Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 2215: Confession of Faith
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More and more visitors gathered at the entrance of the exhibition hall, but the scene was relatively quiet. Only Ye Tian’s clear voice continued to come out and reached everyone’s ears.
Everyone here is listening to Ye Tian’s professional and wonderful explanation, and appreciating Rembrandt’s masterpiece, “The Return of the Prodigal Son”.
“The young son in this painting is a portrait of Rembrandt himself when he was young. Looking back means that he once ran away and wandered around the world; the prodigal son hints at another identity he once had.
Now, the wanderer has returned home, and his life has been complete since then. Rembrandt’s early years were smooth sailing, but in his middle age, he gradually began to decline.
However, for Rembrandt when he created this oil painting in his later years, his mood had completely changed. He regards his previous experiences of success and failure as failures.
Perhaps it is because in his previous creative career, he never remembered his mother’s teachings in his childhood. He was far away from his own beliefs and had no support from his spiritual strength, thus falling into emptiness.
When he finished creating the painting “The Prodigal Son Returns”, his state of mind had completely changed. He regained the faith he had lost, and his mentality began to become peaceful, but his life also came to an end.
Gorky once said, ‘You can’t lose faith, and you can’t destroy that great love because of doubt.’ Rembrandt’s faith is not only the source of his rich themes, but also the pillar of the spiritual world.
“The Return of the Prodigal Son” presents his powerful inner world and soul beliefs, which supported him in the second half of his life when he had nothing and suffered a lot, but still created the pinnacle work in the history of human art.”
Listening to Ye Tian’s explanation, many visitors at the scene gained something new when they looked at the painting “The Prodigal Son Returns”, and they also gained a deeper understanding of Rembrandt’s masterpiece. .
At this time, Ye Tian was explaining and secretly looking through this world-famous painting.
Under perspective, everything about this world-famous painting, from the outside to the inside, was clearly presented in his eyes, and no one was missed.
In this oil painting on canvas, he saw countless traces left by the master of art Rembrandt during his creation, and even the entire creation process, as if he was witnessing it with his own eyes.
More importantly, in the upper right corner of this oil painting, a corner with a relatively dark tone, and covered by surface paint, he discovered several hidden and extremely tiny Latin letters.
However, the specific meaning of those Latin letters, whether it is the abbreviation of a person’s name or the abbreviation of a place’s name, is temporarily unknown. Now I can only keep it in mind and study it carefully later.
One thing is certain, it is not Rembrandt’s personal signature, nor is it an abbreviation of the place where he lived in his later years.
Except for these mysterious Latin letters, nothing else has been found on this world-famous painting.
While looking through the painting “The Prodigal Son”, Ye Tian thoroughly looked through the display wall behind the painting and the entire exhibition hall behind the display wall, without missing a single corner.
In the process, apart from some pleasing young female bodies, there were no surprising discoveries.
This situation had been expected by Ye Tian, and he did not feel any strange.
During World War II, during the brutal defense of Leningrad, the Winter Palace suffered serious damage, with some parts even being blown down and in dilapidated condition.
After the war, the Soviets rebuilt the Winter Palace and restored it to its original appearance.
Even if there are any major secrets or even treasures hidden in the Winter Palace, they would have been discovered by the Soviets during the reconstruction process. There is no way they could have been preserved until now for Ye Tianlai to discover.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian has thoroughly understood “The Prodigal Son”, which can be considered a small gain.
Next, he withdrew his gaze and ended the perspective.
At the same time, he was still introducing this masterpiece to many visitors.
“Let’s talk about the painting “The Return of the Prodigal Son” itself. The entire picture is shrouded in warm red light, like a dazzling ruby, showing everyone in the mirror.
The contrast of tones in the painting is strong. In the part where the prodigal son is depicted, the yellow underwear he is wearing and the stone bricks on which he is kneeling are all in bright tones. The same is true for his father in red robes in front of him to highlight the main line. .
But the servant and the eldest son behind the father are in pitch-black tones. The layers of color applied from dark to light are very transparent. They use very few colors, almost only using ‘red and black’, but they can make Vivid color contrasts.
The deeper fuzzy black shadows make the figures stand out in the brown-red space, especially the portraits of the father and the prodigal son. The colors are extremely subtle and look like a sketch.
The father’s red shawl looks particularly pure in the picture. Rembrandt uniquely focused the light source on the visual focus of the picture, while blurring other details into the weak and dark light and shadow.
In this regard, he was obviously influenced by Caravaggio, the founder of Baroque art and the famous Italian swordsman painter. Caravaggio’s artistic treatment of dark shadows and strong light was excellent.
In this oil painting, the painter’s oil paint echoes the overall spirit, and no stroke can be repeated. The secondary characters are indifferent and expressionless, which is easily reminiscent of Rembrandt’s wasted situation in the second half of his life.
The long warm light in the picture, as well as the rich and thick steps, are all at the bottom of the painting, which gives the picture a deep sense of space along the square base, and the composition is very clever.
In the painting, Rembrandt used his own invention of a very unique thick-pile oil painting technique, and used strong brushstrokes to further enhance the heaviness and vicissitudes of the painting, making the effect of the painting more profound.
This seemingly innocuous color and implicit character expression further reveal the inner beauty and noble spirit of “The Prodigal Son”. It can be regarded as Rembrandt’s confession of faith! ”
While explaining this, Ye Tian pointed at various details in the painting “The Prodigal Son Returns” from time to time to support his point of view.
At the same time, he became more and more engaged and his voice became more and more passionate, as if he was having a conversation with the art master Rembrandt across time and space.
Besides his clear voice, there was no other sound at the scene, and it became increasingly quiet.
Looking at the visitors who were listening attentively, each one had a mesmerized expression. They had been completely conquered by Ye Tian’s wonderful explanation and had been brought into the artistic conception of this world-famous painting. .
Even Mikhail and many other high-level figures in the Hermitage Museum and antique art appraisal experts, as well as Maxim and Natasha, were deeply attracted by Ye Tian’s wonderful explanation!
The explanation continued, and the obsession in people’s eyes became even stronger.
“…In the story of the Prodigal Son recorded in the Bible, the younger son regained the wealth given by his father, and everyone ended happily, but this is not the case in real life.
Rembrandt did not change his desolate old age with his amazing painting skills. When he died, he was particularly miserable and was buried like a beggar.
It was not until more than a hundred years later that the Western art world and the entire Western society recognized his greatness and value again and gave this art master his due status…”