After hearing the words 'Giotto', '14th century' and other words clearly, others immediately gathered in front of the painting and began to look carefully and whisper.
"Is this a work by Giotto?"
"If this is indeed from the fourteenth century, it is probably a painting by Giotto..."
Naoto Asayama looked at the painting and was silent for a while. Then he turned curiously and asked the person next to him, "Who is Giotto you are talking about? Is this painting valuable?"
The people talking were speechless and looked at Naoto Asayama speechlessly.
There is something strange and out of place here, but if it is Chaoshan, it doesn’t seem very strange...
"Don't look at me like that. I've never been interested in things like history and art. In my eyes, new agricultural planting technologies are less worthy of attention. I used to take art appreciation classes when I was in school, but I only remember Da Vinci, Monet, etc.," Naoto Asayama spread his hands towards the others casually, looking at the painting, "This painting seems to make people feel happy, so it is a good painting, so I asked you, Otherwise, even if you drag me to appreciate it, I won’t be able to appreciate it.”
The man next to Naoto Asayama sighed helplessly and patiently explained, "To put it simply, before the 14th century, most of the paintings were religious paintings left on church walls. The Virgin Mary saints were always surrounded by golden light, with Inlaid with precious stones, they look luxurious and cold, and Giotto would use real people as models. The saints in his paintings are full of vitality and have various vivid expressions and emotions. For example, his work "Escape to Egypt" is the Bible In the story, the news that Mary gave birth to Jesus was leaked, and she fled to Egypt when King Herod was chasing him. The background of the painting is rolling hills and trees. Under the guidance of angels, the Virgin Mary and Jesus were just ordinary people. In the image of mother and child, Maria's skirt is even stained. This kind of close-to-real painting gives people a different view of the painting. Even after seeing his works, many people are attracted by the gorgeous Byzantine painting lost its passion..."
"Realism..." Naoto Asayama paused, "No, in painting, it should be said to be realism. Then he is the founder of this style."
"Yes, he started the realism of Renaissance art," the man nodded, and joked, "The Leonardo da Vinci you mentioned was born more than a hundred years after him, and he also attached great importance to learning from him."
"Although it is realistic, at that time, it still had religious overtones," Ike Shinosuke said, indicating that he was different from his old friend. Although he had no interest in art, he was influenced by his wife, "Just like this Behind the girl in the painting is an angelic figure made of wind whirlpools.”
"Yes, the seller at the time seemed to call this painting "Asylum". As for how long the painting had been circulated and how it came from, he couldn't tell clearly." Ikegana looked at the painting, "But the strange thing is that during that period , there are not many cases where paintings are painted on canvas, and they all have religious significance. Not only is this painting painted on canvas, but it is also impossible to check which scene in the biblical story it is..."
One of the elderly men thought about it seriously and said, "There seems to be no similar story in the Bible."
Chi Feichi just looked at the painting and said nothing.
Of course.
This is not a biblical story at all.
When Diana was a girl, she randomly packed up a bag and left her hometown to travel around. One day, she was sitting on a grain pile outside the city singing, and she was seen by an old man passing by in a carriage.
He still remembers that day.
The old man, who looked like a missionary, was sitting on the carriage, staring directly at Diana. His gaze was so focused that he immediately went on "bone warning".
After seeing the carriage, Diana jumped down from the grain pile and walked over, "Hey! If you want to rob, I am penniless and may not be as rich as you."
The old man looked at Diana's smiling face and asked seriously, "Happy girl, I just want to know what makes you so happy."
"I'm always so happy. Sometimes when I'm unhappy, I just tell my bones or help others, and I'll be happy again."
"I was wondering...could you let me draw a picture for you?"
"For me? I'm not the Virgin, the Child, or anything like that. How can you draw pictures for me?"
"I don't know either, but you are like a girl protected by an angel. I suddenly want more people to see your happiness. This may be the meaning of painting."
"Well, you are an interesting person, I promise you!"
This painting took more than a month. Giotto lived in that city and Diana was temporarily settled in one place, but she was still not very settled.
Giotto's coachman was ill. Giotto saw with his own eyes that Diana pinched the coachman's chin and poured medicine. He lowered his head and looked at the image of a girl on the canvas with a bright smile but still a little ladylike. He probably understood Diana's desire to help others. How did you help? There was hesitation in his eyes.
Giotto's neighbors were quarreling, and Diana climbed up to the wall and sat there, watching with interest for a while. It wasn't until the other couple was too embarrassed to continue the quarrel that they smiled and tried to persuade them to make peace.
No matter what happens in the city, Diana will not let it go. Sometimes she is like a cute pistachio, sometimes she is like a grumpy ghost doctor, and more often than not, Diana likes to run wild outside the city. , either knocking on the door of Giotto's temporary residence late at night, or leaving a letter and running out for several days, making Giotto's face often turn red and white with anger.
At that time, Diana was a freak, and those restrictions on women were never noticed by Diana. He believed that during that time, Giotto's blood pressure had been rising to the top.
And Diana also had a habit of checking the progress from time to time and gesticulating from the side while Giotto was painting.
"Draw my bones on it. It's the one I'm wearing... It's been with me all the time. I don't think it's good if I leave it alone and I'm the only one painting it. And doesn't it make me look lonely?" ?”
Even though Giotto was already a famous painter at that time, he was still so entangled that he could only explain.
"I will draw a huge angel behind you. It will accompany you and protect you. You will not be alone..."
Diana's imagination was wide open, "Can you draw it so that there is a huge bone behind me?"
Giotto: "..."
Huge bones? ? ?
Chi Feichi: "..."
Even if Giotto dared to paint it, future generations would not believe that it was Giotto's painting. If they didn't know better, they would think it was a funny painting painted by future generations as a prank.
Diana insisted: "It's the bones that accompany me and protect me. You can't be dishonest! Even if it's a painting."
Giotto couldn't bear it anymore, "I've never painted any huge bones!"
Diana: "Can't you?"
Giotto: "..."
Diana: "I heard from people in the city that you are a kind and creative person. You don't dare to try new things, do you?"
Giotto: "Creation is an indispensable thing for human beings, but sometimes, new things can be poison. It must be accompanied by thinking and careful consideration to determine whether it is suitable for you..."
Diana: "It's really troublesome. I have tasted many new and unknown herbal medicines. If this were not the case, I would not have found any herbal medicines that are beneficial to people. Of course it is necessary to think about them, but if everyone is worried about poisonous herbal medicines, what's more? Who will discover the treasures within them?”
Giotto: "..."
So unreasonable.
How come this girl hasn't been poisoned yet... No, this girl is so difficult to communicate with.
Chi Feichi: "..."
Diana is still complaining? Without him, I would have died hundreds of times.
In short, Diana at that time was very skinny, like a runaway crazy horse, and she was far from the stability she would become later. Giotto was also tortured miserably, but he liked Diana's vitality and unbridled generosity. laugh.
Diana wanted to add bones to the painting, but Giotto reluctantly added the pose of Diana holding the pendant in the painting. He also coaxed Diana: If someone sees something as good as bones and wants to keep it for themselves, what to do? Isn't it better if I draw it this way, and the bones are in the drawing, and no one can spy on it?
The bad old man was so bad that he almost aroused Diana's possessiveness. During that time, he hid the bones under his clothes all day long, causing him to be covered in the dark cloth for a while.
As for the angel behind them, the two had always had a dispute. In order to add the angel, old man Giotto covered his heart and pretended to be angry during the argument. When he saw Diana running to choose herbs, he quickly said that he was fine.
After that, Giotto was still given two bowls of medicine. He wanted to lie down on the bed with a look of despair, but when he saw Diana's posture, "You must be sick if you lie down, and if you are sick, you must take medicine." , quickly sat up and continued discussing with Diana.
Diana was not unreasonable. After hearing Giotto talk about her religious beliefs, she still allowed Giotto to draw the shadow of an angel behind the girl in the painting. It was only a shadow without a specific appearance.
An old man and a young man had a rare peaceful conversation.
Giotto: "That bone of yours is like an angel, accompanying you and protecting you..."
Subtext: There is nothing wrong with me painting this way.
Diana: "Okay, but don't use other people's faces to draw angels. Bones don't have faces, they're just bones."
Chi Feichi: "..."
Haha, who has no face?
Giotto: "I think we should try to use the image of a baby to make an angel image..."
Chi Feichi: "..."
Forget it, these two people should just go and have a hard time, he was tired.
Diana: "Do you think the bones could be babies? I don't think it's that childish."
Giotto: "Only because of the innocence of babies."
Diana: "But..."
Giotto: "Then use shadow, just draw a vague shadow of an angel behind you..."
Diana: "This... seems pretty good."
Giotto: "Diana, it's been a long time since anyone told me what to do when I paint."
Diana: "Now there it is again."
Giotto: "..."
Nothing wrong.
Chi Feichi: "..."
He applauded expressionlessly.
After much stumbling, this painting was finally completed.
Giotto would continue to set off home, taking the painting with him. The girl who wanted to share the happiness he met on the road with his family discussed with Diana about setting off together or agreeing to meet again somewhere. When the time comes, He then gave the painting to Diana.
However, Diana unconscionably said, "The painting you painted is yours, don't give it to me," and embarked on a wandering journey again.
In that era, separation sometimes meant goodbye forever, especially when Giotto was already quite old. By the time Diana saw this painting again, Giotto had been dead for several years.
He had thought that Diana later joined the school and was keen to communicate with many thoughtful and creative people. In addition to the influence of the times and personality, might it also be due to Giotto?
Although Giotto was very persistent in painting angels, it was also because of his faith. In addition, Giotto was also an out-and-out pioneer, and his ability to accept and tolerate was stronger than many people of that period.
(End of chapter)
