Chapter 31: The Artist's Mood
Gao Yanei smiled.
"Yes, Ben Yanai and the others will find a few people to teach this rampant boy a lesson, in Gale City, he actually dares to steal the limelight in front of us!"
"Don't be rude, he's a friend of Lord Ouyang, so let's save some face."
"Don't worry, I'm the most measured."
Gao Yanei was triumphant, obviously he did this kind of thing a lot.
Cao Gongzi naturally didn't hear the whispers of Sikong Fu and Gao Yanei, he slapped his palm twice outside, and someone walked in with a plate.
There were four scrolls on that plate, I don't know what they were.
Murong Qi'er showed a look of disappointment, if this question was not for dancing, then she would definitely lose.
Zhu Ziyi's eyes lit up, Cao Gongzi's calligraphy and painting are unique, calligraphy has been out just now, this topic must be painting, and painting is what she is good at.
Sure enough, Cao Gongzi looked around and said: "Okay, the first four questions are very exciting, and the last question is for everyone to relax, and it is a question of painting identification." ”
Murong Qi'er almost spurted out a mouthful of blood, her only hope this time was to press Zhu Ziyi's head and not fall to the bottom, who knew that Cao Gongzi wanted to take the painting appreciation test, which would cost her life.
Epic Qin is a stealing joy, she can't paint Zhu Ziyi, but her connoisseurship is not under her, Master Su taught her a variety of things, calligraphy and painting appreciation is one of them, as long as she can beat Yue'er, it is today's little Oiran, it seems that the latecomer is on top, and she will have the last laugh.
Cao Gongzi ordered people to open the four scrolls and hang them, these are four landscape paintings, with labels hanging below, respectively, "Snow Scene Cold Forest", "Autumn Forest Waterfall", "Green Landscape" and "Linxi Sitting Alone", the picture scroll is slightly yellow, and the seal and inscription are covered with white paper, and there is no clue to see it.
"This question is not for you to paint, but to test the appreciation of the four girls, these four paintings, three are made by the famous painter Fan Kuan of the Taizu Dynasty, but one is the work of others, please appreciate it, write the selection on the paper, and finally reveal the mystery." When he said this, his eyebrows fluttered, and he was clearly obsessed with painting.
This question may seem simple, but it is actually difficult.
You must know that many imitation paintings can be fake and true, and Fan Kuan is famous, there are many imitators, among which there are many masters, even if they are connoisseurs, they may not be able to judge the authenticity, but the most difficult thing is that to identify paintings, to see the inscriptions and seals, now they are covered, the difficulty of identification has to be more than doubled.
Zhu Ziyi was a little surprised, Fan Kuan's paintings are worth a lot of money, and there are not many folk collections, this Cao Gongzi took three as soon as he made a move, obviously his family is well-off, and he is not an ordinary family.
The four girls walked in front of the painting in turn, the epic qin and Zhu Ziyi stayed for a long time, the epic qin was still close to the painting paper, touched it lightly with her fingers, and sniffed it with her nose.
When it was Yue'er's turn to look, she felt that these four scrolls were quite different, although the styles were very similar, but the lines and trends of the brushstrokes were not the same, and the composition and color were also different, it was possible that Fan Kuan was from immaturity to maturity in different periods, but it was difficult to distinguish them.
She stood for a moment, and suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu for the last painting.
That painting, the composition of the picture inherited the characteristics of Fan Kuan, but the brush and ink were dry, like Fan Kuan's later work, Yue'er suddenly thought of the painting hanging in her study, the two paintings seem to be in the same vein, but the technique in front of her is skillful and round, better than her study's "Yesterday Qingqing Today Dan", the painting is Ding Mao Xiaoyingshan Cao Jiu, she doesn't know who Cao Jiu is, but she thinks it should be a pseudonym.
Li Dahao shook his head, feeling very bored, he secretly decided in his heart that next time there was a little Oiran competition, he would not come to join in the fun.
The four girls wrote down the results of their identification on paper and handed them to Cao Gongzi, who opened it and laughed: "It's really unfortunate that the four girls actually chose four answers, which is good, only one of them is the correct solution." ”
Yue'er secretly thought: "I appreciate painting, I am a complete layman, when I was a child, my father didn't have time to teach me this, I don't know if Meng is right." ”
"Miss Ziyi, why did you choose the second "Autumn Forest Waterfall"?"
Cao Gongzi was the first to name Zhu Ziyi, which made Epic Qin a little jealous.
"Back to Cao Gongzi's words, Ziyi thought that Fan Kuan's work, the inscriptions and chapters are in the open place, this autumn forest waterfall, the words and chapters are in the real picture, it is contrary to common sense, and Ziyi thinks that it is imitated by others."
"Oh, that's what you did—"
Cao Gongzi waved his hand, and a subordinate uncovered a few pieces of white paper covering the painting, Zhu Ziyi looked at it intently, and suddenly turned pale.
"Miss Ziyi only based on the position of the inscription to judge the authenticity, it is not advisable, Mr. Fan's works are not confined to the form, this painting is a specially selected one by Xiaosheng, I didn't think that the best at painting Miss Ziyi would be fooled."
Murong Qi'er's heart was pounding, and when she heard Zhu Ziyi's wrong guess, she breathed a sigh of relief, now she is fighting for third with herself, and she must win.
"Miss Shiqin, tell me, why did you choose the third "Green Landscape"?"
"Yes, Qin'er used to swing between the first and third paintings, and I chose the third one because of the slight difference in the paper used for the third painting."
"Oh, does Mr. Fan Kuan have to use the same kind of paper for his life?"
"Not really, it's just one of them."
"And what about the second one?"
"Second, it is said that paintings such as green landscapes have only become popular in the court and in the market in recent years, and Qin'er thought that Fan Kuan did not have such excellent works when he was there, and he thought that they were impersonated works by later generations."
"Oh, is there a third?"
"Yes, that is, the rain used in this painting is not the kind that Mr. Fan usually uses, and there is a sense of intermittentness."
Speaking of this, Epic Qin glanced at Zhu Ziyi proudly, Zhu Ziyi hated it so much, she thought that she was deeply immersed in painting, but she made a hasty conclusion.
Cao Gongzi nodded, and ordered someone to take off the white paper covered on the painting, revealing the inscription, and the epic qin looked at it smugly, and couldn't help but be stupid, it said Dawei Fan Zhongli, as well as Fan Kuan's seal, Fan Zhongli is Fan Kuan's name, and this painting is actually Fan Kuan's work.
"Shiqin girl, the theme of green landscapes, is not popular in recent years, the great poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty also wrote the words of the Bodhisattva, twilight into the high-rise building, some people upstairs worried, the difficulty of Li Bai to write words has also become a person of other dynasties? When it comes to the use of paper and the use of paper, it is related to the artist's state of mind, and it is not enough to distinguish the authenticity from the fake. ”
Epic Qin's eyes dimmed, she didn't win this question, it depends on Yue'er's result, if she doesn't win, she still has a chance to test with her, otherwise this time the little Oiran will fall into the Frost Leaf Pavilion.
Cao Gongzi looked at the remaining two daughters with a smile in his eyes.
Murong Qi'er knows that only she and Yue'er have a chance now, Yue'er is a little oiran if she wins, and if she wins, she will rank third, she is now nervous about who Cao Gongzi calls first, who first calls, who may be wrong.
"Miss Yue'er, tell me why you think the fourth painting is an imitation?"
Cao Gongzi called Yue'er first, she thought about it, and she really didn't know what reason she could make up, after all, she was very unfamiliar with painting.
"Yes, Yue'er thinks that Mr. Fan's work, there are many landscapes, and there are few characters, although the fourth "Sitting Alone in the River" is mainly landscape, but the characters in the painting are vivid, both the leisure of the mountains and flowing water, and the elegance of stealing half a day of leisure, it can be seen that the painter is in an outstanding mood, I think, this painting is not an imitation of Mr. Fan, but inadvertently entered Mr. Fan's artistic conception."
When these words came out, even Yue'er herself felt that it made sense, and she couldn't help laughing.
Cao Gongzi's face showed approval.
"So, you distinguish from the artistic conception of the painting?"
"Yes, this is Yue'er's shallow opinion, teach Cao Gongzi to laugh."
"Okay—"
Cao Gongzi smiled incomprehensibly at Yue'er, turned his head, and said to Murong Qi'er: "Miss Murong, why did you choose the first one?" ”