On a new day, Li Mo took the textbook "Origin and Development of Western Art". This morning was an elective course, and in the afternoon there was also an elective course and a class meeting. He walked into a lecture theater with at least four hundred people in it.

seats, but...

From a glance, it was almost full, and most of them were looking down at books. Even if someone was whispering to each other, they were communicating in a low voice. He looked at the time and saw that he had come ten minutes early, but the top students came earlier.

Li Mo looked around and found that there were no empty seats in the back, so he had to look forward. When he reached the seventh row near the front, he finally saw an empty seat. The empty seat was among several female classmates. Li Mo guessed whether

Take a seat for someone else, otherwise why would there be one in the middle?

I had no choice but to keep walking forward. Fortunately, there was an empty seat in the third row from the front, but the female classmate sitting next to the empty seat was very familiar. She was actually Chu Li, the class president in high school.

"Is there anyone sitting here?"

Chu Li was reading a book. When she heard the sound, she looked up and her eyes suddenly had a strange look. She smiled and said, "What a coincidence. You are also taking this course. Take a seat."

Li Mo sat generously next to her, which immediately attracted a lot of attention. Some male classmates in the front row even turned around and looked at Li Mo many times, as if they were looking at giant pandas.

"Classmate Chu, am I sitting in the wrong place? Many male classmates are very unhappy with me."

"How is it? Am I quite popular at Beijing University?"

Li Mo stood up and looked elsewhere.

"Sit down, the teachers are here."

Chu Li pulled him, and Li Mo looked toward the gate. Sure enough, a man with black-rimmed eyes and casual clothes walked into the lecture theater with a book under his arm.

"It's Professor Qu from the School of Art."

I didn’t expect that I knew the teacher of the first elective course.

"Do you know Professor Qu?"

Chu Li asked softly.

"We met once, but we're not very familiar with him."

Professor Chu turned on various projections, then looked up at the entire lecture theater and said to Mike: "I will randomly call someone, Li Mo."

Professor Qu, did you do this on purpose? Out of nearly 400 classmates, you only clicked on one, and you directly clicked on me.

"arrive."

Li Mo answered bravely.

Professor Qu looked at Li Mo and said with a smile: "Just come, class will start next."

Professor Qu, what do you mean by your words? Just come. If I don't come, will you always tell the whole school that I am skipping class?

"Hehe, Li Mo, have you offended Professor Qu?"

"No." Li Mo said a little doubtfully. What happened in the law firm yesterday is not offensive. They should thank me.

"Before class, let me ask a question, and I will choose a few students to answer it. Why did you choose this course on the origin and development of Western art? Is it for credits? Is it to cultivate your sentiments? Or is it because of your interest in oil painting creation?

Very interested? Whoever answers first will get extra points."

"Professor Qu, I'll answer first." Chu Li was the first to raise her hand, and Professor Qu motioned for her to answer.

"Once I saw an elder paint an oil painting. Many relatives and friends around me exclaimed that it was art, but I couldn't see the idea that the oil painting wanted to express after looking at it for a long time, so I took this elective course.

I just want to know what kind of artistry lies in Western art.”

Chu Li has this idea, which is shared by many people. On the Internet and TV, it is often reported that an oil painting by a certain Western master has been sold for tens of millions of euros, or even higher, but countless people say they can’t see it.

Understand.

"May I have your name?"

"Chu Li."

"Please sit down. Student Chu Li answered very well. She came here to explore the secrets. To reward her for having the courage to stand up and answer the question first, as long as she doesn't miss classes this semester, I'll let you pass."

There was a commotion in the lecture theater, and then I saw many students raising their hands. When Li Mo was hesitating whether to raise his hands, he heard Professor Qu say: "Classmate Li Mo, all the students around you have raised their hands. You

Why don't you raise your hand? Well, if you can give me an answer that satisfies me, I'll give you a pass in this class."

Those who raised their hands were not called, and those who didn't raised their hands were called on. The key was that they were called on twice just a few minutes after the class started.

Li Mo had no choice but to stand up and said: "Actually, I want to learn something about some works of Western artists, such as their famous works, the characteristics of their works, the artistic value, historical value and market value analysis of their works. I thought about it

In the future, if we have the opportunity, we can also go abroad to buy some works of masters and come back, and when the time comes, we will also let those foreigners come to our museum to admire the essence of their national treasures."

Professor Qu was silent for more than ten seconds, nodded and motioned for him to sit down and said, "I have great ambitions. If you have any questions in the future, please contact me."

Professor Qu asked four more students. Each one had a different answer and gave them extra points.

"There are roughly seven stages in the development of Western art. They are preclassical art, including primitive art, ancient Egyptian art and ancient Mesopotamia art. Then there is classical period art, including ancient Greek art and ancient Roman art. The next step is

Medieval art includes early Christian art, Byzantine art, Romanesque art and Gothic art.”

"After that, we entered an art stage that everyone is familiar with, which is European Renaissance art, the most representative of which is Italian Renaissance art. At that time, Renaissance art in the Netherlands, Germany, and Spain all exploded into new styles.

vitality."

"The fifth stage is typical Baroque and Rococo art, such as Italian art in the seventeenth century and neoclassical art in the eighteenth century."

"The last two stages are nineteenth-century Western art and Western modernist art, a total of seven stages."

"In today's class, I will briefly talk to you about it first, so that students can have a concept in their minds, and I will break it down and explain it in detail later in the class."

Professor Qu's class is full of fun. Every few minutes he will raise a question for students to answer. His questions are relatively open-ended. As long as your answer is novel and reasonable, you will be given extra points.

The elective course was held in two consecutive periods, and when the bell rang, Li Mo was still mesmerized.

"Li Mo, let's have lunch together."

"No, it's too dangerous to eat with you. I'm afraid other male classmates will stop me and beat me up. I'd better hide in a corner and eat by myself."

Li Mo answered seriously, but Chu Li burst into laughter and rolled his eyes at her from time to time.

"Li Mo, I thought you were quite honest before. Why are you talking so much now?"

"You are all top academics. In the past, you only saw study. How could you tolerate a scumbag like me?" Li Mo packed up his textbooks and said with a smile, "The main reason is that I made an appointment with my classmates to have dinner together and have a school sports meeting."

We are about to start, and we happen to have something to discuss. Next time we have a chance to meet, I will treat you to the most delicious dish in the cafeteria of Beijing University."

"What is the most delicious dish? Why don't I know?" Chu Li asked curiously.

"You girls' favorite weight loss tool, green vegetable and tofu soup, you can drink it as you like."

After Li Mo finished speaking, he quickly slipped away.

"I'm furious."
Chapter completed!