Treasure Hunt all over the World

While introducing and explaining "Genesis", Ye Tian and the others are also slowly moving forward.

The many tourists who entered the church with them also walked forward with their heads raised, admiring the exquisite murals on the dome while listening to Ye Tian's professional and wonderful explanation.

With Ye Tian's explanation, their understanding and understanding of "Genesis", Michelangelo's masterpiece, is rapidly deepening, it's like opening a door to art, and their eyes suddenly open up!

Soon, Ye Tian and the other tourists who were also visiting the church passed through the marble framed screen located in the center of the church and came to the deeper part of the church.

At this time, another masterpiece of Michelangelo, "The Last Supper", painted on the wall facing the church entrance, has been presented in front of everyone, and it is extremely clear!

The content shown in "The Last Supper" and the feeling it brings to people are quite different from those in "Genesis", and there is even a big conflict between the two.

So in order not to spoil the current mood, Ye Tian could only hold back his curiosity, and did not immediately appreciate the "Last Judgment" a few meters ahead, but continued to explain.

It wasn't until he finished explaining "Genesis" and quickly adjusted his mood that he looked at "The Last Judgment" on the front wall, another masterpiece of Michelangelo.

"The Last Judgment" was commissioned by Pope Paul III in 1534 and created by Michelangelo for the Sistine Chapel. It took seven years and was completed in 1541.

This is a giant mural that occupies the entire wall behind the altar of the church. It is about 14 meters high and more than 12 meters wide. It depicts more than 400 characters, all of whom are based on real and historical figures.

In fact, "The Last Judgment" is the continuation and development of the zenith painting "Genesis", and its artistic value is comparable to that of "Genesis".

In the history of art, these two murals are collectively called the two most representative masterpieces of Michelangelo's life, and they are also the greatest artistic contribution left to the world during the Italian Renaissance!

Different from the magnificent and hopeful theme shown in "Genesis", "The Last Judgment" gives people a gloomy and deep feeling, even pain and despair, and the theme of the painting is very heavy.

The reason for this is that Michelangelo was experiencing a crisis of spirit and faith when he accepted the commission from Paul III.

That's why he chose the theme of "Last Judgment" to show the great pain in his heart.

Compared with the previous murals and the "Genesis" created more than 20 years ago, Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" is relatively simple in conception.

It depicts the moment when the end of the world is coming, Christ will judge the living and the dead, those who are forgiven by him will have eternal life, and the sinners will fall into hell!

This idea is reflected in the murals, which are two distinct parts. The forgiven people on the left go to heaven, and the cursed people on the right go to hell.

Jesus is located in the center of the picture, surrounded by virgins and many disciples and saints, and those sinful souls are huddled aside waiting for judgment.

After standing in front of this mural and admiring it for a while, the audience suggested loudly that Ye Tian should explain this masterpiece of Michelangelo so that everyone can better appreciate and understand it.

Ye Tian didn't refuse, he turned his head and glanced at the crowd, and then said loudly with a smile on his face:

"Okay, let me explain this mural next. Before I start explaining, I still want to emphasize one point. I am an atheist, and I only talk about facts. Please don't extend it."

Hearing this, everyone at the scene nodded lightly without any objection.

Immediately afterwards,

Ye Tian's explanation officially began.

"First of all, let me tell you that the "Last Judgment" you see now is different from when Michelangelo just finished creating it. There are more things on the screen.

In The Last Supper, which has just been created, all the characters are nude, but at the time, this was considered blasphemy, which caused quite a bit of controversy.

After the death of Michelangelo, the then pope ordered that all nude figures be painted with loincloths and clothing, and the appointed painter Voltaire was dubbed the "underpants maker"

"Hahaha"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone laughed.

After the laughter subsided, Ye Tianqing's clear voice immediately came out again.

"Next, let's enjoy this masterpiece of Michelangelo, "The Last Supper". If you can ignore those extra clothes, you'd better ignore them!

Let’s start with the composition of the painting. Due to the huge size of the wall, Michelangelo faced a difficult problem when creating this mural. How to arrange hundreds of figures in this space?

This requires that there must be a major force like a whirlwind that combines the entire space into one. Finally, the composition of the picture adopts a complex structure in which horizontal lines and vertical lines intersect.

In order to solve the incongruity in sight when looking up at the characters in the painting from below, Michelangelo made the upper characters larger and the bottom smaller to adapt to the viewing effect from bottom to top.

The picture of this mural can be divided into four layers, the uppermost layer is the angel of heaven, the center of the picture is Jesus Christ, the lower layer is the people under judgment, and the bottom layer is hell.

The specific composition is arranged in this way, the wingless angels at the top are surrounding the cross and other objects of Christ’s crucifixion, the group on the left is holding the cross, and the group on the right is holding the pillar of shame,..."

Following Ye Tian's explanation, the eyes of all the visitors on the scene also followed, admiring the details of the mural.

Compared with appreciating it by yourself, listening to Ye Tian's explanation and appreciating this mural is undoubtedly more professional and sees more content.

It is logical that many visitors at the scene have a deeper understanding and understanding of this great artwork!

Even the professional commentators of the Vatican Museum had a refreshing feeling and were very addicted to listening.

At this time, Ye Tian had already turned on perspective, looking at the mural a few meters ahead, the wall behind the mural, and the space behind the wall.

Ye Tian seemed to have seen such a scene when he looked through the layers of oil paint that were filled in by later generations on the surface of the painting, and saw the original brushstrokes hidden underneath.

An old man in his sixties who was physically and mentally haggard, reluctantly accepted the commission of Pope Paul III, and was about to pick up a paintbrush and paint on this wall.

However, the moment he picked up the paintbrush, his whole body was completely refreshed, and he became energetic in an instant, as if a dead tree came back to life in spring.

As the paintbrush in his hand landed on the wall, a monumental masterpiece that will go down in history officially opened the curtain and appeared little by little.

Borrowing this "Last Judgment", Michelangelo painted his pain on this wall, and fully reflected his fearless artistic courage.

In this mural, Ye Tian saw the image of Michelangelo, which was a piece of human skin held in the hands of an old man, which shows how painful Michelangelo was in his heart at that time.

He also saw more figures, but on the bottom sketch, the number of people was far more than the four hundred people on the surface of the painting, and the scale was even larger.

In addition to these, under the cover of layers of oil paint, there are some special marks, as well as several Latin letters, hidden in different positions, which are extremely difficult to find.

Ye Tian didn't know the specific meanings of these special marks and Latin letters, he could only keep them firmly in his heart and study them later when he had time.

The wall behind the mural does not have any secrets, it is just a solid wall with a long history and very strong.

Behind this wall is an equipment room.

There are a lot of special equipment in that room to strengthen the wall to ensure that this wall, to ensure that the Sistine Chapel will stand here for a long time.

Next is a lounge, which seems to be the Pope's private lounge. There are several valuable antique artworks and some religious items in the room, which looks very low-key.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian had a thorough perspective on the mural "The Last Judgment" in front of him and the wall behind the mural, which can be regarded as something rewarding!

Immediately afterwards, his gaze swept to the ground again, and he began to see the situation deep underground.

At the same time, his clear voice still echoed in the Sistine Chapel and lingered in the ears of everyone present.

"...This majestic mural fully embodies Michelangelo's humanistic thoughts. He wants to use justice to punish all evil. 'Doomsday' means the total collapse of human tragedy,..."