Chapter 185: A Masterpiece
Mu Sen tried his best to keep quiet and said to Captain Wu: "Although there is a clear difference between medieval and Renaissance paintings, they can be classified as a period, and the most important and the most famous should be the last period, modern art." It may sound complicated to distinguish between the paintings of www.biquge.info period, but it is not difficult to summarize them simply. With that, Mu Sen led everyone into the exhibition hall.
Pointing to a section of the paintings, he said, "For example, here are a few paintings with red, gold, and blue as the main colors, and all of them are religious themes, then it is medieval painting." When appreciating these works of art, we may feel that the expressions of such paintings are very stiff, and even the characters seem to look similar, but in fact, in the eyes of those who do not understand, the history of Western painting is the process of going from the elementary school level to the level of the Academy of Fine Arts in the Baroque period, and finally back to the level of modern art kindergarten. Most of these medieval paintings are on screens or in churches. Mussen said, jotting something down in his notebook.
Then, after looking at it carefully for a long time, Moussen pointed to another part of the painting and said: "Most of the figures like this are in the center of the whole painting, and the background is landscape, and nine times out of ten they are Renaissance." Mona Lisa knows, right? That's the quintessential work. The paintings of this stage had a sense of perspective from near and far, and they also became more and more realistic, not as rigid as medieval paintings. The masters of painting in this period are not as mysterious as they were in the Middle Ages, and they should be widely known. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, the three great masters of the Renaissance. β
"Are there any of their paintings here?" The only thing Captain Wu could know was the Mona Lisa, but he couldn't find it after looking for a long time, so he had no choice but to ask Mu Sen for advice.
Mu Sen nodded and said, "Yes." How could such a large exhibition not have masterpieces. Michelangelo's "Jesus Descends the Cross", Leonardo da Vinci's "Knight", Raphael's "Batista Evangelism" We write down these paintings, and then analyze what clues are hidden in them. β
Captain Wu was very unoptimistic and said: "Just these paintings, in addition to religion, are grotesque that people can't understand, but they are not as clear as the two shrimps that Qi Baishi painted casually." Isn't it a bit fanciful to plan to find clues to the murder from here? β
Seeing that Captain Wu didn't have much confidence, Mu Sen persuaded: "Don't worry. There's got to be what we want. β
Soon, they reached the central part of the exhibition hall, where the paintings were very beautiful. Compared with the previous one, even Captain Wu can see the beauty. I only heard Captain Wu whisper to Mu Sen: "Look, the paintings here are still good." Look at that plate of fruit, even the mold on the apples, the wilts on the leaves. β
For Captain Wu's kind of go-to words that he didn't understand at all, Mu Sen and Mo Zitong were quite helpless. Mo Zitong lowered his voice at this time and said: "This is a work of the Baroque period, a period when Western painting was at its peak. Every painting. Even the most subtle and inconspicuous places have been delicately depicted by the author. Intricate patterns on clothes, rust on armor, detailed sheet music on a piano stand in the distance, and so on. Fine perfection is the summary of Baroque painting. β
Captain Wu listened with a big head, and he said as if surrendering: "Okay, okay, you guys, can this plate of fruit give us clues to kill?" β
Mu Sen ignored Captain Wu. Instead, he wrote down several paintings from this period in turn: Rembrandt's Danae, The Man in the Golden Helmet. Rubens's The Plundering of the Daughters of Lucibos, as well as Latour's St. Joseph the Carpenter and Meddala at the Oil Lamp. Moussen feels that these are not only the representative works of the Baroque period exhibited in this exhibition, but also the deep meaning of the paintings can be slowly explored. While they can't all be useful, they can only be filtered and filtered over and over again.
By this time, Captain Wu had already begun to yawn on the side. Watching art exhibitions is for him. I'm afraid it's more torturous than listening to an opera. As he himself said, the opera can at least sit and sleep, but to see the exhibition, you have to stand and walk.
Captain Wu yawned again at this time and asked, "How is it, isn't it over yet?" I really don't understand. What do these strange men and women mean? β
Mu Sen smiled and said, "If you don't understand more, cheer up, we have to choose." There are not many that can still be understood, and the rest that cannot be understood will depend on us to discuss. β
Captain Wu glared at him in surprise and asked, "Is this still called understandable?" What does that incomprehensible look like? β
As he spoke, Mussen took everyone to the Impressionist painting area. The reason why this genre is famous is that it looks confused from a distance and crazy up close, as if it was just a few random strokes, but it has become a world famous painting.
At this time, Moussen pointed to one of Van Gogh's "Starry Nights" and said: "Could this painting be related to the time background of the case?" β
Jin Yu, who had been following him, also interjected at this time: "The dark night, the houses in the distance, the stars in the sky, the time and place seem to be very clear. β
Mo Zitong also said on the side: "That's right, the meaning expressed in this painting is the most obvious, and I think it should be written down." β
Just as a few of them were talking in a whisper, Captain Wu on the side actually laughed dryly: "Hehehe...... This painting is actually a starry sky? I wonder if you're blind or I'm blind. It seems that I really can't help much with this case, and I really can't keep up with this strange thought. β
"Don't jump to conclusions so quickly, let's take a look at those that we don't understand, maybe Team Wu you can understand it." Moussen walked into the last exhibition area, where there are paintings by the three great Spanish masters, DalΓ, Picasso, and MirΓ³.
"It's a surreal painting, and it's hard for the average person to understand what it means." Mo Zitong said, standing in front of DalΓ's famous "The Eternity of Memory" at the same time as Mu Sen.
There is a beach in the painting, and there is an unknown creature, and the most striking thing is the few clocks in the painting that lie on their stomachs like burnt wax. No one knows what DalΓ wants to express, the benevolent and the wise see the wise, and everyone has a different meaning in their hearts.
At this time, Mu Sen stood in front of the painting and asked, "This is the last level, and it is up to us whether the clues in these paintings can be connected or not." Tell me, what do you see in the painting? β
Jin Yu was the first to say: "Since the title of the painting is called the eternity of memory, does this painting express the passage of time?" β
After hearing this, Captain Wu snorted sneered: "What does that have to do with the murder?" (To be continued.) )