Inherit For Three Thousand Years

Although Xiao Banxia is a high-achieving student who graduated from a prestigious school, her level of art appreciation is only at the level of ordinary people. At most, she knows some famous works of art.

But since Xiao Yao has become a world-renowned art master, friends around who know about it will inevitably think that she has a high level of painting because of Xiao Yao's relationship. In this way, even if it is for showing off, but also to avoid losing face when talking about art topics, Xiao Banxia has really put in a lot of effort in art appreciation.

Hearing Zeng Guowen's question, Xiao Banxia was very glad that he knew about Master Li's works and life, and replied: "This "Wan Shan Hong Bian" is the most famous work of Master Li, and it also represents his artistic creation. Of course I like such a national treasure-level art work."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Yao.

The statue of Avalokitesvara sent to her by Chairman Qin just now is of higher value, and Xiao Yao let her accept it. Although this work is a treasure at the collection level, the price should be a little lower than the statue of Avalokitesvara sent to her son, presumably Xiao Yao wouldn't let her refuse either. This time she didn't say no at all.

Sure enough, Xiao Yao nodded and said: "Since you like it, then keep it well. This painting is the pinnacle of Master Li. You are lucky to have such a national treasure. It must be something you can be proud of in the future." matter."

In Pan Wu's collection, although there are quite a few works by Master Li, there is no such masterpiece as Master Li's pinnacle.

This is the first time Xiao Yao has seen the original manuscript of "Wan Shan Hong Bian", and even an art master like him feels very rewarding after reading it.

Because he personally likes this work very much, he simply continued: "Even if you look at this work from the perspective of our age, you will be shocked by the strong artistic appeal in the painting. It is conceivable that this work in the 1960s After the work was created, the whole painting world was shocked.

Since the 1950s, there has been an upsurge in the painting world for depicting red poems, but few painters dare to try the theme of Wanshan Hongbian, because there are two great difficulties in creating this topic, which are difficult to overcome.

On the one hand, the artistic conception of Wanshan is quite vast and far-reaching, which is a great test for the painter's ability to control space. If there are thousands of mountains and ravines in his chest, it is impossible to express the artistic conception of Wanshan.

On the other hand, the requirement of being popular has created a big problem for traditional landscape painting, which is more daunting than depicting the artistic conception of Wanshan.

Historically, landscapes have been mostly depicted in ink and wash, and the use of red, which is only used as an embellishment, is very cautious, with very few brushes, let alone a large area of ​​red.

These two major creative difficulties stumped all the painters at that time, and no one dared to challenge this subject for a long time.

However,

Master Li not only faced up to the difficulties, but also created masterpieces that can be handed down to future generations. As a painter, it is a great blessing to be able to see this original manuscript of Master Li. "

Listening to Xiao Yao's narration of the creation background of this painting, everyone felt that it was very rewarding.

After all, Qin Huali had some attainments in traditional Chinese painting, and his focus was on the details. He had doubts in his mind, so he asked directly: "Master Li seems to be very particular about the use of paints. It should be cinnabar, right? But it seems It’s a little different, it looks more reddish in color.”

"Chairman Qin's question touched the key point. The paint used in this painting is indeed cinnabar, and it is not ordinary cinnabar, so the color presented is so red.

To render red in a large area, cinnabar is essential. Master Li is known for being picky about paper, ink, and other painting materials. To create this painting, high-quality cinnabar is the most important thing. The color presented by ordinary cinnabar is difficult to meet the requirements.

However, quite coincidentally, during that period, Master Li accidentally obtained half a catty of Qianlong cinnabar from the Forbidden City. Qianlong cinnabar is the best cinnabar that can only be obtained after thousands of selections. It was originally prepared by Emperor Qianlong himself and used as an imperial seal. Its rarity is self-evident.

If half a catty of Qianlong cinnabar is missing, the effect of this work will inevitably be a little worse, which is regrettable.

Of course, this is also the key to identifying this work. "

Xiao Yao is not only a painter, but also a top appraisal master. Of course, he is very familiar with the common sense that must be understood in these appraisals.

Xiao Banxia saw Cheng Yu standing in front of the painting and appreciating it carefully, she seemed to be fascinated, her calm and graceful demeanor was indescribably demure and pleasant.

Because Cheng Yu often went to Xiao Yao's courtyard house when he was in Kyoto, and Xiao Banxia had many opportunities to meet her. After two years, the two of them got along very close.

Today, Cheng Yu was afraid of stealing Xiao Banxia's limelight, so she didn't even say a word, and didn't even follow Xiao Yao's side, and stood with her mother and grandma from beginning to end.

Xiao Banxia is a clever person, so she naturally noticed this. Cheng Yu was so low-key, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

Thinking of Cheng Yu's major, she felt that Cheng Yu should be given a chance to show off her talent.

Xiao Banxia then said: "Speaking of the appraisal of works of art, there must be no one among the people present who can compare with you and Mr. Wang, but when it comes to the artistic appreciation of this painting, apart from you, Cheng Yu is right. The artistic analysis of this work should be no worse than yours."

She took two steps forward, took Cheng Yu's hand and said, "You know, I'm very interested in art appreciation these days, so please give me some pointers."

Cheng Yu originally didn't plan to show off on this occasion, but since Xiao Banxia said so, she had no choice but to cooperate and said: "I don't dare to give pointers, it's just my humble opinion, and I am not qualified and dare not comment on Master Li's works. , then I will tell you a little bit of experience I have learned from this work.

First of all, in terms of technique, I learned a lot from it. Accumulating ink and color, accumulating layers of dyeing, creating a majestic momentum, is really amazing. Although the main tone of this work is red, ink is still an important background and outline foil. After the accumulated ink landscape is completed, it is dipped in cinnabar and dyed gradually from shallow to deep.

What I really admire is that the master used the cinnabar as ink, using exactly the same brushwork and ink techniques, so that the color and ink blended together like nature. "

Cheng Yu simply walked to the front of the work, stretched out her fine fingers, and pointed out the details in the painting, "You can see that the ink color floats up in the shallow part of the cinnabar, and the ink color blends in the middle tone, and the brightest part Place, and point with thick cinnabar.

In this way, the final color tone of the whole picture has the characteristics of the red and rhinoceros lacquerware of the Ming Dynasty, which is extremely solemn, vigorous, simple and elegant. "

Cheng Yu's first explanation was relatively simple, and under her explanation, everyone could understand it.

Seeing her daughter talking freely, Tan Moran was extremely satisfied.

Originally, her plan was to let her daughter show her face in front of all the guests, so that everyone would know that Xiao Yao had a girlfriend.

She was already very satisfied when this goal was achieved, and she never thought of letting her daughter show off on this occasion.

After all, this is the first time for her daughter to show up at Xiao's house, and it is more important than anything else to leave a good impression on Xiao Yao's parents.

After all, Cheng Yu and Xiao Yao are not engaged yet, in fact, their family is not suitable to appear on this occasion, if it is not for Xiao Yao's mother's invitation, and Xiao Yao is her old mother's savior, there are no two points , she will not come.

With their family situation, coupled with her daughter's talent and appearance, she was originally worthy of anyone in this world, but Xiao Yao's situation is really special, not just as simple as a top rich man.

She originally hoped that her daughter's boyfriend could be better, but like Xiao Yao, he was too good, and even brought pressure to their family.

Since many people around knew that her daughter was Xiao Yao's boyfriend, all aspects of their family's affairs were greatly affected.

Not to mention the few directors and many members of the Happy Club, even many big leaders whose family Lao Cheng had no contact with them before began to express their kindness either explicitly or secretly.

There are too many similar things, and the most intuitive reaction is that their old Cheng has been dragged to invest in several very promising projects. This year, Lao Cheng himself said that his net worth has risen sharply again.

Originally, it was just a private matter of the daughter's love affair, but now it has become a major event related to all aspects.

Originally, she was very optimistic about Xiao Yao, and coupled with the influence from reality, she did not allow any problems in her daughter's marriage.

The guests present today are either relatives and friends of the Xiao family, or important people in Xiao Yao's social circle. It would be even more ideal if her daughter can show her personal style on this important occasion.

Once her daughter is accepted by Xiao Yao's family, relatives and friends, even if there is a small problem in the relationship between the two in the future, Xiao Yao should also consider the feelings of the people around him, and will not easily make a decision that makes her daughter sad and desperate.

Cheng Yu’s thoughts were not as complicated as her mother’s, and she continued to share her gains with everyone, “In terms of composition, the most obvious point is that it presents the typical monument-style composition and door-panel composition of the Li family’s landscape, and at the same time it is ingenious. It constitutes two and a half dimensions of space."

The vocabulary mentioned in this sentence seemed a bit too professional, everyone was confused and listened more carefully to what Cheng Yu said next.

Cheng Yu pointed to the bottom of the scroll, "In traditional landscape paintings, there is always a large blank space at the top and bottom of the screen. However, Master Li cut off the peaks and slopes, and adopted a full-frame composition without leaving any room.

In this way, the audience's eyes are forced to focus on the mountain, creating a sense of shock like looking up at a monument. Appreciate this painting carefully and experience this feeling, don't you? "

Everyone turned their attention to the painting again. After listening to Cheng Yu's explanation, they really felt that way.

"In addition, Master Li also deliberately weakened the perspective and strengthened the sense of plane."

Seeing that no one seemed to be impatient, Cheng Yu continued: "Everyone can look here, the seven or eight-story mountains in the main scene of the picture are almost compressed into the same plane, everyone thinks it looks like a door panel is blocking the This is Master Li’s monumental and door-panel composition. With this composition method, the visual impact of the mountain shape is greatly enhanced, and it can further highlight the majestic momentum of the mountains.

It is worth noting that although the flatness of the screen is deliberately enhanced, it is not completely flat. On the one hand, the hierarchical relationship between the near, middle and distant views is handled in a manner similar to that of bas-relief; on the other hand, in order to create the depth and vastness of the realm of thousands of mountains, the master made a deep article in the upper left corner of the picture..."

Listening to Cheng Yu's narration in a simple and simple way, everyone felt that they had a better understanding of Master Li's work. Although it can't be said that Cheng Yu's artistic appreciation cannot be increased much because of Cheng Yu's words, but at least he does have a rather deep understanding of the artistic appreciation of the painting in front of him.

In addition to improving their ability to appreciate the painting, everyone also had a better understanding of Cheng Yu, who was talking freely at this time.

In a short-term hasty meeting, maybe a person's talent can be disguised, but her temperament cannot be disguised.

After seeing Cheng Yu for the first time and knowing that she was Xiao Yao's girlfriend, everyone knew her only because she had a good family and a face that could be called all-powerful.

With a good family background and good looks, she does have some capital to be Xiao Yao's girlfriend.

Now after listening to her explanation of the painting, everyone's understanding of her is no longer the superficial impression they had when they first met. The reason for this change is not because everyone thinks how talented she is, it's hard to see how talented Cheng Yu is in just a few minutes.

The magic weapon for Cheng Yu to change everyone's impression of her in such a short period of time is her own temperament.

Beauty is an external display, but a person's temperament is what is in his bones.

Cheng Yu's temperament is too special and too strong, even if she doesn't say or do anything, people can still feel the meaning of being as quiet as water from her.

When she stood in front of Master Li's work and talked about it, the feeling of being as quiet as water became more intense, and it also added a bit of intellectual atmosphere, which was really impressive.

If we only compare the appearance, there are still some top beauties like Cheng Yu, but if we add the item of temperament to the comparison, Cheng Yu is absolutely invincible.

Some people originally planned to introduce someone to Xiao Yao if they had the opportunity, but now they have given up this idea.

They were very confident when they had such an idea. If they didn't have some certainty, they wouldn't dare to have such an idea. But what people are most afraid of is comparison. If you compare people with others, you will definitely feel more and more hopeless.

And Cheng Yu was the kind of person in the legend who would make people feel hopeless.