Art is a good medicine to cultivate human self-sentiment, and it is also a prescription to perceive the gorgeous flowers in life. The greatest feature of human beings is that they have a pair of eyes to discover beauty. As early as the ancient Stone Age, clever ancestors painted colorful patterns on pottery. In the long historical process, brilliant star painters were born. Among the shining stars, there is the most beautiful comet, and its passage illuminates the sky of the times. . . . . .
In the seaside town of Finch near Florence, there is a small village called Anciano. 1452 On April 5th, the great painter Leonardo da Vinci was born in this beautiful place.
Leonardo da Vinci, as one of the three outstanding artists of the Italian Renaissance, is also the most perfect representative of the whole European Renaissance. He is a profound, knowledgeable and versatile painter, fable, sculptor, inventor, philosopher, musician, doctor, biologist, geographer, architectural engineer and military engineer. He is a genius. On the one hand, he is keen on artistic creation and theoretical research, studying how to express various problems of the body with lines and three-dimensional modeling; On the other hand, he also studied natural science. For a truly touching artistic image, he extensively studied optics, mathematics, geology, biology and other subjects related to painting. His artistic practice and scientific exploration spirit had a great and far-reaching impact on later generations.
Leonardo da Vinci had a wide range of interests and dabbled in a wide range. Among his many masterpieces, my favorite is Our Lady of the Rock. The theme of this painting is that little John the Baptist pays tribute to Christ in front of the Virgin Mary and angels. Leonardo da vinci placed them in a beautiful and mysterious rock landscape. The Virgin Mary, children and angels sat directly on the rocky floor, and the fading light smoke and mist presented a hazy picture. The whole scene was like a distant dream. Poetic warmth, tranquility and elegance: the characters in the painting are shrouded in a mysterious atmosphere deliberately created. Strange hanging stones hang down from the wet rock mass, and several flowers and plants pass through the cracks in the rock, so iris, anemone, violet and some ferns can be distinguished. In the distance, the blue sky appears in front of people through holes and gaps between rocks. The young mother held the kneeling baby John in her tender hand, and his other hand reached out to her son. The angel faces the audience, leads them to the painting and signals the scene with his hands. A series of gestures represent protection, instruction and blessing. . . . . .
In this stable and harmonious picture, the scenery is no longer a simple background. The realistic scenery surrounds the characters and blends naturally with them, giving the picture a unique vividness. So much so that I once read in a book that some people thought that our Madonna of the Rocks was full of hints and symbols, showing Leonardo da Vinci's mysterious mind. What does it mean to point at St. John with an obvious gesture? Does St. John, who is protected by the virgin Mary, mean that human beings need the protection of the holy spirit? Does the cave depicted as a uterus suggest the origin of life? . . . . .
This masterpiece is amazing in screen design, whether it is color matching, structural construction or background drawing. Tone, the whole painting is based on Tan, and the dark blue of the Virgin contrasts with the purple, gold and silver gray on the angel cloak; The skin of Jesus and John contrasts with John's golden curly hair; The scenery outside the cave is aerial perspective, and many people form a pyramid structure, with the head of the Virgin Mary at the top. The angel's face expresses the ideal beauty of Leonardo da Vinci, and it is a sweet holy spirit scattered from the heart; Put the character in a dark environment and let the scenery emerging in the light get real inspiration. This brand-new way of painting interweaves figures, light and "secondary light", and the canvas is filled with a strong religious atmosphere. . . .
In a word, this masterpiece belongs to the traditional theme, and its expression technique and composition layout all reflect the profound artistic level: the exquisite depiction of characters and backgrounds is amazing, and it is really a veritable world treasure!
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I was an ignorant child when I first came into contact with this masterpiece, but when I opened the album, I couldn't help but be shocked by her beauty. . . . . It seems that the beauty of art transcends the boundaries of time and is the eternal beauty of materialism!