meaning of aurora

Chapter 59
Meng Xinzhi sat on Zongji's shoulder, staring at the "Mona Lisa" in a daze.

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

This painting looks at most as big as the three sheets of paper she usually uses for drawing.

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

Meng Xinzhi is going to take out the [Source of Aurora] that she carries with her, and compare it carefully to see if 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 too long in front of the "Mona Lisa".

Meng Xinzhi is so small that she can only see it while sitting on her father's shoulder.

But it also blocks other people's view.

Of course, more important than [viewing line of sight] is [photographing path].

After all, that was the era before selfie sticks were popular.

Who wouldn't want to take a photo of [going here] with your own hands?

Those who are not tall enough and have not grabbed the front row can only take a picture with their mobile phones from a distance.

Hearing from her father at the door that more than 50 kings and queens lived in the Louvre, Meng Xinzhi felt that this was right.

Lady Lisa should live in a palace-like place.

Sing a melodious song.

The singing is loud and clear, resounding all over the place.

And da Vinci's natural harmony.

Two-phase foil, with the effect of a concert hall.

Frankly speaking, Meng Xinzhi was somewhat disappointed with the real "Mona Lisa".

A palace is indeed a palace.

Mrs. Lisa's "living space" is really too small, right?

Meng Xinzhi got off Zongji's shoulders.

Head down, like an eggplant beaten by frost, the whole person is listless, not interested in anything, just want to leave quickly.

……

Nie Guangyi, standing in front of "The Wedding at Cana".

Beside him, occasionally someone would stop and want to take a photo with this painting.

Such people are rare.

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

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

The small "Mona Lisa" and the largest oil painting "The Wedding of Cana" in the Louvre are both in the Mona Lisa Hall of the Denon Pavilion.

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

The reason why the "Mona Lisa" became the most famous painting in the world is inseparable from the overwhelming news after the painting was stolen in 1911.

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

The one who stole this painting was an Italian, and the reason given was to bring the national treasure of Italy back to Italy.

But this reason, in itself, is untenable.

The Louvre has a collection of 40 yuan, three-quarters of which are obtained from looting.

But the Mona Lisa is not.

The "Mona Lisa" is as clear as the foreign cultural relics in the Forbidden City.

After the death of Da Vinci, the French King Francois I used [-] French gold coins to buy it from the apprentice who inherited Da Vinci's paintings and put it in his palace - the Louvre. inside.

Francois I was not Napoleon, he never did anything to plunder Italian national treasures, he was enlightened and passionate, and he protected literature and art all his life...

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

To some extent, many famous museums in Europe, in addition to recording human history, also record the history of human plunder.

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

Europeans were filled with righteous indignation at Napoleon's plundering, because Napoleon almost plundered every other country in Europe, all the way to the Egyptian pyramids.

However, Napoleon is far from reaching the "culmination" in the history of European plunder.

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

More than 150 million cultural relics 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 various rare treasures.

All that can be moved away, including the many twelve beast heads that have not been able to return to China so far.

What if you can't move?

Burn directly.

The British and French allied forces set fire to it for three days and three nights.

从1860年10月18日一直烧到1860年10月21日。

At this point, the Old Summer Palace has become a ruin.

When Nie Guangyi stepped back to give up "The Wedding in Cana" to take pictures for tourists, he happened to hear what Zongji and Mengxin said [Every foreign cultural relic in the Forbidden City has a clear origin.No looting, no stealing. 】

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

He turned around and started looking.

Most of the tourists who come to the Louvre come with "check-in tasks".

Tourists with the purpose of clocking in [Masterpieces of the Louvre Collection], it is best to enter from the Syria Museum, which displays ancient Egyptian cultural relics.

Walking to the front of the steps, you can see the famous ancient Egyptian Sphinx Sphinx.

Immediately afterwards, take the shortest path and punch in the statue of "Broken Arm Venus" in the Syria Museum - the statue of "The Goddess of Victory of Samothrace" - Jack Louis Davidt's "The Brothers of Horatii" The Oath" and "The Coronation of Napoleon I and the Empress Josephine" - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, "Grand Palace".

The check-in point of the Syria Museum ends here.

After leaving the Syria Hall, you can come to the next exhibition hall, the Denon Hall.

The Denon Pavilion is where the Mona Lisa Hall is located.

Entering the Denon Pavilion from the Syria Pavilion, you can follow the flow of people to find the check-in point of the Mona Lisa, the number one treasure of the Louvre Museum.

If you check in according to the most classic tourist route, after the check-in of the treasure of the town hall, there are also Chirico's "Raft of the Medusa" and Michelangelo's "Bound Slave" sculptures that need to be checked in.

This is actually a very tight itinerary.

Many tourists have limited time for the Louvre.

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

Nie Guangyi has been visiting the Louvre for many days, and this is the first time he has come across such a serious discussion of Mandarin in the museum collection.

It was obviously 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 a child sitting on his father's shoulders.

No one found it, but saw an A4-sized paper thrown on the ground.

Nie Guangyi picked up the piece of paper.

If the painting is of a 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 waste paper that looked like a ghost drawing.

Nie Guangyi didn't know that besides opening numbers, the root number can also be used for fun.

　It’s still half a chapter first, what should I write in the next half chapter?

　　How about "Miss Again"?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)