Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1685 The Secret Word of the Goddess (Thirty)

Most of the buildings that define public areas in the city of Rome are for living people, such as squares, baths, and arenas, while public areas in the East are usually cemeteries. The Pharaoh did not build the pyramids for his own use. Non-nobles, civilians, and livestock are buried in the pyramid.

  In addition to the underground palaces in the imperial tombs of China, there will also be huge buildings on the ground, which are used for sacrificial worship. In addition to this, there are also large-scale buildings for worshipping the heavens and the land. Every year before spring ploughing, the emperor will take the lead in worshipping the heavens. In addition, the altar of Saji is also used in the ceremony of enthronement.

  The large public service buildings in Rome are often charitable. After the rich donate their money, their names will be permanently recorded on some visible stone carvings of the buildings.

  Building buildings are the highest class in society, but they are not necessarily used. Gladiators may also be slaves. They will compete in the arena and become part of the "entertainment" of Roman citizens.

  Church is also a kind of public place. In theory, people need to donate money to build it. However, with the papal state and taxes, the church becomes richer than the state. They can choose their own architects, or they can make demands according to their own ideas, which is very unfavorable to the Free Masons Alliance.

  For example, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, the world-famous octagonal dome is neither Baroque nor Gothic, but the bishop of Florence asked the architect Brunelleschi to build it like this. There is no central support inside this dome, and the octagonal shape is also irregular, and there is no real center. At that time, many architects chose to refuse and did not challenge the bishop (Party A)'s whimsical design.

Brunelleschi, the last person to take on this task, is neither a stonemason nor an architect, but a goldsmith and watchmaker. This is equivalent to treating a Mongolian doctor. Although he is also a craftsman, he is not professional. Many architects and masons watched by the side, waiting to see when the dome fell.

Unexpectedly, he really came up with a solution later. The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is composed of a huge brick arch and two layers of outer and inner shells interlocked with stone and wooden arches. The brick structure must support each other during the construction process. In order to do this, Brunelles arranged the bricks in a pattern of herring bones. They placed it once a week to allow time for the mortar to solidify. At this rate, the dome grew at a rate of one foot per month, and The rope as the coordinate is pulled out from the flower pattern on the working platform,

  The masonry dome of the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore is still the largest masonry dome in the world 500 years after its completion, which also caused other problems. Investors believe that an expert who is systematically educated cannot do what a layman can do. Why do architects ask for such a high price and have such an arrogant attitude?

  Capitalist society, of course, is the owner of the fund. It is natural to lower prices. Of course, a shrewd businessman hopes to buy cheap and good products, but the problem is that the masons below also have ways to make profits. The extent to which this matter can be done is entirely based on the mason’s own conscience and morals. Before the relevant laws and standards are promulgated, the guild must maintain the rules of the industry in addition to safeguarding the common interests of the industry.

  Originally, Florence built a church of Santa Maria del Fiore. Siena also planned to imitate one to compete with Florence. Later, due to the Black Death, the municipal finances could not make ends meet, and the church in Siena was forced to shrink.

  Before the church was built, Siena signed a contract with the masons. If the Republic of Siena cannot spend so much money to pay for the subsequent expenses, the masons can choose to make the church unfinished. There is more than one church in Europe unfinished. The most famous one is the Sagrada Familia in Spain. This building was designed by Gaudí.

  However, no matter who designed it, whether it will become the eternal glory of Barcelona after it is built, it cannot be built without funds. Many churches in history have been built for hundreds of years and it is not just the amount of work. Between the unfinished design and the redesign, Siena chose the latter. The finally built Church of Our Lady of Siena is not as magnificent as the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, and did not achieve the initial goal of the investor.

  The gap between dream and reality can sometimes be achieved by ingenuity, and sometimes it cannot be achieved. In the Middle Ages where theocracy was higher than secular power, the center of the city was generally a church, even Florence was the same, and the city center of Siena was a palace representing secular power. The defeat of Siena to Florence seems to be a win or loss between the two cities, but in fact it is also related to the decline of the secular imperial power.

  Because of Venice’s calculations, the capital of the Byzantine Empire was also the bridgehead against the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople was badly injured after being looted by the French Crusaders, and the Eastern Roman Empire was destroyed in 1453. The emperors that Siena once supported are gone, and they naturally have no strength to resist Florence, which is backed by the Papal State. The Medici family itself also made a fortune by managing the Papal State.

  Siena’s church of Santa Maria, after being cut and opened, is no longer comparable in scale to Florence’s Virgin of Flowers, but the architects took a different approach. The sidewalks of the church are magnificent “murals” made by artists using mosaic methods. The ceramic tiles and mosaics more than 400 years ago were inlaid little by little by hand, telling beautiful mythological stories.

  The stained glass windows of the same church are also handmade. In the mediocre exterior and interior decoration of the Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Paris, there are two stained glass windows that are very special.

One of the two painted flower windows is blue, the other is rosy, the blue one is a male monk, and the rosy one is a nun. The two windows are located on the left and right of the altar. The two sides seem to be "equal" in front of **** with his arms wide open.

There are still some works of art in this slightly shabby church, such as the Last Supper of Tintorito. There is a sculpture in front of the colored window of the male friar. It should be in the hands of a famous artist, and the colored window of the nun is hung with a karaoke. Wacho's painting.

  Florence is one of the three major towns of the Renaissance. There are countless treasures in the city. Napoleon asked the Pope for 21 million military expenses, more than 100 works of art, and the spread of the Pavia commotion. Therefore, in 1796, when he heard that Napoleon had crossed the Apennines to Pistoia, the Grand Duke of Tuscany panicked. He immediately sent Prime Minister Manfredini to the French base.

  Napoleon was not there at the time. He was in Livorno, a port city with developed commerce and an important seaport in Florence, but there were many French exiles who had close contacts with Corsica.

  Even war has a lower limit. The wounded in the hospital cannot be killed. When Napoleon captured Mantua, there were still a large number of Austrian soldiers in the hospital in the city. There are also a large number of British wounded soldiers in Livorno. They are no longer able to organize resistance, but the commander of Livorno and his pro-British, French consul and the British have a lot of controversial commercial cases. These things need to be done by Napoleon himself. Processing, so Manfredini received by other leaders of the base camp.

  The person in charge informed the Prime Minister that the French army was only going to Siena via Florence. The Grand Duke of Tuscany heaved a sigh of relief and agreed, and invited Napoleon to visit Florence and let Napoleon live in the Pitti Palace.

In the past, Florence relied on the Papal State, but Napoleon, who led the French into Italy, let them see the fact that it was impossible to rely on the Papal State to control the situation in Italy. The Grand Duke of Tuscany led Napoleon to visit Florence. .

Some things are louder than the actual ones. Due to technical limitations, the geometric centers of many places in the Church of Our Lady of the Flowers are not accurate, and they look crooked, like children’s building blocks. The famous Dome of Our Lady of Flowers is not The regular octagonal shape also comes from this.

  However, the collections in the Mercenary Loggia and the Florentine Gallery are quite amazing, and Napoleon particularly admired "Venus of the Medici".

One of the three treasures of the Louvre’s three pavilions, the broken arm Venus was born as Venus of Milos. It is an ancient Greek sculpture. It is said that Venus’ arm existed when it was first unearthed, and her right hand Facing down, with his left hand raised above his head, he still held an apple in his hand, as if he had just received the "laurel crown" of victory from the Trojan prince Paris.

At that time, the French consul wanted to buy the statue, but due to lack of funds, the locals planned to sell the statue to Greek merchants. The two sides fought for the ownership of the statue. In the fight, the sculpture became what people see now. It looks like Venus's arms are gone.

  The arms of Venus of the Medici are still there, but unlike the sculptures of the broken arm Venus and the goddess of victory, she is not covered in any way, and only uses two small hands to block the private parts.

From an artistic point of view, Venus with Broken Arms has smoother and more elegant lines than Medici Venus. Michelangelo’s David sculpture is good, but the woman he sculpts and paints looks like a woman with a long chest. the man……

  All in all, the anatomist Spintana in Florence led him to the La Spikela Observatory to see some extremely exquisite mannequins.

In the 1970s, a robotics expert pointed out that when robots or humanoid objects are very similar to real humans, humans will instead have a sense of disgust with them. Even if it is a little bit dissimilar to humans, it will be very dazzling. Therefore, no matter how high the reduction degree of the wax figure in the wax museum is, people will feel that it is not like it.

  Las Pecla Observatory, the wax figures in it are not as “lifelike” as in Madame Tussauds or Paris Grevin.

Severus once saw the wax figure named "Venus" at the Anatomy Opera House in Padua. The beauty was cut from the neck below, revealing the heart, lungs, liver, and stomach under the soft skin. Organs such as the uterus, uterus, etc. These are for medical students, and corpses are not always encountered, especially female corpses. What is disgusting is that the opened wax figure has a shape, makeup, and jewelry, just like those artworks displayed in museums and art galleries.

In the Luspike Observatory, there are human anatomical models restored in real-life scales similar to "Venus", and scenes restored in accordance with disasters such as wars and plagues. Some of these "corpses" are incomplete, and some Highly corrupt, it turns into a green that is different from normal skin color, like **** on earth.

  The anatomy restores the truth. The reason why the museum is called the Observatory rather than the Wax Museum is because it focuses on observing science instead of admiring wax figures, allowing visitors to compare with the wax figures themselves. The Pompidou Centre in Paris, although the exposed internal pipes are ugly, it is true.

  Beautiful visual effects can bring pleasing happiness, but the "beauties" after removing makeup may make this happiness disappear. How to choose between happiness and reality?

Socrates chose a very pungent woman to be his wife, and Zhuge Kongming of the East chose a very ugly woman to be his wife. The way a wise man sees the world is different from that of ordinary people, and the wise Napoleon Bonaparte is nothing but an ugly woman. Just like most men in the world.

  He also likes beautiful women. He is also deceived by disguise, but compared with his colleagues, Napoleon in 1796 is still loyal to Josephine. He had great expectations of women, but Josephine was disappointed, especially after he heard the news in Egypt.

  No, there is no subway,

  Nothing from July to September,

  You bought a ticket, it cost a lot...

  "Putainafaitchier! Tais-toi!"

  Gon Saiyi opened the door of the church and roared at the door, but as soon as he closed the door, the street performer outside began to sing again.

Severus sat on a chair and looked at Bernadette's burial mound. Next to the burial mound stood a wet man. He was Monica's father, a man who didn't seem to be in heaven no matter what. Of the undead.

In fact, in most cases, when a person sees something that others can’t see, others don’t think he has seen the Virgin Mary apparition, but think that he is crazy, just like Nash, the discoverer of game theory. Split, this is also one of the "little troubles" that plague geniuses.

   "You said that Napoleon brought back the wax figure from Florence. Where did you hear about it?" Gonsey walked over and asked Severus.

  Severus looked at the wet man, and he put a finger on his mouth, as if to beckon him to be quiet.

  "From Siena." Severus pursed his lips and said, "The wax figure we are looking for is not an anatomical wax figure of Florence."

   "Damn it, you told me he brought a wax figure back from Florence." Gonsey yelled, "In addition to the medical school..."

  Severus looked at Gonsey, who had stopped talking in the middle.

   "I know where there are." Gong Saiyi hurriedly said, "Quick, follow me!"

  Severus did not move.

  "I know what he wants to do." Severus said every word, "The basement of the church will be used as a tomb. He wants to replace the wax figure inside with a real person."

"I do not understand what you say……"

   "You know what I'm talking about, he wants Pomona to bury him."

  Gon Saiyi glanced at Bernadette’s cloak, the petite nun was indeed about the same height as Pomona.

   "You think too much, get up quickly, Snape." Gonsey said calmly

   "This is a trap. Don't forget what we encountered in the Louvre." Severus said, "I don't want to be led by the nose."

"What do you want?"

   "I have to think about it. Go and find that wax figure." Severus said, "I'll wait for you here."

  Gon Saiyi looked at Shengzi with open hands.

   "Tell me, what I did wrong." Gonsey complained to him, then left the church and apparated at the entrance of the church.

  　 It’s a pity that I can’t post pictures. The two colored windows are beautifully made. The nun’s colored window is similar to purple, and the monk’s colored window is sea blue.

  　　 The French paragraph in the other text, if you don’t understand it, it’s not a swear word

  (End of this chapter)