Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 2918 The Language of Butterflies (8)

   Pomona doesn't really have the Sistine frescoes and William Blake books on the shelf, but she has an explanation of the Louvre works here, which she uses in her French class.

  The Madonna described by Raphael is famous for its beauty, no matter in the chair or in the field.

Medieval paintings are mainly religious themes, and there are strict rules for expressing such themes. The more obvious feature is that all saints or angels have to draw a thin halo on their heads, showing that they are not very human, even in Gothic In the era, it is also necessary to paint the halo with gold to form a golden disc.

  In order to avoid this unnatural effect, Raphael in the early days only painted a seemingly invisible ring, which is not considered a violation of the canon.

In his later works, even this seemingly invisible ring disappeared, and the Madonna became more and more secular. For example, Raphael used everyday scenes when he painted "The Madonna of the Gardener". He ran over to find his mother, so his mother closed the book and stretched out her hand to hug him.

   Such a Madonna is no longer in medieval religious paintings, the mother holding a baby sitting on a chair, with a serious expression, dignified and serene, who needs to use red paint to express her love. The painters at that time tried their best to make the blue coat of the Virgin Mary open a little, revealing the red coat inside. This is also stipulated by the doctrine, and the painter cannot change it without authorization.

Her portraits have no flying skirts, and the lines are drooping or stiff. "The Madonna of the Gardener" has an oval face, a small mouth, fair skin and light golden hair, and a tulle on her head. This kind of dress was very popular in Italy at that time, as if you would see her at the next corner.

  The ancient Greeks used the most perfect human body to shape their gods, but there are still a few who are as courageous as Michelangelo. Raphael's Madonna of the Gardener adopts a pyramid shape, which is a very stable composition, and the "Virgin of the Grass" also uses this composition.

   However, the posture of "The Madonna on the Grass" is very unnatural. Maria bends her left knee, stretches her right foot forward, and twists her waist to hold the baby. In reality, no woman would hold a baby in this posture.

The posture of the Virgin in the chair is also very awkward. To imitate the painting, you need to raise your left knee, let the child sit on your right knee, lean your back against the back of the chair, and finally put your face close to the child. The waist is broken.

  This is what Da Vinci said. In an outstanding painting, the distribution and arrangement of characters should be consistent with the meaning you want these actions to express. The pyramid structure itself is also deeply influenced by Da Vinci.

In "The Madonna of the Gardener", there are two babies on the left and one on the right. Maria pays attention to one, while the other seems to be ignored. In "The Madonna on the Meadow", both children are on one side, and she turns her head to look after both children. But the whole picture is out of balance, so the left knee of "Madonna on the Grass" is raised.

"The Madonna in the Chair" is like gnashing gears, and the characters are very intimate with each other. Not only are their faces close to each other, but the function of the Madonna's knees is to make the baby sit still, otherwise he will be floating in the air, which is very unstable. This was done mainly to stabilize the picture, and made the Virgin "unnatural" in desperation.

  However, a miracle happened. Neither the Madonna on the grass nor the Madonna in the chair gave people an unnatural feeling, as if the picture should be like this.

  Mother’s love is not the same as the beauty of a youthful young girl. In the book in Pomona’s hand, the author deliberately placed the Flora painted by Titian and Rembrandt’s Flora in the same position on the two pages of the book.

  Titian’s Flora was young and beautiful. She didn’t have any flowers all over her body, but she was light and gorgeous, as charming as flowers.

  Rembrandt's "Flora" is already old, and she wears a wreath of flowers on her head, as if to show her identity as Flora.

  When the two paintings are put together, no one will doubt that Titian's Flora is much more beautiful. But Rembrandt's "flower god" is his wife Saskia. Rembrandt's life has been full of ups and downs. He met Saskia at the most brilliant time of his career. Rembrandt's talent and demeanor attracted him, but Rembrandt waited until Saskia became an adult before proposing marriage.

They were very happy and loving after their marriage, and Saskia became his source of inspiration. However, since he painted "Night Watch", Rembrandt's career plummeted and he began the second half of his life. At this time, Saskia But she stayed with her until she died giving birth to their fourth child.

  This reminds Pomona of Molly and Arthur, Molly's figure has been completely out of shape after having 7 children, but Arthur still calls her "Molly Tickle".

  No matter what Saskia looks like in the eyes of outsiders, in Rembrandt's eyes, she will always be his Flora.

  Time is cruel, it makes the goddess of youth old, and the hero is no longer strong, and needs to walk with a cane like the old man in the puzzle of the sphinx.

For an "ugly duckling" who doesn't know his life experience, he doesn't understand why he has to go through so many hardships. He is like a Cinderella. He has to get up early in the morning to clean the pot and do other housework. It is the meaning of his existence in "home".

   But just think of his future "adversary", and the war that the Centaur prophesied would follow after this brief peace. Happiness needs strength to guard. Isabella Sidney has been to the African grasslands and seen real lions, not the kind locked in cages. Courage and strength are needed to deal with that kind of beast, not to mention Leviathan and Behemoth, who represent war. Under their crushing, many families have been crushed.

  Pomona doesn't lack the requisite ruthlessness, a person who pushes others forward despite her own uselessness, and perhaps that's why Albus is the first to try to convince her.

   Lionesses will protect their cubs, not to mention they have a sense of justice. When Severus was bullied by James, Lily didn't help James, who belongs to the same academy. Pomona introduced Severus to the centaur.

   When Severus grew up, she would worry about him abusing his power, joining the Death Eaters and almost destroying himself.

  When she read the book of Job, she no longer believed in the God who watched the devil torture Job but stood by.

  But she still hopes to have a father who can accept the prodigal son back.

  Nietzsche said, you have to be wary of the overflowing love in your heart. A lonely person can't wait to extend his hand to the person he meets.

  Perhaps we can understand her impatience, desire for love like an ordinary woman. This kind of "love" made her accept the "suspect" in a state of insanity. Even at the time, there was no clear evidence to prove that the person who used the portrait to curse was not someone from Slytherin College.

   A girl in her academy fell victim to Phoebe, who was so sweet and loved cuddling stuffed animals.

  She didn't know why Phoebe was considering going to Hogsmeade with a teenager from a pure-blood family. Anyway, she would have to wait until she came back to inquire about it. Before that, they were going to "visit" Hagrid.

  The two bottles of "Pumpkin Soda" were a gift from Hagrid. Pomona only drank two sips. After drinking two bottles, Severus noticed something was wrong, and then he set the "soda" on fire.

   "Soda" has vodka in it, and Pomona originally planned to serve this drink at the Halloween banquet.

   However, when they got to Hagrid's cabin, they found him with the children. The freshmen of the first year are very new to those free-range magical animals, and Charlie is beside him, holding a Niffler in his hand.

  Then Pomona saw Elena Aiken, who, like the other freshmen, was very happy to watch the magical animals.

   "What do you want?" Severus said.

   "How about what?" She asked angrily.

  He tilted his head, motioning her to look in Aiken's direction.

  Pomona looked at Aiken now, and thought of the little girl crying in the preparation room of the auditorium on the first day of school, because she gave Aiken "another choice" at that time.

   "I'm not a saint, shouldn't I be angry?" She said forcefully.

   "Apologize, you didn't make an unforgivable mistake anyway," Severus said, and walked towards Hagrid.

  Pomona looked at Aiken, who also found her, and the smile on his face disappeared like melting ice and snow.

  She didn't want to spoil the fun of so many people, but...

  Maybe she could ask Charlie if he found the hippogriff, and the Niffler, where did it come from?

   That's right, that's it!

   She said to herself in her heart, and walked over there with heavy steps.

  (end of this chapter)