Port Said is extremely busy. The ships coming and going bring goods from all over the world, and they also bring business travelers from all over the world.
A ship flying the Ningguo flag slowly moored to the dock of Port Said.
On the deck of the ship, Captain Zhao Han came to a painter and carefully looked at the paintings of the old Italian man in front of him. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, which mostly used landscape paintings, the paintings here in Europe were mostly full of religious overtones, with figures as the main objects.
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Oriental paintings emphasize verve and artistic conception, while European paintings emphasize resemblance in shape and appreciability.
Two completely different painting styles have also had a huge collision with the deepening of exchanges between the East and the West. The painter in front of me is named Leonardo da Vinci. It is said that he is a very famous painter in Italy and France, and even
He was also invited by royal families from various countries.
However, this painter, I don’t know what he was thinking, despite his age, he actually said that he wanted to go to the East, go to the Ming Dynasty to learn the art of Eastern painting, and also learn Eastern medicine, mathematics, astronomy, physics, etc.
Although he was full of contempt for his love of painting portraits of naked women, Zhao Han had to admit that he was indeed a versatile and thoughtful scholar after some exchanges with this man named Da Vinci along the way.
I am a graduate of Tianjin Maritime College. I also learned a lot of things in the college, such as astronomy, geography, ocean currents, meteorology, medicine, mathematics, etc., all of which must reach a certain level before I can graduate.
However, when I communicated with the old man in front of me along the way, he was also of a very high level. He understood all aspects and conducted relatively in-depth research.
Zhao Han even has profound research and knowledge in many completely different aspects such as music, architecture, biology, optics, mechanics, etc. He is definitely a thoroughly lustful and knowledgeable old man.
Therefore, even though this old man likes to talk about Chi Guoguo's human body portrait, Zhao Han still respects him quite a lot.
Look at Leonardo da Vinci who is concentrating on painting at this time. He is creating a painting called "Flowers". This painting clearly depicts the naked image of a sixteen-year-old Italian girl without any cover-up.
Looking at this painting carefully, one has to admit that his painting level is extremely high, not only perfectly showing the graceful body of the 28-year-old girl, but also vividly showing the youthful vitality and shyness of the girl.
"Mr. Zhao, the human body is the most magical and wonderful thing at this time. It is a wonderful work of nature!"
"And among all people, only the body of a girl is the most sacred and holy!"
Da Vinci slowly painted the last stroke, then wrote his name and time in the lower left corner of the portrait, then took out a seal from his pocket and stamped it.
"Mr. Leonardo da Vinci, don't you Europeans all sign on the back of your paintings?"
Zhao Han looked at it and immediately asked in confusion.
Zhao Han often travels to Italy and is also very fond of painting. He has collected many European paintings and knows some things about European paintings.
"Isn't this going to your Ming Empire?"
"Aren't all the paintings of you Ming people like this?"
"I also specially imitated you Ming people to recruit people and carved a seal."
Da Vinci smiled and said.
Then he handed the painting in front of him to Zhao Han and said, "This is for you. Thank you for taking care of me along the way."
"This, how can this be so embarrassing?"
Zhao Han saw it and immediately said quickly.
"Don't you Ming artists all like to give some pen and ink to their friends?"
"I had a great time chatting with you along the way. If you treat me as a friend, then take it."
Leonardo da Vinci spoke very well about the Ming Dynasty. He deliberately learned this because he wanted to learn a lot of things from the Ming Dynasty. It was obviously impossible to learn the language and characters of the Ming Dynasty.
I also had a lot of fun chatting with Zhao Han along the way, from the differences between Eastern and Western cultures to astronomy and geography, ocean currents and weather, to the differences between Chinese poetry, poetry and European poetry, etc.
It was a very happy chat, and Zhao Han respected him quite a lot, so Leonardo da Vinci followed the example of the Ming Dynasty literati and drew a painting for Zhao Han.
"Then I'll accept it~"
"Sir, you are going to Ming Dynasty. I have nothing to help you. There are still some expenses here. I hope you can accept them."
"In addition, I will write a letter to my husband. With this letter, my husband will probably be able to find the captains wherever he goes, and it will probably be of some use to facilitate boarding the ship."
When Zhao Han heard this, he stopped refusing and went to his captain's room to get dozens of taels of silver, plus wrote a letter and gave it to Leonardo da Vinci.
"Okay, then I'll accept it too."
Da Vinci looked at it, smiled, and accepted it happily.
In his later years, he was always looking good everywhere. Although his family background was quite good and very wealthy, he had already spent a lot of money. When he went to the Ming Empire, known as the richest country, he spent money like water.
The money given by Zhao Han is indeed of great use.
He also planned to find some beautiful Ming women after he went to Ming Dynasty to create some portraits with Ming women as the background.
Obviously, these all cost money, and I heard that the people of the Ming Dynasty were quite conservative. The women of the Ming Dynasty took this aspect very seriously, so they would inevitably have to use money to pave the way.
Soon, Da Vinci packed up his things gracefully and disappeared from sight with his servants, leaving only Zhao Han on the boat, holding the painting in his hand.
I don't want to throw this away. After all, it is a painting by a great artist, but it seems inappropriate to collect it.
If there are landscape paintings that are popular in the Ming Dynasty, then of course they must be carefully preserved and collected. However, this is a portrait of a woman. In the traditional impression of the Ming Dynasty people, these are all obscene and not worthy of publicity.
, if I keep it, I’m afraid I won’t be able to see anyone.
"Forget it, after all, it is a painting created by a great artist. Keep it well when you get back."
After thinking about it, Zhao Han decided to keep it.
Then he came to his captain's cabin, where there were hundreds of various paintings, all of which he collected when he went to Italy.
The paintings of the Ming Dynasty are relatively expensive. Even if they are painted by less famous painters, they will cost several taels of silver.
Especially with the promotion and popularization of new schools, more and more people have received education and learned knowledge, and at the same time, the living standards of Ming people are getting higher and higher.
Naturally, the demand for calligraphy and painting is higher and more abundant.
In the past, those down-and-out scholars often made a living by writing and painting for others, but even if they were down and out, those calligraphy and paintings could only be afforded by rich people.
As for now, these calligraphy and paintings, it is natural that the rising tide has lifted all boats.
Therefore, the cost of collecting Ming Dynasty calligraphy and paintings is relatively high.
But it is different outside the Ming Dynasty, especially in Europe. Those painters and the like are often very poor, and a painting does not cost much at all.
Italy has always been a center of literature and art, with a large number of painters gathered there. Zhao Han, who traveled frequently to Italy, collected a large number of paintings at very low prices.
Zhao Han also collected oil paintings, sketches, and even a lot of statues. Anyway, as long as he liked them and didn't need to spend a few dollars, he would be happy to collect them.
Other captains take all kinds of rare treasures with them when they go to various parts of the world, but Zhao Han only likes to collect some works of art.
He collected not only paintings from Europe, but also paintings from the Ottoman Empire, the Middle East, Persia, India and other places. He also collected some ancient books and the like in the Middle East.
It is strange to say that Zhao Han was originally just a child of a peasant family, and for countless generations his family had been farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs to the sky.
When it came to his generation, he first worked in a trading firm under Liu Yuan and learned to read and arithmetic. Then he entered the Navigation Academy, read more books, and learned some knowledge.
During his daily sailing days, his favorite thing was reading. Once while sailing to Persia, he saw a beautiful Persian portrait. After spending money to buy it, he gradually fell in love with collecting calligraphy and paintings and other artworks.
The more I like to collect, the more I collect. There are all kinds of calligraphy, paintings, and works of art from all over the world filling several rooms in my home.
That is to say, he was a seaman and a captain, earning a lot of money. In addition, he later immigrated to Ning State. Because he was a technical talent, he was highly valued and received a large land reward.
It can be said that I have no worries about food and clothing, and no need to worry about life, so I have the leisure and money to collect these things.
"The level of Da Vinci's painting is really high~"
"Compared with other works, even a layman like me can see the difference."
"Well, I need to frame it properly when I get back."
Zhao Han took out a few paintings and compared them carefully with the paintings of Da Vinci in his hand, and nodded. Even a layman like him could see that Da Vinci's paintings were indeed very good, and they looked like real people in perspective.
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