Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1380: The Emperor’s Throne
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Fontainbleau Palace, François I Gallery.
Benoit left temporarily because of something, so Ye Tian once again took on the responsibility of explaining this famous corridor to Betty and the others.
"As the name suggests, since this is called the Corridor of Francois I, it means that this famous corridor was built during the Renaissance and was ordered by Francois I, the then King of France!
As far as art is concerned, this is the most stunning corridor of the Palace of Fontainebleau. Together with the Duchess of Estemps' room and the ballroom built in the same period, it is also known as the Three Renaissance Halls.
The Francois I Gallery was built around 1530. It is 64 meters long, 6 meters wide and 6 meters high. It connects the residence of Francois I and the second floor of the Holy Trinity Chapel.
The lower half of the corridor is covered with a two-meter-high golden-yellow fine wood carving as a protective wall, and the upper half uses bright imitation marble character reliefs to set off exquisite murals in the Renaissance style.
This makes the murals more prominent and three-dimensional, and the entire corridor looks both brilliant and elegant. There are seven murals on the left and right sides of this corridor, mainly Rosso's works!
Rosso was a famous Mannerist painter during the Italian Renaissance. He had very high achievements in oil paintings and murals. He was also the founder of French Mannerism in the 16th century!
The religious-themed mural in front of us, "Sacrifice", was created by the Renaissance art master Rosseau. It is an undisputed top-notch work of art and has extraordinary artistic value.
We can see that in the center of this mural is an elderly priest and the altar. The priest is facing the right and seems to be talking to three women carrying jars.
On the right side of the picture, you can see an old man on crutches, and on the left side, there is a man with his back to everyone. In the foreground of the picture, there are multiple pairs of mothers and children, all sitting on the ground.
The most peculiar thing about this mural is that there are no sacrifices. The usual explanation is that the sacrifice in the painting is actually a priest, who is said to have predicted that Francois I would succeed to the throne.
If this interpretation is correct, combined with the mother and child in the foreground of the painting, the theme of this mural may be foreshadowing the birth of the future King of France, Francois I,..."
While explaining, Ye Tian had secretly turned on the perspective and looked at the famous Renaissance mural in front of him to see if there was any secret hidden behind it!
As far as he could see, Ye Tian could see through the mural in front of him, the wall behind it, and even the room behind the wall in an instant, and he could see everything at a glance!
In this mural, Ye Tian saw the traces left by the long history, Rosso's outstanding artistic talent and painting skills, and even the birth process of this mural.
However, he did not find any hidden secrets in this famous Renaissance mural, nor did he see any miracles related to Francois I!
This is just a mural with extraordinary artistic value, a top-notch work of art of great value, nothing more!
In the wall behind the mural and the more than 20 square meters lounge behind the wall, Ye Tian did not find anything surprising!
In the room that was once used as Napoleon's attendant's room, although Ye Tian saw two secret compartments, it was a pity that both secret compartments were empty and there was not a hair on them!
The sight penetrates the wall of the lounge, and the next thing you see is a French-style garden with beautiful scenery and green grass, with many tourists taking a rest!
In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian took in all this without gaining anything.
Then he looked away and continued to explain the mural in front of Betty and the others.
Due to limited time, and the main purpose of coming to the Palace of Fontainebleau today is not to visit these exhibition halls and exquisite Western art, even though they are very worth seeing!
The China Pavilion, which is also located in the Palace of Fontainebleau and not far from the Galleria François I, displays the antique artworks from the Old Summer Palace. This is the main goal of Ye Tian's trip!
In view of this, Ye Tian speeded up the explanation, and was not so detailed in the explanation process. Many places were not explained in detail!
At the same time, his feet also increased speed.
In less than two minutes, he finished explaining the "Sacrifice" and then led Betty and the others to another mural on the right, which was also "Expelled Ignorance" by Rosso.
In the following time, they admired the remaining murals, ceiling paintings, and various exquisite decorative arts located on both sides of the Francois I Gallery one by one!
Of course, this also includes the capital ‘F’ letter that represents Francois I carved on the walnut ceiling, the iris, and the animal that symbolizes Francois I, the salamander!
Engraved on the walnut ceiling, Francois I’s famous saying, ‘I destroy, I feed’, Ye Tian also explained it to everyone!
Later, Francois I’s son, Henry II, and his queen, Catherine Medici, left letters on the walnut ceiling, which triggered a series of jealous jokes!
Ye Tian treated all of these as interesting things and explained them to everyone.
After visiting the Galleria François I, the group visited the other two rooms of the Three Renaissance Halls, the Duchess of Estemps Room and the Ballroom.
In those two exhibition halls, they not only saw Rosso's murals again, but also his oil paintings!
In addition, they also saw the masterpieces left by Primaticio, a famous Italian painter and sculptor during the Renaissance, at the Palace of Fontainebleau, a series of vivid, detailed and decorative murals!
In addition to these two Renaissance masters, famous French painters and sculptors, and several other founders of the Fontainebleau School, such as Guchamp, Caron and Gujon, also left their works here. !
After visiting the Three Renaissance Halls, Ye Tian and the others walked into the Emperor's Palace to visit the places where all French emperors, as well as Napoleon and Josephine, lived in Fontainebleau Palace.
When they walked into Napoleon's room, everyone saw Napoleon's throne at a glance. It was golden and extremely eye-catching!
That is an unprecedented circular throne designed by the designer of the Louvre, drawing on patterns from the Roman Empire and the Carolingian Dynasty!
Napoleon ordered a total of three thrones of the same style. The throne placed in the Palace of Fontainebleau was the last throne he customized!
In the center of the circular backrest of this throne is the initial letter 'N' of Napoleon's name, surrounded by copper-plated laurel rings, and the same pattern is carved on the base with pilasters!
There are two ivory **** as white as jade on the top of the pilaster, engraved with rhombus patterns. The seat cushion is composed of dark blue velvet and plaid cloth, with a tassel pendant attached to the edge of the seat cushion.
Above the throne is a large velvet curtain, and above the curtain is a huge gilded copper crown. There are two golden scepters on both sides of the throne, and the top of the scepter is in the shape of Napoleon's favorite eagle!
Compared to the simple and solemn throne of the Qing Dynasty emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, Napoleon's throne exudes the sophistication of Western art and is also much smaller!
During the visit, Ye Tian tentatively proposed to sit on Napoleon's throne and feel what it was like to be the French Emperor, but he was sternly rejected by the French people who rolled their eyes!
This has to be said to be a small regret, the French are so incomprehensible to style!
Of course, during this period, Ye Tian did not forget to look through Napoleon's room thoroughly to see if he could find any unknown secrets. Maybe there would be a surprising discovery!
Unfortunately, although he found the hidden dark room and the secret compartments located inside the desk and bookshelf, they were empty, not even a hair on them!
He even discovered a secret passage under the study, but the modern lighting equipment and cleanly swept floors in that secret passage were enough to explain everything!
Obviously, the French cleaned up the Palace of Fontainebleau very thoroughly, leaving basically no chance for treasure hunters or Ye Tian!
After visiting Napoleon's room, Ye Tian and the others walked into Josephine's bedroom, then Napoleon's bedroom, and continued the tour!