"Mona Lisa" is a very small painting.

This is a small treasure that everyone must see when they go to the Louvre.

If you go to the Louvre without seeing the Mona Lisa, you will be embarrassed to say that you have been to the Louvre after you come out.

This situation does not only occur to Chinese tourists, but to tourists all over the world.

No matter how small the painting is, no matter how fenced it is, no matter how far away it is, you will definitely want to take a look.

No matter how you feel after reading it, the fact that you have seen it is the most important.

It was no exception that Nie Guangyi entered the Louvre for the first time.

But only for the first time.

As a young man who aspires to become an architect, Nie Guangyi is more concerned about the architectural elements in the Louvre.

The day I met Meng Xinzhi.

Nie Guangyi has been hanging around the Louvre for more than half a month.

From the statue of Louis XIV in the square to the four caryatids on the central bandstand of the hall.

Nie Guangyi studied everything thoroughly.

I also corresponded one by one with the content in the history of Western architecture that I had studied, and looked for connections between each piece of work.

That day, Nie Guangyi made a completely different choice from the tourists.

I went to see a painting that most people will definitely miss when they go to the Louvre - "The Wedding at Cana" by Veronese.

This is a huge painting.

It is nearly ten meters long and nearly five meters wide.

Unlike the tiny Mona Lisa, "The Wedding at Cana" is one of the largest oil paintings collected by the Louvre.

Logically speaking, such a masterpiece would not be easily missed by visitors to the Louvre.

The fact is that this painting holds the record for being the most missed painting in the Louvre.

The "ill-fated" nature of this painting can be directly attributed to the "Mona Lisa".

"The Wedding at Cana" was placed opposite "Mona Lisa", the world's number one internet celebrity in the oil painting industry.

Most of the people who queued up to see the Mona Lisa were in a hurry to go to the toilet or look for food.

Even if tourists pass by this masterpiece, they will not spare a glance.

Turning a blind eye, not squinting, and not focusing on anything...

In fact, the painting "The Wedding at Cana" itself is no less legendary than the "Mona Lisa".

For Nie Guangyi, a freshman majoring in architecture, he pays attention to this painting not because of the painting itself.

It's because of the place where the painting was originally located - the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

This church is built on an island in Venice, across the water from Piazza San Marco.

The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore is the work of the architect Palladio.

Palladio was Nie Guangyi’s most respected architect.

This master lived in the 16th century, and the influence of his architectural design and related writings truly reached its peak two hundred years after his death.

Later generations called this influence [Palladianism].

Palladio is a rare architectural master in history who has his own "ism" rather than "style".

The Church of San Giorgio Maggiore represents Palladio's highest architectural achievement and is the most perfect interpretation of "Palladianism".

In 1563, at the age of 55, Palladio began to rebuild the church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

The reconstruction began in batches, with the refectory of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore being the first to be renovated.

This year, an Italian painter named Veronese created "The Wedding at Cana" and hung it in the dining room of the San Giorgio Maggiore Church.

Veronese was a student of Titian, the father of Western oil painting.

Along with Titian, he was one of the three masters of the Venetian School of Painting in Italy in the 16th century.

After the painting was completed, it was hung on the wall of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

It wasn't until two centuries later that he was targeted by Napoleon.

When Napoleon attacked Italy, he directly used what he had stolen - he ordered people to remove the frame, roll up the painting, ship it to France, and send it to the Louvre.

The Italians were indignant about this incident.

At the Congress of Vienna after the fall of Napoleon.

Many countries have negotiated for the return of artworks looted by Napoleon during the war.

"The Wedding at Cana" is also on the list of Italians for return negotiations.

However, the then director of the Louvre Museum expressed great opposition to the return of "The Wedding at Cana".

There are many reasons for being a curator.

First of all, the painting is too huge to move.

Secondly, the painting was in poor condition and not suitable for moving.

Anyway, no matter what the Italians say, the curator can always find a reason to fight back.

"The Wedding at Cana" was left in the Louvre.

You can see the leopard in the tube.

It is not difficult to see the status of this painting in the mind of the then director of the Louvre Museum.

Perhaps this painting will be taken back due to too much publicity about its "unknown origin".

Or perhaps the impact of the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 was too great.

Gradually, the influence of the small "Mona Lisa" in the same exhibition hall overshadowed the large "Wedding of Cana".

"The Wedding at Cana" has also gone from being the curator's favorite to becoming the most often overlooked painting in the Louvre.

Nie Guangyi did not feel sorry for this painting.

What really made him regretful was that only a copy of "The Wedding of Cana" could be hung in the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, which represents Palladio's highest architectural achievement.

No matter how perfect the copy is, it is not the original but better than the original.

Even those who visit the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore will not miss this replica.

But but, but, a copy is a copy.

Nie Guangyi has always had his own persistence.

In his life creed, the most unacceptable thing is uncreative copying and unethical plagiarism.

Even if there is any reason.

No matter how many reasons there are.

Plagiarism is plagiarism.

Nie Guangyi had known for a long time that when he saw Meng Xinzhi, it was like Xuan Shi suddenly taking the initiative to call him Guangyi brother, and that something bad would happen.

But I didn't expect it to be so bad.

Fourteen years ago, he picked up the "author" of the painting - "Miss Happy". He must have hurriedly looked for food or released memory after watching "Mona Lisa", and then missed "The Wedding of Cana".

The most ridiculous "work" was thrown away.

If possible, Nie Guangyi wished he had not gone to the Louvre that day.

The content in the painting he picked up was really too abstract.

Even those who have had coffee at Aurora Studio look back.

One hundred out of one hundred people think it has nothing to do with it.

Nie Guangyi happened to be the 101st.

Inexplicably, he was able to find the elements of the aurora's meaning among the ghosts and animals, as if this picture was imprinted in his mind.

This hurts a bit.

Nie Guangyi was very depressed, as much as crying on a plane.

…

Dream Heart is back.

With the fresh fragrance of just taking a shower.

Nie Guangyi didn't need to turn around to know that the girl had used his shower gel. The feeling was familiar yet unfamiliar.

It's obviously the same shower gel, it's obviously the same fragrance, it's obviously a very masculine white tea fragrance.

When it comes to Meng Xinzhi, it transforms into a completely different fragrance.
To be continued...