tao Xiaoman held a puppet with a big nose Pinocchio in "Pinocchio", looked at Xi Qing, and said unabashedly in his eyes: "Xi Qing, you see this is so cute......"
"Buy it if it's cute!"
Xi Qing nodded heavily, he helped Paris get back those treasures, and Mayor Huntley gave him a thousand euros, which is equivalent to tens of thousands of yuan.
Tao Xiaoman smiled, "Thank you." ”
I don't know if I came here right or wrong, because after shopping for a long time, most of the objects in these stores are some interesting things, although there are also imitations of Renaissance oil paintings and some works of art, but they obviously do not meet Xi Qing's requirements.
After more than an hour of shopping, Xi Qing gained nothing, but his hands were full of gadgets purchased by Tao Xiaoman.
"Madan, why didn't Hitler's old boy blow up Paris?"
This street was built in 1886 and has experienced two world wars without the slightest damage, which makes Xi Qing's heart very unbalanced.
After Xi Qing walked out of a shop, he scolded indignantly in his heart, Xiao Ri Ben destroyed China all over the place, and this fucking Hitler also occupied Paris, why didn't he rob it and burn it all? It seems that Hitler is still more literate than Xiao Ri.
Compared with Hitler, who had a bit of an artistic temperament and loved beautiful architecture, the Japanese emperor was simply a miscellaneous.
After they entered China, they ruined Chinese civilization, destroyed many buildings, and robbed too many treasures.
After coming out, the two visited several stores, and Tao Xiaoman said, "Xi Qing, come and see this one, there are a lot of Chinese things in it......"
Xi Qing, who didn't want to go shopping much, chased after Tao Xiaoman after hearing Tao Xiaoman's shout, this is also coming by himself, he can't sweep away the interest of his prospective daughter-in-law, right?
Xi Qing entered the store and glanced at it, this store area is not small, divided into five or six areas, the first place to enter the door, all the Chinese handicrafts, of course, these things are not so good, can only be called handicrafts, you know, "Made in China" is very powerful.
There are a lot of friends who travel abroad, see some very delicate handicrafts, and are ready to buy them and bring them back to China as a souvenir, who knows that when they go to China to show off to friends, a few English letters under those handicrafts madeinchina, which clearly explains the origin of these things.
That sadness is not how big the road is, naturally, medeinchina is factory in China, I didn't expect that I went out of the country, picked my eyes, and finally chose a made in China.
Xi Qing looked at these things for a long time, and sure enough, under Xi Qing's careful identification, these things are all exported to domestic sales, either used to fool foreigners who do not understand Chinese culture, or used to deal with those Chinese who come to foreign Taobao, anyway, none of the seemingly exquisite things are true.
On the other side, there are some cold weapons and armor from the European Middle Ages, as well as many spears, halberds, war hammers, battle axes and bows and arrows.
On both sides of the corridor, there are closed and locked glass windows, which are decorated with many handicrafts of various countries, including East Asian lacquerware, such as paper fans and dressing boxes, and those paper fans are painted with pictures of spring, which seems to be the earliest prototype of the Japanese AV industry.
There are all kinds of lighters that have been worn out in the glass window, and even the old revolver and revolver flintlock pistol, neatly lined up in the glass window, not to mention, these things are still a little interesting.
Because of the lack of understanding of these things, Xi Qing did not dare to try rashly, but it looked like something from some years, but it was actually a modern handicraft.
Judging from the appearance and pulp alone, Xi Qing can't tell the age of these objects, but the warm current in his body can feel different things after touching things, and ordinary counterfeit things have no reaction.
Walking to the back of the shop, there are some Renaissance works from the late 12th century, the most conspicuous of course the oil paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael, but Xi Qing knows that these things must be fake.
In addition, under the oil paintings hanging on the wall, there are many clocks that look like the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including pocket watches and wall clocks, in various styles, about fifty or sixty yuan, and on each watch, there is a small label indicating the price.
"Huh? It's a good watch......"
Xi Qing pointed to a pocket watch with a silver chain in the glass case, and said to the middle-aged Frenchman who had been looking at him in non-standard English: "Can you understand English?" ”
"I will."
Obviously, the boss's English is better than Xi Qing's.
"Then please take out that watch, I want to take a look......"
"Of course, sir, I will be happy to serve you......"
The middle-aged man politely bent down to Xi Qing, took out a bunch of keys from his waist, opened the glass cabinet, and took out the pocket watch that Xi Qing wanted to see.
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