Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

1235 The Louvre

After "Charles the Good King" built an important library and became famous, Francois I in the 16th century began to produce various works of art on a large scale. In the period of Louis XIII and Louis XIV, the Louvre Museum Has been very full.By the eve of Louis XIV's death, the Louvre had become a place where paintings and sculptures of all kinds were regularly exhibited.

On August 1793, 8, the Louvre Museum of Art officially opened to the public and became a museum.Since then, there has been an increase here, not to mention that Napoleon collected 10 pieces from those conquered countries, divided into many categories, from ancient Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman artworks, There are artworks from various countries in the East; there are sculptures from the Middle Ages to modern times; there are also an astonishing number of royal curios and fine paintings.So far, the Louvre has become a world-renowned art palace. "

As soon as you enter the Louvre, you can see a huge arch. The tour guide said, "Look, this is the famous arena arch. The top was removed."

After a while, they walked to the Ancient Egypt Museum, which is the museum with the smallest collection in the Louvre. The tour guide continued to introduce, "Dear guests, although there are only 350 collections in this museum, almost all of them are fine works collected from Egypt. After Napoleon launched the Egyptian campaign, a large number of French archaeologists arrived in Egypt. While doing excellent research on Egyptian culture, they collected a large number of Egyptian cultural relics. There are 2600-year-old human head statues in this museum, and the Aten Temple in Lower Egypt and the mummies stolen under the risk of 'Pharaoh's Curse'. Please see, this is the beard of the famous Sphinx. Back then, Napoleon's army even intentionally took the famous Sphinx It was shipped back to China, but it was too big, so he cut off the beard of the Sphinx and brought it back to France. And this is the three most famous collections of the Louvre. Because they are all related to women, they are called "" Three women" treasures, they are the smile of Mona Lisa, Venus with a broken arm and the sculpture of the goddess of victory. This is the statue of Venus, which was originally bought by a Turkish businessman when it was unearthed in Milo Island, Greece Go, but a French warship moored in the local area rushed to hear the news, and as a result, Venus lost his arms forever in the scramble.”

After watching the Egyptian Museum, we came to the Oriental Art Museum.What came into view were 5 "Winged Cow Body Statues", which the tour guide said were captured by the French from Hersabad in Iraq in the mid-19th century.Because it is an oriental cultural relic, everyone is very interested. Suddenly, they are attracted by a dark, seemingly inconspicuous 2-meter-high basalt. The body of the rock is densely packed with ancient characters. Is this also a cultural relic?
The blond-haired tour guide looked surprised, "Dear guest, this is the first written code in human history, the Code of Hammurabi. It was obtained from Ottoman Turkey."

Finally came to the long-awaited China Pavilion.Pushing open the door, everyone was shocked inside.This is called a museum!Palace furnishings such as bronzes, ceramics, jade ruyis, clocks, golden pagodas, golden bells, and jade chimes are everywhere.There are also exquisite works of art such as porcelain, lacquerware, jade, ivory carvings, enamel, cloisonné, coral, amber, agate, crystal, gemstones, court beads, wood carvings, etc., which are really dazzling.

The first thing that catches the eye is a giant jade mountain.According to the tour guide, this jade mountain weighs 640 pounds and contains green and white jade, which can emit a cool gray-green luster. It is carved into a jade mountain with high peaks and deep valleys.There are pavilions and houses exposed under the rock, several groups of relief figures on the path and the ridge below, and a pond surrounded by lilies in front of the house.On the wide and smooth part of a cliff on the mountain, there is engraved with the "Lanting Preface" written by Wang Xizhi with the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong, painted in red.This exquisite jade sculpture is one of the largest surviving works in the world.

A huge pagoda is placed in a prominent position next to it, about 2 meters high, gilded bronze, with emeralds inlaid on all layers of the whole body, and the top of the pagoda is the sun, moon, umbrella and three treasures, representing the most ideal Buddhist In the heaven, the sun and moon are inlaid with huge emeralds.There is a Buddhist niche in the semicircle in the middle, in which is a statue of Sakyamuni, with natural shape and exquisite casting art.The lower square has a lion supporting the shape of the entire tower.

A pair of bronze carved dragons are placed on the left and right sides of the golden pagoda. The tour guide said that these are placed in front of the emperor's throne in the Zhengda Guangming Hall of the Yuanmingyuan.In front of the golden pagoda, there are a pair of gold-plated weaves and a cloisonné unicorn.These two gilt chime bells are two of a set of sixteen bells in the Anyou Palace in the Yuanmingyuan, but unfortunately the other fourteen are lost.This cloisonne unicorn has a round body, a lifelike head, long ears, short limbs, and a cute shape.It is said that it was favored by Queen Eugenie at that time, and this unicorn was once placed in her original Tuileries palace room.

A huge cloisonné chandelier hangs from the ceiling, and below it is a huge theropod cloisonné box.According to analysis, this should be the utensils used to place ice cubes and fruits in the Qingyan Palace in Jiuzhou.There are huge cloisonné offerings between the cabinets in the museum, the incense burner in the middle, and the candlesticks and vases placed symmetrically on both sides.Such a large cloisonné is rare in China, and it should be an art treasure in the Qianlong period. These five offerings all have circular patterns, and the colors are jade blue, yellow green, emerald green, agate red and bright yellow.

There are several rosewood glass cabinets and corner cabinets, which contain various art treasures looted from the Yuanmingyuan.The placement is not categorized and is disorganized.Just place them according to the size of the space and the weight of the objects.

Jade wares include jade pots, jade bowls, jade tripods, jade washers, jade sculptures, jade insert screens, etc. These jade wares are made of fine materials and fine workmanship, making them the finest jade wares.Some jade screens are engraved with gold-decorated emperor's imperial poems.Some jade washers and jade boxes also bear the names of scenic spots, such as Huifang Academy and Gengyun Hall.There is a jade wash, the jade material itself is very rare, coupled with the exquisite carving work, it should be the top grade among jade wares.This jade wash is amber, with patterns and oval shape.Four young boys were trying to climb up to the edge of the brush wash. Their heads were round and shiny, and their small eyes showed a sly look through their eyelids.The chubby body is full of vitality.This jade wash and a children's play pen holder in the Forbidden City collection seem to be two pieces in a set of stationery.There is also a white jade pen holder with vivid figures and tree trunks and flowing water, expressing a profound artistic conception.

Porcelain is the largest category in the museum's collection.There are bowls, jars, jugs, bottles, plates, porcelain plastic and so on.There is a tea-glazed dragon-ear pot with beautiful shape and pure glaze color, which can be called a treasure of the same kind of porcelain.There is a large blue and white bowl with soft lines and a thick body, and the sound of hitting is loud.The ring-shaped bottom is not decorated, and the patterns are light and dark. The blue and white have many small hydrogenation points, which are slightly dipped and mixed with the glaze color.The inner wall is a pattern of branches, the outer wall is a leaf decoration, and the branches are alternated with flowers and fruits, and each branch is different and forms a bunch.The leaf decoration is more delicate, wrapping the entire outer wall with continuous flowing water patterns.The main body of the outer wall is painted with six lotus flowers, as well as buds and lotus leaves as a foil.

There are also two colorful plates from the Kangxi period among the porcelain, which are placed on the table of the museum.The two multicolored plates are relatively large in size, and the patterns on them are based on the stories of the Water Margin or the Three Kingdoms. The characters, war horses, and scenery are very vivid, and the layout of the patterns is also quite unique.Most of the porcelain is Kangxi five-color and Qianlong pastel, and a Qianlong pastel hollowed out hexagonal bottle is particularly eye-catching.Another thousand-flower pot is even rarer. The body of the pot is painted with various flower patterns, which are infinitely varied and arranged in a random order.Plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, lotuses, peonies, etc. are painted all over the body of the pot.Although these flowers are connected together, due to the light and shade of the glaze color, these flowers are all perfect.In addition, there are many porcelain sculptures in the museum, including figures of the Eight Immortals.

Although there are not many lacquer products, there are many high-quality goods.One of the red lacquer boxes was quite finely carved.The pattern is a picture of a game of Baizi, with different expressions throughout the body, and the lines of buildings, flowers, trees, stones, etc. are soft and vivid.The overall layout is coordinated and echoes each other, telling too many stories in a very small space.Some of the hundred children played games, some danced and sang, and some played hide-and-seek.

The most eye-catching gold and silver products are a pair of gold pots and a gold manza.This pair of gold pots has ruyi patterns all over the body.One of the jar ears has fallen off.This pair of gold jars shows how extravagant the furnishings in the Old Summer Palace were at that time.There are many small cloisonné products, such as basins, bottles, cans, etc. According to analysis, the patterns on a pair of cloisonné pots are the pictures of ladies drawn by Lang Shining.

Jewelry and small pieces of jade are mainly placed in glass cabinets in the hall.One of the large rosary beads also has a story.Generally, there are 108 court beads, but this string of beads is 154. This is a string of emperor's court beads and two strings of queen's hanging beads strung together by General Montauban to Queen Eugenie.But she didn't expect that she was not happy, because she had already heard that all the pockets of these military officers on the expedition to China were full of gold, silver and jewels, and Queen Eugenie complained that she was only given such gifts.So Montauban decided to give her three more carts of gifts (seven carts in total)
Just when everyone was lingering, he closed his eyes and said lightly, "Let's go!" Danz who was accompanying him was a little surprised.

"Your Excellency, the Louvre has specially mobilized cultural relics from several other museums for you to visit. Many of them are not open to the public at all. Aren't you satisfied? There is also a specially vacated museum next to it. More exquisite and precious cultural relics, why don't we go there first!"

"No need!" He said lightly, "I just saw the greed and shamelessness of the French. If I put it here, it would only shame France, so I packed everything and sent it back to China."

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