Chapter 3 Mona Lisa (Additional update for Operations Officer + Bai Yin Meng @ the Blue Tears of the Headwind)

The meaning of aurora.

Fifth floor rooftop.

Movie curtain blowing in the breeze.

A semi-new movie is now airing.

Surrealistic water architecture, paired with an extremely retro outdoor curtain movie.

On a starless night, take away the loneliness of the moon.

The name of the movie is "The Da Vinci Code".

Starring Tom Hanks.

Released in 2006.

The film tells the story of a series of decryptions triggered by a murder in the Louvre Museum.

All the codes are hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings.

Dan Brown, the original author of the film, has made subversive interpretations of "Mona Lisa", "Leonardo Da Vinci's Self-Portrait" and "The Last Supper".

He believed that the Mona Lisa was Leonardo da Vinci's self-portrait.

The painting "Leonardo Da Vinci's Self-Portrait" is actually androgynous.

What's even more exaggerated is that he believed that among the thirteen men who participated in "The Last Supper", there was actually a woman.

The woman was sitting at the right hand of Jesus during this meal.

Her name is Mary Magdalene.

Redeemed by Jesus, became Jesus’ wife, and left descendants.

All of this forms the basis for decryption.

Dan Brown's interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings is subversive and shocking.

But unfortunately, he said it with certainty.

And, in a certain sense, it is logically self-consistent.

Those who don’t know enough about the history of the Renaissance or the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci.

If you start to get to know Leonardo da Vinci from this movie, you will easily be led into the strange world view created by Dan Brown.

At this moment, there is such a little girl sitting on the rooftop of the fifth floor.

Her name is Zong Yi and she has just entered fifth grade.

This is a girl who is thirsty for knowledge, lively and active, and gradually becomes interested in the history of the Renaissance.

Of course, it wasn't just the European Renaissance that aroused her interest.

She also has an endless interest in the five thousand years of Chinese culture.

There may be more than 5,000, including the Majiayao culture of the Neolithic Age.

It's because I'm still a primary school student.

I haven’t yet had time to find a path that allows me to travel leisurely in the long river of history.

Fortunately, she also has an older sister who majored in cultural relics and museums.

So Zongyi had a catchphrase: "Sister, sister, sister, I have a problem."

Every word is not in the same key, speaking is like singing.

And also used the classical musical scale Gong Shang Jiao Zheng Yu, which originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, to "compose" the music.

From Gong to Yu, then from Yu to Gong.

Translated into simplified musical notation, it is 12356 (Sister, Sister, Sister)-65321 (I have a question).

It's a little annoying, but also a little nice.

"What's the problem?" Meng Xin, who was called sister five times, responded in a good-tempered way.

"Are everything in the movie true? Is the Mona Lisa really Leonardo da Vinci?"

Zong Yi's question carries a bit of childishness that has not faded away.

It doesn’t quite fit in with the current primary school student character who talks all the time but is “The Lonely Warrior”.

"Of course it's not true. Mona means lady in Italian, so the literal translation of Mona Lisa is Lady Lisa. How could it be Leonardo da Vinci?" Meng Xinzhi categorically denied it.

"But isn't "Leonardo Da Vinci's Self-Portrait" also a hermaphrodite? If you compare it carefully, it seems to make sense. I think this movie is very realistic."

Regarding the issue of self-portraits, Zongyi was a bit brainwashed by the movie.

"Leonardo Da Vinci's Self-Portrait" is not as famous as the "Mona Lisa".

It was a painting that Zongyi had never seen before, so it was easier to brainwash him.

"The settings in this movie must be fictitious. You are already in fifth grade. If you are still so naive, I won't watch movies like this with you in the future."

Meng Xinzhi regretted agreeing to watch this movie with Zong Yi tonight.

"My sister. I'm in fifth grade. Of course I can clearly distinguish which movie scenes are fictional and which are real. But, I think the possibility mentioned in this movie is, in reality,

It should exist."

The little girl paused: "You know what I mean, sister, this is the Mona Lisa, it's different from other paintings."

"What's different?"

"Sister, didn't you tell me before that the Mona Lisa is a very small painting, 77 centimeters long and 53 centimeters wide? Am I remembering it correctly?"

"Well, I have a good memory." Meng Xinzhi patted his head in time to confirm.

"Sister, did you also tell me that the painting "Mona Lisa" ranks first in the world in terms of the number of times it has been viewed, imitated, written into lyrics, and reported."

"Yeah." Meng Xinzhi nodded and signaled Zongyi to continue.

"Isn't this right? My sister. If this painting didn't have a special password, how could it possibly have won so many top prizes in the world? It must be unique." Zongyi said firmly.

He gave his reasons.

Meng Xinzhi flicked Zong Yi's little head: "That's because this painting is hung in the Louvre. The most people visit the Louvre every year, so the number of times this painting has been viewed has naturally increased.

.”

"But sister, the Louvre has so many collections. Why can the small "Mona Lisa" become the museum's treasure? It must be unique." Zong Yi emphasized his point of view again.

Meng Xinzhi didn't want her sister to be led astray by a movie, so she had to explain very formally:

"That's because Leonardo da Vinci created a special painting technique when he painted this painting."

"You've seen pictures of the Mona Lisa many times, right?"

"Does the whole painting give people a hazy but realistic feeling?"

"Paintings that date back to the High Renaissance."

"The boundaries of the characters are very obvious, which makes them appear rather abrupt."

"The clearer the lines, the lower the sense of realism."

"The painting "Mona Lisa" blurs the boundaries of the characters and enhances the sense of reality."

“During the heyday of the Renaissance when there were no cameras, realism was the most important aspect of painting.”

"Before this, Leonardo's fellow disciple Botticelli used to draw long hair to hide the edges of the characters."

"This is an attempt at realism, but the change is still not obvious enough."

"Only a small part of the edge line is hidden, and the lines of the facial features are still very clear."

"Leonardo Da Vinci used the light and dark effects created by the light source to hide the edge lines inside the surface, creating the fade-out method."

"The painting "Mona Lisa" not only integrates the edge lines of the characters into the surface."

"This is also done in the processing of the edge lines of the facial features."

"If you look carefully, you will find that the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes."

"These are all to achieve the best effect of the fade method."

"Leonardo da Vinci solved the most important problem of realism during the Renaissance."

"And the solution to this problem is represented by the painting "Mona Lisa."

"Therefore, this painting has become the treasure of the Louvre."

"If I say this, will you be able to understand?"

Meng Xinzhi gave as complete an explanation as possible in a language Zongyi could understand.

While talking, he opened the "Mona Lisa" picture on his mobile phone and showed it to her.

"I understand, I understand, but, my sister," these last five words can be regarded as Zongyi's second mantra, "in the long history, many people have created special painting techniques, and

We can’t say that the fade method is more meaningful than other painting methods, right? Then why don’t other paintings have so many historical masterpieces? It must be because the Mona Lisa itself hides a code.”

Even though she was a museum professional, Meng Xinzhi lost her temper after being asked one question after another by Zong Yi.

But the little girl had no intention of stopping there at all, and even had her own logic:

"My sister, what do you think?"

“When I say that the Mona Lisa is the treasure of the Louvre, I’m putting it lightly, right?”

"This painting should be the most expensive painting in human history, right?"

"When I was very young, didn't my sister and I watch the Guinness World Records together?"

"Have you seen at that time that in 1962, the premium for the painting "Mona Lisa" had reached 100 million US dollars?"

"This is a Guinness World Record!"

"That was 1962, my sister."

"Now, it will cost more than billions of dollars, right?"

"If this painting didn't have a code like what was said in the movie, how could it be so expensive?"

After talking about art properly, Zongyi turned his attention to the premium and value of the paintings.

The paintings in the museum cannot be taken out and sold casually.

Without transactions, how can there be a price?

It is really impossible to say whether the painting "Mona Lisa" is the most expensive painting in human history.

I used adult professional logic to explain it for a long time, but it couldn't be explained, so Meng Xinzhi had no choice but to take risks.

"The most fundamental reason why the painting "Mona Lisa" is so expensive is because Leonardo da Vinci was not a professional painter."

The words in the dream heart are astonishing.

"Ah?" Zong Yi opened his mouth, "Sister, are you kidding me? Leonardo da Vinci, the leader of the three great masters after the Renaissance, is not a professional painter?"

"Of course it's not a joke. In addition to being able to draw, Leonardo da Vinci was also a mathematician, biologist, astronomer, mechanics and anatomist... There are a lot of people in the family. For him, painting is

It’s just one of many hobbies that just happened to be passed down and become more famous.”

Meng Xinzhi draws on Zongyi's use of classical musical scales and uses Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu to sing five "homes" in a row.

"But, my sister, this can't solve the problem of why the "Mona Lisa" is the most expensive! Leonardo da Vinci is so powerful, in turn, doesn't it mean that there is probably something in the "Mona Lisa"

Is there a password hidden? Otherwise, why is it so expensive?"

Facts prove.

Not only was Zongyi not convinced, but he became even more determined.

Meng Xinzhi took a deep breath and said: "I will tell you now why a painting by a non-professional painter is so expensive."

"Okay, okay, okay, sister, tell me quickly!"

Zongyi propped up his chin and disguised himself as a little flower eager for knowledge.

"Because Leonardo da Vinci was not a professional painter, his understanding of painting was also different from that of other painters of his time. Especially when it came to the mixing of paints, Leonardo da Vinci was very arbitrary. I told you

Well, sometimes when too much paint is used, Leonardo da Vinci likes to press the paint flat with his thumb."

"Yes, sister, you told me that the only work of Leonardo da Vinci living outside Europe, "Ginevra de Benci", is because of Leonardo's fingerprints.

, no one has ever questioned whether it is the work of Leonardo da Vinci himself. You also said that several of Leonardo’s paintings have thumbprints in them, which can be mutually confirmed."

"Yes, these fingerprints can also prove from another level that Leonardo da Vinci did whatever he wanted when he painted."

"But, my sister..."

"Don't be too stubborn, let me explain it to you now." Meng Xinzhi used a very unique perspective, trying to pull out the sect that got into Qian's eyes:

"Because Leonardo da Vinci was first and foremost a scientist."

"So his pigment mixing is more functional and scientific, as long as the color is right."

"He didn't study paint as intensively as other painters of his time."

"I never thought from the beginning that my paintings would be accurate and immortal."

"Many of the pigments Leonardo da Vinci used to paint are easily eroded by time."

"This means that his paintings can easily change over time."

"Since the Louvre Museum has collected this painting, it must hope that this painting will always look like its original appearance."

"In order to achieve this, the museum needs to invest huge annual maintenance costs."

"Once these maintenance costs are incurred, will they be added to the value of the painting?"

"Does this make this painting extraordinarily expensive?"

"It is precisely because the painting is so fragile that the museum needs to insure it to set a Guinness World Record."

"Does this explain why this painting is so expensive?"

Meng Xinzhi tried her best, but if Zongyi still couldn't be persuaded, she would have to leave.

Originally, educating children is the responsibility of parents, and it is not her responsibility as a sister.

"Wow, it turns out it's so expensive because Leonardo da Vinci used paint indiscriminately!" Zong Yi clapped his hands and stood up, "That's right!"

"Right?"

Meng Xinzhi became less confident. She was not sure whether she had really convinced her stubborn sister.

She doesn't have to educate her younger sister, but she doesn't want to lead her into trouble because of a movie.

"Yeah, it's the same as when I was a kid and touched my favorite princess dress with my sweaty hands after just eating."

Zong Yi was excited and regretful at the same time. He took Meng Xinzhi's hand, shook it and said, "Do you still remember, sister? The purple skirt I touched became moldy in the second year."

"Uh...that's what happened."

Meng Xinzhi didn't remember whether Zongyi had touched the purple princess dress, let alone whether any of it was moldy.

She just wants to seize every opportunity to prevent her sister from being led astray by the movie.

"It's so interesting. It turns out that the reason why the "Mona Lisa" is so expensive is because Leonardo da Vinci mixed the paints and touched them randomly!" Zongyi happily turned around, "Hahaha.

Haha, this does increase the cost of maintenance, just like I often increase the burden on my mother."

Finally, Zongyi’s logic became self-consistent.

I laughed out loud at the classical music scale and went downstairs to sleep happily.

Meng Xinzhi, who had watched "The Da Vinci Code" more than a dozen times, was left in a daze on the rooftop on the fifth floor.

She doesn't believe there really is a Da Vinci Code.

In Meng Xinzhi's view, the study of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings in the movie is similar to the study of Red Mansions in Red Mansions. In many details, the study is a bit overdone.

For example, Jia Baoyu was the emperor's illegitimate son or even the prince.

The so-called "fake jade" is actually a "real jade".

Whether there are endless discussions about "The Da Vinci Code" or endless debates about "A Dream of Red Mansions".

They all study a novel as historical fact.

From the perspective of Meng Xinzhi, who is a professional in cultural relics and museums, this is completely meaningless.

When it comes to historical facts and belief, she only believes in unearthed cultural relics.

History has passed, and only cultural relics can restore the truth, or at least a part of the truth.

But, the strange thing is.

She often has strange dreams.

For example, after watching "The Da Vinci Code", I dreamed of the Mona Lisa.

It's Madame Lisa as a person, not the painting.

In the dream, Lady Lisa sang to her.

Meng Xinzhi has never heard such a beautiful voice in real life.

Another example is when I went to the Liaoning Museum to read "Pictures of Luo Shen Fu", and I dreamed about the love entanglement between Cao Zhi and Luo Shen.

In the dream, she and Luo Shen danced on the water, discussing why there is so much love in the world but not enough.

It's very fantasy.

But everything in the dream is too real.

For example, the reason why Leonardo da Vinci's paintings are more difficult to preserve than paintings of the same period due to pigment mixing problems was the answer she got when she communicated with Lady Lisa in her dream.

At that time, Meng Xinzhi was only six years old and could not read.

In life, it is impossible to come into contact with this information.

Two years later, I traveled abroad with my father for the first time, and we went to the Louvre Museum, where we also went to see the "tiny" Mona Lisa.

She just wanted to take a look, not get any answers.

Like most tourists, I just took a quick look at the sights, took a few photos and got ready to leave.

But when I was leaving, I accidentally received a piece of news from a staff member who could speak Chinese.

It is a fact that the maintenance cost of the Mona Lisa is much higher than that of other paintings.

Leonardo da Vinci's pigment mixing problems are indeed one of the reasons why the maintenance cost of his handed down works is high.

The staff also gave a special example of "The Last Supper".

It is said that when Leonardo da Vinci was painting, he did not like to use fresco paint, which had been widely used since the Middle Ages.

Instead, he used his own original "organic" new pigment mixed with eggs and milk.

As a result, there are many severely peeled parts of his paintings that cannot be completely restored.

The words of the staff can be combined with the knowledge points that Mrs. Lisa told her in her dream.

Because of this, Meng Xinzhi began to pay special attention to his dreams.

She later dreamed of Lady Lisa again.

She was already in middle school at that time.

That day, it may have been because I listened to my father singing "Mona Lisa Who Is She" all night.

Then I thought about it day by day and dreamed about it at night.

In her dream, Lady Lisa told her that the identity of Mona Lisa was different from what all future generations had guessed.

Mrs. Lisa said that she was a singer with a voice like nature.

Just like when Meng Xinzhi dreamed of her for the first time.

Mrs. Lisa also said that she and Leonardo had a musical sympathies.

She was the first person to promote Leonardo da Vinci to the art palace of Florence.

It was she who made Leonardo da Vinci's beauty and talent known to Florentines.

They are lifelong friends.

Therefore, Leonardo da Vinci would take her portrait with him wherever he went.

Even if he left Florence in his later years and went to France to work as a court painter, it would be the same.

Yes, in the dream, Mona Lisa told Meng Xinzhi that Leonardo da Vinci began to make a name for himself in Florence as a handsome and attractive musician.

Not a painter, not a scientist, but a musician.

And the key point is to be handsome, very handsome, very handsome.

After waking up from the dream, Meng Xinzhi went to the library to check countless information.

There is no clear answer to the question of who is the Mona Lisa.

But it is true that Leonardo da Vinci was very handsome when he was young and debuted as a musician!

Leonardo da Vinci in history was not only good at singing.

His flute and lyre playing skills are also outstanding.

But it really corresponds to the sentence in "Dream of Red Mansions" - when the fake is true, the true is also false, and there is nothing but nothing.

This also strengthened my determination to study cultural relics and museums at Mengxin University.

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