Chapter 1395： Huge zenith painting

It didn't take long for Ye Tian and the others to come to the Hall of Hercules.

The Hercules Hall is located at the junction of the northeast corner and the north wing of the second floor of the main building. In the time of Louis XIV, it was once a royal chapel, and later it was changed to the King’s reception hall.

As soon as he entered this exhibition hall, Betty said in surprise:

"My dear, look at the huge oil painting in front. It looks so much like the "Wedding at Cana" in the Mona Lisa Hall of the Louvre. It seems to be the work of the same painter!"

While saying this, Betty has already pointed at the huge classicist oil painting in the exhibition hall.

Following the direction of her fingers, Ye Tian looked at the huge oil painting, then smiled and nodded and said:

"My dear, you guessed it right. This oil painting is "Simon's Family Banquet". Like "The Wedding in Cana", it is the work of Veronese, a famous painter during the Renaissance and one of the three great masters of Venice.

Veronese is particularly good at drawing huge oil paintings. This oil painting was created in 1570. It was painted by Veronese for the Monastery of Santa Maria in Venice. It is an undoubtedly top art.

In 1664, the then Governor of Italy presented this oil painting to King Louis XIV of France in order to win French support for Italy against Turkey. This can be regarded as a bribe or a tribute.

Louis XIV liked this oil painting very much. After receiving the gift, he hung it here. For a while, this masterpiece by Veronese was also hung in the Louvre.

Like "The Wedding of Cana", "Simon's Family Banquet" is also a religious story derived from the Bible. It tells the story between **** and Mary Magdalene. It is philosophical and thought-provoking!

At this legendary family banquet, Mary Magdalene was washing Jesus' feet with tears. She was very pious, but the Pharisees next to her did not approve of Mary's behavior.

They were thinking, ‘if **** is really a prophet, he should know that Mary is a ji woman, a sinful woman’, **** saw through the thinking of these Pharisees.

On the surface, **** turned his head and said to his disciples: ‘Faith can save anyone’, this painting depicts exactly this moment, let’s go, let’s go and enjoy it!"

As he said, Ye Tian took Betty to the huge oil painting ahead, explaining as he walked.

Anderson followed and they walked towards Veronese's "Simon's Family Banquet."

In a blink of an eye, the group of them came to "Simon's Family Banquet", stopped and began to appreciate this magnificent masterpiece from the Renaissance period!

After a few minutes, they finished admiring this top-of-the-line artwork, and then walked to another famous oil painting in the Hercules Hall, and stopped to admire it!

This oil painting is "Rebecca at the Well", from the famous Italian painter in the Renaissance period, one of the three masters of the Venetian school, and another disciple of the master Titian, Tintoretto!

After standing still in front of this oil painting and enjoying it quietly for a while, Ye Tian began to explain to Betty and the others, still very professional and vivid.

"The story depicted in "Rebecca at the Well" also comes from the Bible. On the orders of his master, Abraham's servant returned to his hometown of Haran, Mesopotamia, and his only son chose a girl of his own tribe as his wife. .

The servant returned to Harran after hardships and prayed by a well: ‘If someone can give me and the camel water to drink, then she is the wife of the young boss I’m looking for’.

As soon as she finished speaking, the elegant and charming Rebecca came over with a pitcher. She was about to feed water to her father's animals, so she gave the tired passer-by and camel water first.

Later, Rebecca really became Isaac’s wife, Tintoretto’s representative painting, the content depicted is exactly the story that happened at the well,..."

In front of the fireplace below "Rebecca at the Well", only Ye Tian's voice echoed in the air.

Everyone on the scene was listening to his professional and vivid explanation, one by one raised their heads slightly, admiring the masterpiece of the Renaissance, full of fascination!

After watching "Rebecca at the Well", everyone did not withdraw their gazes. Instead, following the direction of Ye Tian's fingers, they looked up at the dome of the Hercules Hall and began to admire the dome murals.

Ye Tian's explanation did not stop, and the clear voice still echoed in everyone's ears.

"The area of ​​the dome of Hercules Hall is as high as 480 square meters, which is very exaggerated. This is the masterpiece of François Le Moine, a famous French painter in the 18th century and founder of Rococo art.

This huge zenith mural was almost completed by Le Moine alone. It took three years in total. It is one of the largest zenith paintings in Europe and a shocking feat.

Because of this zenith painting, Le Moine achieved great success and became the chief painter of the court, but it was this work that made him exhausted, causing depression, and killing himself half a year later!

At the time of his suicide, Le Moine was only 49 years old. It was the golden age of artistic creation. It can be said that it is a pity. If not, Le Moine will surely achieve greater artistic achievements.

The title of the painting is "The Ascension of Hercules", and the content is derived from Greek mythology. After the death of the great hero Hercules, he climbed the holy mountain and was made a god, and married Zeus' daughter Hebe as his wife.

Lemoine seemed to use his paintbrush to move the entire Protoss onto the canvas and onto the dome. He painted a total of 142 figures in which the ancient Greek gods can be seen.

The one with a lion skin on his shoulders and an olive stick is the Hercules Hercules. Standing on the chariot are Zeus and Hera, the queen of heaven. Next to him is the daughter of Zeus.

On Mount Olympia, Zeus took his daughter Hibi by the hand to greet the hero Hercules, and together with the queen Hera, introduced Hibi to Hercules. This can also be said to be a blind date!

Have you seen the eagle at the feet of Zeus? It was the guy who tortured Prometheus on the cliffs of the Caucasus. He was shot and killed by Hercules. He was brought here as a meeting ceremony!

Like many paintings from the period of Louis XIV that I saw in the Palace of Versailles before, this Zenith painting is also borrowed from the Hercules Hercules, praising the merits of Louis XIV,..."

After staying in the Hercules Hall for more than half an hour, Ye Tian and the others just left and walked towards the Harvest Hall, which is located to the west of the Hercules Hall!

The main display in this exhibition hall is the collection of medals and treasures of the French kings, as well as many court furniture of various artistic styles and manufactured in various eras, which are very interesting.

In addition, to the north of the Harvest Hall, you can see the Ladonna Fountain in the garden. The scenery is very good!

After strolling around the Harvest Hall for about twenty minutes, Ye Tian and the others walked into the Venus Hall and began to admire this luxurious building and the antique artworks displayed here.

As soon as they walked into the Venus Hall, Ye Tian and the others saw the Louis XIV marble statue standing in front. It was made by the famous French sculptor Jean Willing and is his most famous masterpiece!

But The Venus Hall attracted Ye Tian the most, not the statue of Louis XIV, but the dome of the Venus Hall.

On the dome of the Venus Hall, there are several very wonderful ceiling frescoes, some of which are derived from ancient Roman mythology, and some are derived from Greek mythology!

The first zenith painting is located in the center of the dome. The theme is "Venus Makes Her Empire Divine and Powerful". It is a baroque zenith painting by the famous painter Antoni Uas, created in 1672.

In the picture, the three goddesses of Meihui are putting on a flower crown for Venus, Venus leaning on the car, holding a rose wreath!

The rose wreath in her hand is wrapped around the **** of war Mars, the **** of fire Vulcan, the **** of Bacchus, the **** of sea Nopton, and the **** of Jupiter!

At both ends of this zenith painting, there are two zenith paintings!

One is "Zeus Seeing the Phoenician Princess Europa", and the other is "Poseidon Seeing the Beautiful Fairy Amphitrite in the Sea".

Like the central zenith paintings, these two zenith paintings are also made by famous artists and have extraordinary artistic value!