Chapter 717 Titian's Gold

Venice is a commercial tourist city, but the locals are actually very dissatisfied with tourism.

As a coastal city, more and more large cruise ships are carrying tens of thousands of tourists into Venice. These huge cruise ships have no place to berth in the lagoon, and it is easy to damage the local environment. Their large displacement is also Invisibly destroy the foundations of ancient buildings.

Tourists on the ship will spend a short time on the shore, and then stay on board at night, which is not of great benefit to the local economic development. Passengers only spend a few hours ashore, and they seldom spend in shops and restaurants.

Selfies, pizza, and a little gondola ride are all that tourists come to Venice for.

Apart from the tourism industry, there are not many opportunities in Venice for young people, non-tourist shops like butchers, greengrocers and fishmongers are closing down, and traditional crafts like oar making and mask painting are almost extinct, so, Many local young people do not want to stay in Venice, a city of romantic love in the eyes of others.

Out-of-control tourism is ruining the lives of locals in ways that no one who comes to Venice for a few hours knows.

Monica is saving for college and wants to study fashion design in Milan, but Alicia thinks she's daydreaming. There were many artists in the same era as Titian, but he was the only one famous. Many people remained unknown for a lifetime and did not become famous for many years after their death.

Alicia felt that Monica should be more down-to-earth. Young girls are easily deceived when they run into a complicated society, and end up in the same fate as her as a single parent with children.

"Do you think she's right?" Monica asked her on the way to the art museum on foot. There are many ice cream shops on the road. Monica is a girl who grew up here. The ice cream shopkeeper gave them looks like It is bigger than other tourists. In the winter when the sun is shining like this, it is really pleasant to lick and eat while looking at the Renaissance buildings by the canal.

"I don't know, my dear. Life is difficult if you make the right choice, let alone the wrong one." Pomona said listlessly. "I've known him for 34 years, and the wedding was only held last month."

"What?" Monica exclaimed.

"It's incredible, isn't it?" She smiled wryly, wishing she had read Plato sooner.

The one she used to be is like the "Sleeping Venus" painted by Giorgione. Although there is no trace, she is pure and flawless, with quiet trees and secluded villages. The beauty of Venus has nothing to do with carnal desires. Man and nature are harmonious and unified.

When Giorgione was 34 years old, he met a woman at a friend's party. He was very infatuated with her, and the two fell in love quickly. Giorgione used her as a model to create "Sleeping Venus", but she suddenly fell ill with the plague, and Giorgione stayed with her as usual, but contracted her fatal disease, and soon both died . When Giorgione died, he had not completed the background creation of "Sleeping Venus", which was completed by his younger brother Titian.

"Venus of Urbino" is a sister chapter of "Sleeping Venus", she is no longer a "celestial goddess of love", she is the Duchess of Urbino, the woman in the painting has just washed After taking a bath, she lay lazily on the Greek lounge chair, the maid was looking for clothes for her, and she was looking forward to the arrival of her lover.

Titian's Venus is flesh and blood full of life, while Giorgione's Venus is cold, who would worship the corpse.

The warm, moist, soft female body softens the ascetic's cold heart.

"What kind of person is he?" Monica asked curiously.

"A wizard."

Monica's cat eyes widened.

"Do you believe that there are wizards in the world?"

"Of course my grandma is, but she says she's actually a Squib."

"Merlin's beard!" Pomona was more surprised than she was.

"She says that sometimes, but she prefers to say Streja's cards."

"Did you know that Streja is as famous a seer as Cassandra?"

Monica looked at her cautiously, "You know Cassandra anyway."

"About your future, if you really can't make up your mind, why don't you ask your grandma to divination for you?"

"My mother told me not to trust her."

"Who said just now that you don't want to listen to your mother?"

Monica hesitated.

"Let's go, let's go to the art museum." Pomona took Monica's arm, and the two were walking on the streets of Venice very intimately.

Just a 20-minute walk from Piazza San Marco to the Francghetti Gallery, it was surprisingly busy.

There is a fee for this art gallery, and the tickets are only discounted for European students other than the UK, and it is still in the Department of Architecture and Fine Arts. Pomona once again lamented why so many people hate the British.

Europe is a paradise for those who study art. If you want to see the authentic works of famous masters, you can walk to museums and art galleries in about ten minutes. When Pomona entered the museum, she found that many art college students were under the guidance of the teacher. copy.

"Monica!" A handsome middle-aged man in an off-white coat exclaimed suddenly.

"Who is that?"

"My teacher." Monica said, and then gave each other a warm hug.

The two chatted quickly in Italian.

In Titian's time, he was known as the sun among the stars, and he was one of the most talented Italian painters. His use of color not only influenced Italian painters in the Renaissance, but also had a profound impact on Western art. The influence is the same as Wu Daozi in the Tang Dynasty. Many murals in the Tang Dynasty have his style.

Titian was the representative of Venice in its heyday. It is difficult to understand why the Renaissance brought revival to Europe, but the art of the Tang Dynasty did not bring a boost to Eastern civilization.

In Italy, no one can match Titian's painting genius, neither Raphael nor Leonardo da Vinci can catch up with him. In the Great Plague of Venice in 1576, people found him in Titian's villa on the northern coast, and the game of hide-and-seek with death was over. At the age of 99, he finally succumbed to death, together with half a million Venetians.

The Venetian School of Painting pursues joy, passion and fanaticism. The Madonna and angels depicted by the painters are often the images of upper-class women with gorgeous clothes and round skin, and there are few women at the bottom of society.

There are many women in Jack's sketchbook of the Titanic, most of them are prostitutes, and there are even women who are incomplete because of a missing leg, but she has a pair of beautiful hands.

Although there seem to be many paintings depicting the curvaceous female body during the Renaissance, models are very hard to find. It means a lot for a woman to undress in front of a opposite sex, even if the object is the artist in charge of the painting.

Each painting is like a mirror of Erised, reflecting the desire of the painter.

She heard whispers, as if to say, "Goddess, where are you?"

It doesn't have to be Eros, but it can also be Flora, Daphne and the Virgin Mary.

The most nude portraits in the Middle Ages are the crucifixion of Jesus. The body crucified on the cross is not aesthetically pleasing. The priests tell everyone: Repent! See how much Jesus suffered for you!

Isn't the suffering caused by the plague and war enough, so we need to be reminded every day.

She suddenly felt that it would be cruel to play Severus all the time and let him run after her.

She wanted to give him three chances, but Monica told her she couldn't do that.

He only has one chance, just like life itself, if he makes a mistake, there is no room for repentance.

Medicine, perhaps exists for people to regret, it can make dying people get better again, before the Renaissance, people did not pay attention to this, relying on prayer and their own immunity to resist plague and other diseases, this is similar to Darwin's theory of evolution What's the difference?

During the Renaissance, in order to obtain a more accurate human body structure, painters risked their lives to dissect the corpse. Who knows whether the dead person had the Black Death.

Young girls like Monica are always more cruel, they choose men, not as soft-hearted as an old woman like her, she doesn't want to continue playing.

"You should know that the harder it is to get, the more you cherish it, and the easy ones are often not cherished." At this moment, she suddenly heard Voldemort say, "I have put in a lot of effort to live forever, more than you can imagine." point."

"And do you regret it, Tom?" she asked.

"You just had a question, do men like women who don't wear clothes or those who wear clothes, do you want to hear my answer?"

"No." She smiled and shook her head.

"It's not about the clothes," said Tom.

"What?"

"You always let us guess your mind, how about you guess ours this time?" He said with a smile, as if joking "There was once a king who lost his way while hunting A witch, the witch asked him to marry her beautiful daughter, otherwise she would not take him out of the forest. Do you know why she is so beautiful but still can’t get married? Do you have to rely on threats to marry her? Although beauty is a powerful weapon, But it's not invincible, especially when our heads are clear."

"Do you think I underestimated you?"

"Otherwise why are men and not women ruling the world?" he said almost dotingly. "You're such a fool."

"Okay, I just told my teacher that he will stay here for a day, and he will tell you if Edgar comes." Monica came over and told her the good news, "Next we go to Where, is it still as planned?"

Pomona didn't know how to answer her.

A sober Voldemort? It sounds unreal.