Chapter 310: The Louvre
Located on the north bank of the Seine River in the heart of Paris, France, the Louvre is the top of the four major museums in the world. For the Tuileries Park, Mu Yang's shallow geographical knowledge in his mind was not impressed at all, but when he heard the words Louvre, he understood it now.
The river next to him is the Seine, one of the two major arteries in the urban area of Paris, Mu Yang thought of this, turned his head and glanced at the quietly flowing river.
"Looks like you know this place very well, are you from Paris?" Muyang asked the girl.
"No, I'm from Lyon, but now I'm studying architecture and art in Paris, what about you." The girl asked.
"I, oh, just graduated from university and studied history, and I just had time during this time, so I walked around, and my first stop was Paris." Muyang told a little lie.
"The history of China? It seems that your history is so long, can you learn it? "The girl is also a little curious about ancient China.
"Yes, it's a bit long, it's not very easy to learn, there is a recorded history in China, and if you start counting from the oracle bone inscriptions, it's about 4,000 years." Muyang said.
"In 1000 BC, the Celts settled in France, and in the 1st century BC, Caesar, the Roman governor of Gaul, occupied all of Gaul, and Rome ruled here for 500 years. In the 5th century AD, the Franks conquered Gaul and established the Frankish kingdom, and we also have a history of 3,000 years in France. Ellie said.
Then the two looked at each other and smiled, each of them full of respect for the history of their country.
"It was a pleasure to talk to you, and I'm going to go inside the Louvre. What about you. The girl said.
"What time is it?" Muyang asked.
The girl looked at her phone and said, "Ten thirty in the morning." ”
Muyang thought for a while and said, "I also want to go to the Louvre, if I can." How we are together. ”
"Yes, I had a great time chatting with you just now. Let's go to the Louvre together. The girl stood up as she spoke, took her mobile phone and satchel, and walked away with Muyang.
It has been half an hour since Muyang came to this world, but he has never received a system task. Since the system does not issue tasks, I will go around here more, and I will treat it as a tour.
Muyang followed the girl, took out a mobile phone, and set the time to 10:30 a.m. on May 12, 2017.
The two of them walked while introducing the surrounding classical buildings to Muyang, which could be seen. Ellie is a very talkative girl and knows a lot about the architecture.
Along the way, as long as she saw a building, she would explain to Muyang the style of these buildings, what ancient Greek architectural style, ancient Roman architectural style, Romanesque architectural style, Gothic architectural style, Renaissance architectural style, Baroque architectural style, Rococo architectural style, romantic architectural style. Classical Revivalism, Eclecticism, Functionalism, and Modernism. Postmodernist architectural style.
Along the way, Muyang is like taking a vivid architectural style art class, but there is a beautiful woman to explain. It is not bad to see such a beautiful building as a teaching illustration on site. It's like a tour guide.
It's really a long knowledge, and it deserves to be a college student studying architecture and art.
Come to the entrance of the Louvre at the entrance of the iconic pyramid. "This gate is the masterpiece of your Chinese architect, I.M. Pei," said Ellie. ”
But when he got to the door, he encountered an embarrassing thing again, Muyang had no money, hehe, although the ticket was only 9 euros, he still couldn't get a penny.
"I invite you." The girl Ellie said happily.
"I'll treat you to lunch." Muyang said.
"Do you have any money?" Ellie looked at Muyang playfully.
Mu Yang had a black line on his head, "Of course, I just forgot to bring a franc when I just came out." ”
The two entered the museum, which is definitely a palace of art, worthy of being the first of the four major museums in the world, its rich collections, the strong artistic atmosphere, incomparable, here everywhere reveals the atmosphere of art, even if it is the display of objects, you can see the ingenuity of the manager.
Ellijie has not studied oil painting, but she still has some understanding of art, of course, mainly modern art, and Muyang, although he has not studied art, but don't forget that he is a duke in Spain, and naturally he has collected many artworks from that world.
Although it can't be sold in the real world, it's still okay to watch it in the castle by yourself, so I have more contact, and Muyang can still say a thing or two about some classical oil paintings and carvings.
The two of them complemented each other and had a great chat.
"In front of it is the Oriental Art Tube, which seems to have your Chinese cultural relics on display." Ellijie said, but she didn't see the unhappiness that flashed on Muyang's face.
Although it is a little uncomfortable for the antique artworks of his own country to be collected by other countries, Muyang can only express his helplessness.
Among the hundreds of museums in the world, there are records of nearly one million pieces of Chinese antique art, and most of them are fine. And those that fell into the hands of private people, it is estimated that there are about several million, these are the old China period, forcibly plundered by the Western powers, is the pain of the Chinese.
Many people in China, especially wealthy collectors, are trying to recover the Chinese art that has been lost abroad, but the result of doing so is once again falling into the calculations of Westerners, who are using those antique works of art to plunder China's financial capital.
According to statistics, in recent years, the value of Chinese antique artworks in the auction market has been rising, which makes Chinese proud, but also increases the difficulty of recovering antiques, and a large part of this is due to the speculation of those Western collectors that has heated up the Chinese art market, and then arbitraged.
"Do you want to take a look?" Ellie asked.
"Of course." Mu Yang nodded and said.
The two of them strolled down the tall corridor to an exhibition hall full of oriental art, not only Chinese antiques, but also works of art from almost all Oriental countries.
"Actually, my favorite is your Chinese porcelain, they are so beautiful, they are definitely rare works of art." Alyselle said to Muyang after looking at a few plum bottles.
"Every country has its own artistic achievements, so art is universal, and there is no distinction between the low and the noble." Muyang said.
"I agree with you." Ellie said.
At this moment, a group of three people, all fifty or sixty years old, walked through a gate, and the three of them walked over while talking in French. (To be continued.) )