The Four Steps to the Sky

Chapter 91 The Mona Lisa

In science, Darcy is a meticulous observer who can express a phenomenon with extremely fine descriptions, but does not verify it through theory and experiments.

Darcy began to understand human anatomy when he was a student of Verrocchio.At that time Verrocchio insisted that all his disciples study anatomy.

When Darcy became a successful artist, he obtained permission to dissect human bodies at the Santa Maria Nueva Hospital in Florence.He then worked at the Maggiore Hospital in Milan and at the Holy Spirit Hospital in Rome (the first Italian hospital).

From 1510 to 1511, he worked with Dr. Thor. In 30 years, Darcy dissected 30 human bodies of different sexes and ages.

While working with Dr. Toll, Darcy prepared over 200 drawings of anatomy for publication.However, his book was not published until 1680 (161 years after his death)

Darcy documented his sketches, inventions, architectural designs, elements of mechanics, drawing ideas, human anatomy, inventories, and even people who borrowed money from him.

Originally distributed among friends after his death, these manuscripts in various forms and sizes are now mainly collected in the Louvre, the National Library of Spain, the Ambrose Library in Milan, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Library in London.

The British Museum puts a selection of Darcy's manuscripts online, under the "turnng the pges" tab.The main scientific record in the hands of Darcy—the Leicester copy is owned by Bill and Gates, and it is currently exhibited in different cities around the world every year.

To those who think that Darcy wanted to popularize his observations into popular knowledge.Why Darcy did not publish or distribute the contents of the manuscript differently remains a mystery.

The historian of technology Lewis Mford believes that Darcy kept the manuscripts like a personal travel journal, so that those who want to use these results for inappropriate things will consult them (such as tanks).

These manuscripts remained hidden until the 19th century.But for the development of science and technology at that time, it has directly helped.

2005.The researchers discovered the so-called Darcy's secret laboratory, which was used for flight and other advanced technological research. It was found in the ancient Roman holy place Cima Annuria in the center of Florence, next door to the monastery. a pre-closed room.

In private, Darcy always kept it a secret.And declared that he hates relationships, once said that "anything related to childbearing is disgusting, if people do not have a good face and aesthetic qualities, they will die early."According to Freud's explanation when he analyzed the artist later, Darcy was a "sexual" cold person.

In the collection of Queen Victoria, there is a painting "The Angel of the Incas" made in 1518, which also has the name of Shale on the back.

Darcy's main work "St. John the Baptist", painted based on Shale's appearance, looks funny and witty and bare-chested. Critics such as Martin Kemp and James Shashiro criticized the painting for instilling homosexuality. 』Love thoughts.

Although Chalet referred to Darcy as his "apprentice," and he also claimed that Darcy "taught him a great deal about painting," his work was generally considered to have little artistic value compared with the other apprentices.

In 1515, Salai used Andrea Salai to paint a portrait of Mrs. Gioconda, that is, the painting "Mona Vanna".Darcy also painted a portrait of Mrs. Gioconda, "Mona Lisa", and "Mona Vana" pales in comparison.

After Darcy's death, his paintings belonged to his apprentices and assistant Shale.Among them, Darcy bequeathed the "Mona Lisa" to Salai. In his will, the "Mona Lisa" was estimated at 505 Italian lire, which is very high for this small portrait. valuation.

During Darcy's days in Florence, there were many friends who were famous in different fields or influenced history.

From Darcy's works and early biographies, we can know that he is an upright person; also because of his respect for life, he became a vegetarian.

Especially when he regards milking cows as stealing, the word "vegan" just applies to him.Giorgio Vasari records an anecdote about Darcy: when Darcy was a young man, he often bought caged birds in Florence and then released them.

He is also a highly respected aesthetic connoisseur, especially the "open" stage creation.Darcy should have embraced vegetarianism in his youth and lived it all his life.

In 2006, anthropologists announced that they had reconstructed the fingerprint of Darcy's left index finger.Darcy's mother was a slave from Constantinople, and the evidence is that 60% of the population of Middle Eastern descent has the same fingerprint spiral feature.

Anthropologists are expected to be able to confirm the details of Darcy's daily routine.But an associate professor of criminology at the University of California, Europe, countered: "You can't use these statistics to predict a race, especially when you only look at one finger."

Darcy follows an unusual form of polyphasic sleep management, reducing sleep time with extra frequent naps. [

The statue of Darcy outside the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy "Among those models, he is the only one who keeps showing how to carry the Giovanni baptistery in front of the talented people who hold official positions in Florence, It is possible to wade into it without damaging it, and to convince others in the heat of the debate that it is possible, though he then lets everyone who has realized it is impossible to do so." -Giorgio Vasa , "The Life of Darcy"

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