After a sumptuous dinner, Trini sent Van Dellentrön to a dedicated guest room to rest - the full bathroom facilities will definitely satisfy him. It is a kind of inertia in the "place" to please people from the "central", 17
The Dutch in the 19th century were not immune to this custom.
Mr. Leib Trini returned to his studio. It was a large room by any standard of time and space, with large glass windows that were extremely luxurious by European standards. Mr. Trini usually
The work is provided with ample light.
The studio, like all artists' studios, was a bit messy. The huge workbench was piled with paper rolls, and there were brushes and paints everywhere - many of them European goods shipped from Batavia.
Many plaster heads and statues are displayed on shelves along the walls, and easels and drawing stools are arranged in a semicircle in the middle of the room. This is the equipment used by Trini's drawing class.
In the corner of the room is his carving workbench, and there stands a semi-finished stone carving - this is an order from the Australians. They want to build a small victory monument under the city of Chengmai. From design to carving, it is all done by Leib Terry.
Ni is in charge. His order goes far beyond that.
In the history of art, Italian Leib Trini is an unknown person, but in terms of both pure art and industrial arts, he is a "master" figure in Lingao.
There are small coke ovens in the studio, crucibles of various sizes for melting glass and metal, and various tools for making glass and metal crafts on the table. Here he makes colored mosaic glass and various metal decorations. From
From the wrought iron ornaments inlaid with the Latin letters "s?s?a?e" on the lintel of the Senate to the various medals and coats of arms issued by the Senate...
The Australians' demand for fine arts was so great that Trini found that his main time was not engaged in consular or intelligence work, but busy completing orders from the Australians.
He sat down on his wicker chair, lit a cigar, smoked it slowly, and savored the aroma. Cigars made by Australians were a luxury product locally, and it was said that only "elders" could enjoy them.
But to Trini, Australian cigarettes are just a processed version of American tobacco - just like those cheaper paper cigarettes.
Generally speaking, the characteristics of luxury goods in this time and space are: remote origin and rarity. The two complement each other, and remoteness is naturally rare. Just like Chinese silk and porcelain, although they are not everywhere in China, they are not priceless.
Once they cross the ocean and are transported thousands of miles to Europe and America, their value will increase tenfold or twentyfold. The smooth arrival of a ship can bring back countless wealth. Search for strange and rare items from distant places
Items are then transported over long distances to obtain high profits, which is the most common trade model in the world.
Australians are always changing the appearance of objects and using some unknown secret methods to increase their value. Whether it is the "Datang Princess" wine they sold in Guangzhou in the past, or the cigarettes and cigars they sell now.
Strictly speaking, the Australians don't have anything that the Europeans and Chinese don't have - it can even be said that except for their weapons, there are no real "Australian goods", and all the so-called Australian goods are in Lingao.
, manufactured using raw materials from China and imported.
After smoking the cigar, the room was completely plunged into darkness. The Dutch servant who always had a straight face came in. He came in holding a candle and carefully lit the gas lamp with an explosion-proof lampshade in the corner. The whole room quickly
It shines brightly.
After lighting the gas, he withdrew. Trini's spirits began to rise - his apprentices would soon come to study with him at night.
I don’t know why, but Australians are keen on working at night. Of course, they also have this condition: the bright gas lamp allows him to sit on the wicker chair and still see clearly a large-sized oil painting on the easel: This is Lingao Seminary.
It was ordered and will be used to decorate the Bairen Cathedral. The Senate, half forced and half induced, gave Trini fifteen students to study art. Among them, several children who showed sufficient talent have been accepted as disciples by him: a 12-year-old
The year-old girl makes Trini fantasize about her every night.
Trini likes the Australians' attitude towards women. They don't care about letting women appear in all places, let them be craftsmen, farmers, engage in all walks of life, have free contact with men, and even let girls go to school.
, serving as officials, which makes the whole society more colorful - especially the Australians who make all female students wear immoral short skirts, even to the knees! It is said that on some special occasions, some women even wear skirts that expose their thighs
Skirts, Mr. Trini is not a person who has never seen a woman's breasts. Like all Italian painters, he has painted many women's breasts, but the appearance of a female student wearing a short-sleeved top and short skirt is worse than that of a naked woman.
It can even arouse his passion.
Australians are very keen on **women in paintings, but the religious affairs officer He Ying gave him clear instructions to only draw **women with religious themes - in most cases they must have wings, and they must only appear.
In very few specific situations, such as in front of martyrs, in the sky behind senators, and in church icons approved by the Religious Office, there are always one or two saints in front who have the faces of certain senators, such as
It was Dean Wu Shimang who offered sacrifices to the Holy Son, and it was the winged Chairman Wen who shot down the six-winged beauty with the flaming sword...
Of course, these unhappiness could not shake Trini's love for Lingao. The Australians provided Trini with high-quality paper, canvas, dip pens, high-quality ink, and previously unheard-of absorbent pens and pencils.
Trini is very fond of Linko's drawing tools, especially drawing pencils: various types of drawing pencils with different shades greatly reduce the painter's workload when drawing sketches. As for the plaster head, he admitted that it is a wonderful
Method - Many people who study painting cannot afford marble reproductions. Using molds and plaster casting, it is easy to reproduce the most beautiful sculptures in large quantities for others to copy and appreciate.
Four of his best students came in, three boys and one girl, and bowed to him. Then a young man in uniform walked in. He stood up and said to the guests with a smile: He
He can't speak Chinese yet, so he can only teach courses through an interpreter. And this serious-looking interpreter is said to be a veteran. He comes here every day to act as a bridge between the students and himself, and he never misses class regardless of rain or shine.
The students who served were all ordinary Chinese children from humble backgrounds, which made Trini full of respect for the Australian elders.
Trini taught these four students in a traditional teaching method. The apprentices did some simple auxiliary work within their capabilities, observed what he did, and he gave some pointers. This was also the case for Italian artists in the Renaissance.
Traditional teaching methods.
"What class do we have today?" the translator asked.
"In the oil painting course, we start with the most basic painting preparation," Trini said.
To paint an oil painting in the 17th century, the painter first had to be a craftsman. In the old time and space, you could buy all the painting tools and start painting by going to the stationery store once. This is not feasible in this time and space. Whether it is canvas, paint, oil, or even a brush,
All need to be prepared by the artist himself.
There are many small drawers in the corner of the room, and the drawers are filled with paints shipped all the way from Europe. The paints are not in tubes, but various solid fragments, mostly minerals, but also from plants and animals.
Among the products, the most peculiar one is the blue broken glass produced in Venice - used to make a more common blue color. On the table are various mortar bowls and dishes.
Trini taught them step by step how to select paint fragments, how to break them into suitable sizes, and then grind them. The grinding was done step by step, first in a larger mortar, and then in a smaller one.
Grind it finely in a bowl until it becomes powder of different thicknesses that can be prepared.
The students gradually became interested in work. They were curious at first, and then changed their serious faces. They helped the master prepare a poisonous potion: dissolve arsenic disulfide and mercuric chloride in alcohol, and then pour it into
On top of the planks - to protect them from silverworms. Then they applied the first heavy layer, covering all the seams and cracks with a mixture of alabaster, resin and **, and then covered them with a smooth polished iron
To smooth out the uneven areas.
The work always falls into the hands of the master easily and quickly, as if it is a recreational activity. While working, Trini teaches various techniques for preparing oil painting tools: teaching students how to bundle paintbrushes: from wrapping them in lead heads
From the thickest and hardest bristle pen to the thinnest and softest little chinchilla brush inserted in a goose quill: he also tried to use Chinese brushes, but he always felt that he was not very comfortable with it.
The students were eager to try it - although it was simple and easy to watch the master do it, doing it themselves seemed clumsy. Then Trini slowly heated a pure oil on the stove: it was squeezed from hemp seeds.
It has a mild hallucinogenic effect, and the Senate requires them to wear masks when using heat.
The students followed his instructions and rubbed the drawing board with a small piece of sheepskin dipped in hot sesame oil. Let the drawing board fully absorb the oil.
"You have to rub it while it's hot. If it's cold, you won't be able to inhale it." Trini kept instructing the students.
The young senator stood aside with interest, translating Trini's instructions and the students' questions from time to time. Watching their every move with interest. He noticed that the Italian turned his attention to the female students from time to time.
Every time he was more focused when instructing female students, he smiled knowingly.