After receiving the news that Tony and his friends were coming to visit him, of course Fang Yi couldn't go out with Jardel. To be honest, Fang Yi was a little bit regretful because the two of them were going to see something else on other islands today.
Volcanoes and the like. But there is only a little regret, because with Tony
Fang Yi knows the name of the person who came here, Michael Carson, one of the top contemporary American artists. Of course, Fang Yi has never interacted with this person, but as far as the works are concerned, Fang Yi is also familiar with Carson's works.
I appreciate it. Of course, Fang Yi knows others, and I believe Carson must also know him.
The agreed time was still five minutes away. Fang Yi was sitting in the coffee shop downstairs of the hotel when he looked up and saw Tony and Carson. He stood up from his seat. Fang Yi waved to Tony at the door.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Carson." After Tony introduced him, Fang Yi extended his hand to the American artist.
"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Fang, please just call me Michael." After shaking hands with Fang Yi, Carson opened his mouth and said, "I also call you Yi like Tony. Don't be so formal."
Fang Yi nodded and stretched out his hand to signal the two of them to sit down and chat.
What else could these three talk about besides art? They first chatted for a while around their respective works at this stage, and then the topic naturally turned to the controversial Mantegna work in the Tony Museum, which is now labeled
The one by Giovanni.
"What do you think?" Michael expressed his opinion and asked Fang Yi. Hearing Tony say that Fang Yi had also seen this work, Michael naturally wanted to ask Fang Yi's opinion. Now Michael has this idea
This work only raises questions and does not have quite strong evidence. Because Fang Yi himself is not only an artist. He also has a good reputation in the appraisal of artworks. It is understandable that Michael wants to ask Fang Yi’s opinion.
Fang Yi thought for a moment and said to the two of them: "I agree with Michael. In my opinion, this work was indeed painted by Mantegna, not Giovanni now!".
Tony was stunned when he heard Fang Yi say so definitely: "What concrete evidence do you have? Why haven't I heard you say it before?"
You didn't even ask! Fang Yi couldn't help but muttered to the Mediterranean in his heart, "You didn't ask what you wanted me to say? Aren't you just looking for trouble?"
I knew it before but didn’t mention it because Fang Yi was still an unknown boy at that time. A little hairless kid who had only been studying painting for a few years suddenly jumped out and wanted to slap the Italian museum in the face? I’m afraid this slap didn’t hit Italy.
At the museum, there was immediately a burst of arrogance and laziness.
I slapped myself in the face with an incomprehensible slap. Don't just follow some art critics and connoisseurs who talk nonsense. You have the status to say this. You are a kid who just learned painting.
What qualifications do you have, let alone qualifications? No one will listen to your words!
No matter how big a hat is on his head, he can speak big words. In the past, Fang Yi was afraid of trouble. How could Fang Yi, the famous person now, be afraid of such trouble? I suspect that these three words also came out of Fang Yi's mouth. Now it has been
Different from the past, just like now, Tony is listening with solemnity in his eyes, not contempt and ridicule. Michael Carson, a great American contemporary art master next to him, is also waiting for Fang Yi to say with a solemn face.
Express your own opinions.
“In the early days, Giovanni mainly imitated the style of his brother-in-law Mantegna. Later, he formed his own style after learning from and absorbing Francesca’s works. The painting in your museum is obviously Mantegna’s.
There is no obvious trace of intentionality in the work, whether it is part or the whole. Since it is an imitation, sometimes there will be a little bit of my own technique, which is unconscious.
, Just like comparing the other two works copied by Giovanni with Mantegna, you can see it if you pay attention to the proportions of the necks of the characters and the folds of some characters." Fang Yi looked at the two
Each person was talking about his own point of view, and now Fang Yi directly called up this work in his mind. He started to directly compare it with other works that Giovanni had imitated, and he just said whatever came to his mind.
"You actually remember so many details after watching it?" Tony asked Fang Yi with a hint of surprise as he listened to Fang Yi's explanation.
"I have been studying the pamphlet you gave me for a long time, and this work is already in my mind." Fang Yishun pointed to his head and explained to Tony.
Hearing what Fang Yi said, Tony couldn't say anything even if he had some doubts. He couldn't have imagined that Fang Yi would just look at the work and talk to himself.
After hearing this, Michael took out the scanned picture of this work directly from the bag he was carrying, took away the cup on the table and spread the picture on the table: "Tell me what you doubt, these things I
This is the first time I heard someone talk about it!" Listening to Fang Yi
Michael was very solemn in his statement. The suspicion of an artist who could paint Rembrandt as Rembrandt and also pointed out the characteristics of the painting made Carson very want to know whether this argument could support his suspicion and put this
This work is attributed to Mantegna.
Fang Yi didn't say much here, he just drew a few places on the picture: "You can see something by comparing these points with the works of the two. You don't even need to compare with the imitation works, just look at the current ones.
If you compare it definitely, you can see some signs that it is different from Giovanni’s works!”.
Fang Yi said that Tony and Michael listened, but the two people who met for a while could not prove Fang Yi's conjecture, because Michael did not bring two other works this time, let alone the original works, they were just finely scanned imitations.
There are no paintings either.
Since he had a lot of fun these days, Fang Yi's mood improved a lot, and there were two people sitting next to him who were listening to him with solemn expressions. As he talked, Fang Yi got a little excited:
"Not only this work, but also the other one hanging in your museum, it should be an early work by Titian, not Giorgione as written on it."
Fang Yi was speaking smoothly here, and he was ready to continue talking so abruptly, but after hearing this, Tony immediately asked: "Is there something suspicious about that work?".
Uh! When Fang Yi heard this question, he remembered that he was too happy. Thanks to Tony for asking, Fang Yi swallowed the fake work directly back into his stomach. If it hadn't been for Tony's
Once asked, Fang Yi would start talking about the forgery in the next sentence.
Looking at the two people staring at him, Fang Yizhi thought to himself: Now that I have said it, let me point out the inappropriate places on the canvas, so as not to lose my reputation as an appraiser!
If he didn't tell me something, everyone would think that he was ignorant and talking nonsense. Because Fang Yi's own level is different now, things that he couldn't see clearly before can now be understood after thinking about it.
It's no problem to point out some suspicious spots on the canvas.
Fang Yi gave a few reasons here, and Tony immediately began to think deeply. Tony was more familiar with Fang Yiti's work than Mantini's, and the names of Giorgione and Titian were comparable.
Giovanni and Mantegna were slightly older. And Tony himself was an appraiser of Titian's works. This work had been passed through before his eyes not only twice a day, but not even a year or two.
"Hey!" Tony sighed and didn't look at the painting again. He looked at Michael and said, "I'm afraid that this work is probably by Titian, not the original one by Giorgione.
!".
After speaking to Michael, Tony said to Fang Yi: "If you have time, please come to the museum and tell the appraisers your new understanding of the works of these artists."
Do you see? Talking fast is just causing trouble for yourself! Fang Yi couldn't help but warned himself in his heart, don't do nothing in the future. But he said: "I haven't had time recently, because I am thinking about myself now."
The matter of works”.
Fang Yi has no interest in becoming an appraiser. He is even less interested in going to Italy to give appraisal classes to museums. Looking at paintings is not even a side job for Fang Yi. What he likes is painting.
When it comes to painting, I don’t want to judge whether the painting is real or fake all day long!
"You must come to our museum when you have time." Tony said, looking at Fang Yi and repeating solemnly. It seems that if Fang Yi agrees, Mediterraneo may book a direct flight for Fang Yi tomorrow for the two of them.
Italy.
"Definitely! Definitely!" Fang Yi agreed vaguely. He said verbally that when he had time, he would go to Italy to teach his experience and educate the unreliable appraisers like the Tony Museum.
The three of them followed and started chatting deeply about the four art masters involved in these two works. From the painting expression to each person's style and some emerging characteristics and little habits, we all chatted like this for a full two or three hours.
In fact, almost half of the chat was spent with the two asking Fang Yi questions. Fang Yi explained that it was really powerful to identify the authenticity of things in his mind, especially now that Fang Yi had joined the master's team.
Many things that I couldn't see or understand before have become clear.
"Hello!" Fang Yi finally saw the two saviors, Jardel and Li Ji, walking into the cafe side by side. As soon as he saw the two coming in, Fang Yi immediately raised his hand and greeted them.
Jadel looked at Fang Yi and the other two sitting at the same table. It was a little strange that Fang Yi, who had always been a bit lonely, actually found two friends now? And the way he looked for friends was different from others. At this time, everyone was
I was looking for a handsome guy and a beautiful girl, hoping to have a romantic relationship, but the two people opposite Fang Yi, one was middle-aged and the other looked older, with only a circle of hair around the ears remaining. This taste is really puzzling.
Seeing the two people walking over, Fang Yi introduced them: "I met two friends here!" Then he introduced Jardel and Li Ji to Tony and Michael, and invited everyone to sit down together.
Come down and chat.
With the participation of Jadel and the others, the content of the chat was finally separated from the appraisal of artworks, and from time to time, some scenes of Hawaiian scenery and attractions were also included.
It was obvious that Tony and Michael were not interested in the Hawaiian scenery of Jadel and the other two. After half an hour, they stood up and left.
Looking at the backs of the two of them, Fang Yi breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.