Chapter 1784: Statue of Athena
In the living room, the coffee table has been moved away, and Ye Tian is standing in the middle of the living room, staring at the ancient Greek sculpture and many statue fragments placed on the floor, falling into contemplation.
As soon as he returned to the guest room, rested and washed for a while, Ye Tian got busy and began to appreciate his trophies.
He asked Cole and the others to move the solid wood crates into the living room, and then they could not wait to open them one by one, took out all the broken statues and fragments, placed them on the floor, and started to splice them by themselves.
Relying on his ability to see everything, it didn't take long for him to spell out the rough outline of this marble statue's buttocks and the upper half of his left leg, making rapid progress!
Combined with the right half of the torso and the upper half of the right arm that Rossini and the others pieced together, the integrity of this ancient Greek sculpture has been improved a bit, and its beauty has also been enhanced a lot.
Even so, this is still a very severely mutilated ancient Greek sculpture. Many of the statue fragments do not match the number and can only be scattered on the ground.
Through the perspective power and the understanding of ancient Greek sculpture art, Ye Tian can basically guess where some marble fragments belong to the statue.
However, due to the lack of some statue fragments that link the past and the next, and in order to avoid being too shocking, Ye Tian did not place those statue fragments where they should be, but scattered them aside!
After putting together the rough outlines of the hip and upper part of the left leg of this ancient Greek statue, the work fell into a halt, and no further progress was made.
Next, Ye Tian studied the rest of the statue fragments carefully and tried countless times, but still couldn't join them to the statue, and each time ended in failure. ,
Standing in the middle of the living room pondering for a while, Ye Tian woke up and said helplessly:
"This ancient Greek statue is seriously damaged, and many statue fragments have been lost. If you can't find it, you will not be able to reproduce this statue. That would be a huge regret!"
As soon as the voice fell, Betty smiled and said:
"My dear, you have done a great job. The antique shop owner Rossini and his friends have spent more than half a year of work, and finally they can put together half of the torso and half of the arms.
But in less than twenty minutes, you quickly sculpted out the approximate outlines of the statue's buttocks and the upper half of the left leg, making the statue more complete, which is amazing! "
Hearing Betty's words, the others in the living room couldn't help nodding, and everyone was full of admiration.
Immediately afterwards, David asked curiously:
"Steven, when I was in Rossini's antique shop, I was very curious, why did you buy this incomplete ancient Greek sculpture? It is so damaged that it is almost impossible to restore it.
However, since you are willing to spend 60,000 Euros to buy this incomplete sculpture, there must be your reasons. Is it possible that this marble sculpture is a top art? Was it from the famous sculptor? "
Not only David, Betty and the others wanted to know the answer to this question. Everyone looked at Ye Tian, and everyone looked forward to it.
Ye Tian looked at David, then glanced at the others, and then said firmly:
"This ancient Greek sculpture is not only a top-level work of art, but also a truly priceless treasure. It is almost impossible to measure whether it is artistic value or market value.
Its status and artistic value in the history of Western art are not inferior to the two treasures of the Louvre museum, "Venus with Broken Arm" and "Statue of Victory", even far beyond them."
Before the voice fell, the pan was already fried in the living room.
"How is it possible? This incomplete ancient Greek sculpture is even better than "Venus with Broken Arm" and "Statue of Victory", did I hear it wrong?"
"Wow! "Venus with Broken Arm" is recognized as the most beautiful sculpture in the world. It is a sign and symbol of the beauty of the female human body. How could there be a sculpture better than it? Whose sculpture is this?"
While exclaiming, everyone looked at Ye Tian dumbfounded, eyes full of incredible.
After everyone's emotions stabilized, Ye Tian continued:
"In Rossini's antique shop, when I saw this incomplete ancient Greek sculpture, I made a preliminary judgment, or speculation, that was very bold enough to cause a huge sensation.
It was because of that bold speculation that I accepted Rossini’s offer of 60,000 Euros, and did not counter-offer at all. I immediately took down this incomplete ancient Greek sculpture so as not to miss this priceless treasure.
After returning, after some research just now, I was completely certain that my speculation was correct. It was an extremely correct decision to take down this incomplete ancient Greek sculpture and fragments.
According to my judgment, this incomplete sculpture is the work of Phidias, the first of the three ancient Greek sculptors and is recognized as the greatest classical sculptor, and it is also a statue of Athena.
Phidias carved many statues of Athena throughout his life. The most famous one is the statue of Athena in the Parthenon. That statue is famous in history.
It is a pity that although Phidias has carved many statues of Athena, none of them have been preserved. The incomplete sculpture in front of everyone should be his only surviving statue of Athena! "
The voice fell, and the living room became completely quiet.
Betty and the others were all silly. Everyone stared at the marble shards and the incomplete sculpture on the floor with round eyes. Their eyes were extremely hot and even a little crazy.
They have received Western education since childhood and possess a certain degree of artistic quality. Of course they know who the three ancient Greek sculptors are, and of course they know who Phidias is!
It is no exaggeration that in the history of Western art, Phidias is a mythical figure, with a high status that almost no one can match, and there are even few artists qualified enough!
The incomplete sculpture and the fragments of the statue in front of them are actually the work of Phidias, and it is the only remaining and representative statue of Athena. Can they not be shocked?
Betty and David didn't have the slightest doubt about what Ye Tian just said. Everyone believed it firmly.
Since Steven said that this is a sculpture of Phidias and one of the masterpieces of the ancient Greek sculpture god~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Athena, that’s absolutely true!
When did Steven look past him? Not once, and this time is no exception!
Ye Tian glanced at the stunned Betty and the others, and continued with a smile:
"As we all know, one of the three treasures of the Louvre's town hall, "Venus with Broken Arm", was created by the famous ancient Greek sculptor Alexandros, around 150 BC.
Another treasure of the Louvre museum, the same badly damaged "Statue of Victory", was created around 200 BC. The author of the statue is currently unclear.
Whether it is the famous sculptor Alexandros or the sculptor who created the "Statue of Victory", in ancient Greece, they did not even have the qualification to give Phidias shoes.
It can be seen from this that Phidias's status in ancient Greece and in the history of art is so high. Once this mutilated statue of Athena is released, it will definitely cause a huge sensation..."
