Chapter 57: First Miss

Dream Xinzhi sat on Zong Ji's shoulder and looked at the "Mona Lisa" in a daze.

She couldn't believe that Lady Lisa was framed in such a small painting.

This painting looks to be at most the size of the three sheets of paper she usually uses to paint.

It has nothing to do with the big scene in the dream.

Dream Xinzhi is going to take out the [Aurora Source] that she carries with her and compare it well, whether it is really not much bigger than her "work".

Unfortunately, before this idea could be put into practice, Zong Ji was urged not to stay in front of the Mona Lisa for too long.

Yumeshin is small and can only be seen when he sits on his father's shoulder.

But it also blocks the view of others.

Of course, what is more important than [viewing sight] is the [photo path].

After all, it was a time before selfie sticks became popular.

Who wouldn't want to take a photo of "Visiting]?

If you are not tall enough and didn't grab the front row, you can only hold your mobile phone to take a picture from a distance.

I heard my father at the door that there were more than 50 kings and queens living in the Louvre, and Dream felt that this was the right one.

Lady Lisa was supposed to live in a palace-like place.

Singing a song that is melodious.

The song was loud and resounding in all directions.

There is also da Vinci's natural harmony.

The two-phase contrast has the effect of a concert hall.

Frankly, Yumeshin was a little disappointed with the real Mona Lisa.

The palace is indeed a palace.

Mrs. Lisa's "living space" is too cramped, isn't it?

Yumeshin stepped off Soji's shoulder.

With his head down, like a frosted eggplant, the whole person was wilted, and he was not interested in anything, and he just wanted to leave quickly.

……

Eighteen-year-old Nie Guangyi stood in front of "The Wedding of Cana".

Occasionally, someone around him would stop by and want to take a picture with the painting.

There are very few such people.

Because most people who come to the Louvre just want to take a picture of the Mona Lisa from afar.

At this time, Nie Guangyi will automatically step back and leave enough space for the person who wants to take pictures.

The small Mona Lisa and the Louvre's largest painting, The Wedding at Cana, are in the Mona Lisa Room in the Denon Pavilion.

In Nie Guangyi's view, this is actually a bit ironic.

The reason why "Mona Lisa" became the most famous painting in the world is inextricably linked to the overwhelming news after the theft of this painting in 1911.

The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre and would not be recovered until two years later.

It was an Italian who stole the painting, and the reason given was to bring Italy's national treasure back to Italy.

But this reason itself is untenable.

Three-quarters of the 400,000 in the Louvre's collection were plundered.

But "Mona Lisa" is not.

The Mona Lisa has the same clear origin as the foreign artifacts in the Forbidden City.

After the death of Leonardo da Vinci, King François I of France used 12,000 French gold coins to buy from his apprentice, who inherited Da Vinci's paintings, and put them in his palace, the Louvre.

François I was not Napoleon, he did not plunder Italy's national treasures, he was enlightened and amorous, and he lived his life in the protection of literature and art......

If you really want to bring back the Italian national treasure, you should also bring "The Wedding of Cana", which is indeed Napoleon's pot.

To some extent, many famous museums in Europe record not only the history of mankind, but also the history of human plunder.

In other words, the Louvre is not the only museum that has risen in this way.

Europeans were outraged by Napoleon's plundering because Napoleon plundered almost all the rest of Europe, all the way to the pyramids of Egypt.

However, Napoleon's history of European plundering was far from reaching the point of "reaching the pinnacle".

Thirty-nine years after Napoleon's death, the Anglo-French forces captured Beijing and occupied the Old Summer Palace.

More than 1.5 million artifacts were looted from the Old Summer Palace.

From the bronze ritual vessels of the pre-Qin period, to the calligraphy and painting works of the past dynasties, to all kinds of rare treasures.

All those who can move away have been moved, including the twelve beast heads who have not been able to return to China so far.

What should I do if I can't move away?

Burn directly.

The Anglo-French troops set fire to it for three days and three nights.

It burned from October 18, 1860 to October 21, 1860.

At this point, the Old Summer Palace was in ruins.

When Nie Guangyi stepped back and gave up "The Wedding of Cana" to take pictures of tourists, he happened to hear Zong Ji and Mengxinzhi say that every foreign cultural relic in the Forbidden City has a clear origin. No plundering, no stealing. 】

Nie Guangyi was a little curious about the person who said this.

He turned around and began to search.

When tourists come to the Louvre, most of them come with a "check-in task".

Visitors who want to check in the Masterpieces of the Louvre Collection are best to enter from the Sully Museum, which displays ancient Egyptian antiquities.

Walk to the front of the steps and you'll see the famous Sphinx of ancient Egypt.

Then, take the shortest path to the Sully Pavilion to check in the statue of Venus with Broken Arm - the statue of "Victory of Samothrace" - Jack Louis Dawit's "The Oath of the Horace Brothers" and "The Coronation of Napoleon I and Empress Josephine" - Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres's "Grand Palace Lady".

The check-in point of the Sully Pavilion ends here.

When you leave the Sully Pavilion, you will be able to go to the next exhibition hall, the Denong Pavilion.

The Denong Pavilion is home to the Mona Lisa Room.

Entering the Denon Pavilion from the Sully Pavilion, you can follow the flow of people to find the check-in point of the "Mona Lisa", the treasure of the Louvre's number one town hall.

If you follow the most classic tourist route, after the Treasure of the Town Museum check-in, there are also Chirico's "Raft of the Medusa" and Michelangelo's "Bound Slave" sculptures to check in.

This is, actually, a very tight stroke.

Many visitors have limited time left for the Louvre.

After all, 14 years ago, when I traveled to France, most of the most popular activities were not to visit museums, but to buy or help relatives and friends buy donkey signs.

Nie Guangyi has been visiting the Louvre for many days, and it is the first time he has encountered it, so seriously discussing the Mandarin of the museum's collection.

It was a very close voice, and the little girl's voice came from a high place.

When Nie Guangyi turned his head, he didn't see any child sitting on his father's shoulder.

The man did not find it, but saw an A4-sized piece of paper that had been thrown on the ground.

Nie Guangyi picked up the paper.

If the painting is of a very high standard, or if the work is signed, he can still ask at a volume that can be heard by the people around him.

Unfortunately, he only picked up a piece of scrap paper that looked like a ghost drawing.

Eighteen-year-old Nie Guangyi didn't know that in addition to opening numbers, the root number could also be used to be happy.

Or the first half of the chapter, what to write in the next half of the chapter?

How about "Missing Again"?

(End of chapter)