Reborn as a great painter, with a system, you can be willful

Jiang Zhe and several others followed the tour group and deposited their personal belongings on the first floor.

There are signs on the security gate indicating items that are prohibited from being brought in.

After depositing his belongings, while waiting for his companions, Jiang Zhe said to Teacher Hu: "I plan to stay here for a day. If everyone wants to go out for lunch, I won't go out. I want to see all the collections as soon as possible."

Having said that, he also knew it was difficult to do.

Because I had read the guide in advance, I knew that the Winter Palace, known as one of the four largest museums in the world, has a rich collection.

The entire Winter Palace has a total of 1057 rooms and nearly 300 million precious collections. Currently, there are more than 300 rooms open to tourists. The visiting time can be long or short, from several days to a few hours.

Teacher Hu replied, "Don't worry. If you don't finish today, you can always come back sometime. The two of us can hold on, but I'm afraid these older people can't keep up. Let's see how things go at noon."

Jiang Zhe nodded, having already made a decision in his mind.

He found an opportunity to open the system and prepare to collect information and study materials.

The process of collection not only enriches the information within the system, but also increases learning accumulation, killing two birds with one stone.

After queuing up and passing the security check, the group entered the exhibition hall. They went up to the second floor from the wide Jordan stairs.

The Jordan Stairs have two names. At first, they were called the Envoy Stairs. It was the only way for envoys from various countries to go upstairs to meet the emperor. After the 20th century, it was called the Jordan Stairs.

The tour guide of their group was explaining to everyone that the Russian Orthodox Church called the day when Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River Epiphany. On January 19th of every year, the Tsar and his family would go down this staircase to the bank of the Neva River to participate in the Epiphany activities prepared by the church for the royal family. Therefore, the Russians regarded the Neva River as the Jordan River, and the stairs that the royal family went downstairs were also called the Jordan Stairs.

Since he hadn't seen the collections yet, Jiang Zhe paid attention to the decoration and structure inside the building.

The first impression of the interior decoration of the Winter Palace is the white and green tones with gold decorations.

This unique color combination, as well as the combination of materials such as marble, crystal and metal, well demonstrates the Russian architectural decorative aesthetic tradition.

This kind of aesthetics seems to be somewhat different from the character and habits of Russians.

Among the people who enter the museum are tourists from various countries as well as locals.

From their whispered conversations, Jiang Zhe could roughly identify the crowd.

He found that many locals were mostly taciturn in public.

Before they had time to think, they had already entered the exhibition area, and their companions had already dispersed to view the collections that interested them.

Of course, for most people, it is enough to just check in in front of a familiar work of art.

Jiang Zhe first used the system to collect information, and at the same time tried his best to learn how to create art and appreciate beauty.

After arriving on the second floor, they first entered Hall 192 directly opposite.

In the center of the hall is a dome platform supported by eight malachite columns, which is very conspicuous.

This is the lobby of the Hermitage Museum, also called the Rotunda. The platform was a gift from the Ural industrialists to Nicholas I and was built by the famous French craftsman Pierre Philippe Tomire.

Jiang Zhe walked around the exquisite collection. The unique green color of malachite was particularly contagious, and it seemed to dye the whole room green. The tour guide told them that there were many more handicrafts made of malachite or green gemstones.

Come out from the left door of Hall 192, go straight through Hall 151 and come to Hall 193.

Hall 193 is called the Marshal's Hall, and on the wall hangs huge portraits of Russian generals and marshals.

Jiang Zhe noticed that there was a portrait of Kutuzov. Kutuzov was usually depicted wearing an eye patch, but this portrait did not have an eye patch.

When he saw the first batch of collections, he could still take the time to look at them slowly. But as he looked at more and more collections, he would just record the information about some of the collections he was not interested in and just glance over them.

Hall 194, Petrovsky Hall... Hall 195, Badge Hall, the second hall after St. George Hall in the Winter Palace... Jiang Zhe walked faster than most tourists when passing through these exhibition halls. He heard someone rushing to see one of the treasures of the Winter Palace - the Peacock Clock.

When the team members heard that there was a route that could help them see the collection as soon as possible, they took Jiang Zhe and a few others along, hoping to see the item as soon as possible.

When Jiang Zhe heard that he could return to the current route to continue observing, he went to observe in advance with Teacher Hu and others.

There were already quite a few people gathered in front of the huge booth.

The peacock-shaped clock is indeed very gorgeous.

The clock is driven by a series of extremely complex mechanical devices and has a history of more than 200 years. Unfortunately, it is only turned on for a few minutes at 8 o'clock every Wednesday night by a dedicated technician, and it is stopped at other times.

Although the clock is gorgeous, in Jiang Zhe's opinion, its greatest value is as a collection. Of course, maybe in the future when he becomes interested in mechanical design, he will take the time to learn about it.

After collecting the information, he returned to his previous route and continued his tour.

Perhaps because his painting skills and aesthetic standards were constantly enriched and improved, he visited many exhibition halls in succession before he saw a collection that particularly interested him - a work by Giorgione.

While letting the system collect information about the work, he first viewed it from a distance, then got as close as possible to the work to observe the details.

It is said that this is the only authentic work of Giorgione in Russia, created in 1504.

According to the introduction of the work, this painting was purchased by Catherine II from a Paris collector.

The painting depicts the story of Judith, a heroine in the Hebrew epic, saving her homeland.

Jiang Zhe doesn't care about the story of the painting, he is more concerned about the painter's technique.

When you look at this painting from a distance, you first feel the softness of the woman in the painting, and then you will feel that the red clothes are painted wonderfully, that red is bright but not glaring. The ups and downs of the clothes and the shades of color perfectly match the image of the character.

Although this painter is not as famous as Titian, Jiang Zhe was still shocked when he saw the painting up close, and he had the urge to copy it on the spot.

At this time, Teacher Hu came over. Neither of them said anything, they just watched quietly.

Only after Teacher Hu reminded them that it was time to continue the visit did Jiang Zhe reluctantly stop observing.

Soon he entered the exhibition hall where Titian's works were collected.

The first thing you notice is that there is a very well-known painting here - Mary Magdalene.

Titian painted this subject more than once.

Jiang Zhe walked towards the work with anticipation.

As he walked, he got closer and closer to the masterpiece. The charm of the painting itself completely overwhelmed the gorgeous frame of the bronze gilded Baroque round sculpture.

I stopped and took a look at the introduction.

This work was created by Titian around 1560 and purchased by Nicholas I from a Venetian collector in 1850. According to legend, Titian kept this painting until his death.

Jiang Zhe once copied this painting using sketches, and also saw many people give various interpretations of this painting.

He is more concerned with the painter's method of shaping characters.

Although he had studied Titian's works many times, when he saw the originals up close, he still couldn't help imagining the painter's state of mind at the time of creation, and even boldly imagined how he should create the image if he were the creator.

(End of this chapter)