Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1634, Da Vinci to the East
Port Said is extremely busy. Ships coming and going bring goods from all directions here, as well as business travelers from all directions.

A ship flying the flag of Ningxia slowly berthed at the port pier in Port Said.

On the deck of the ship, the captain Zhao Han came to a painter and carefully looked at the paintings of the Italian old man in front of him. Unlike Daming's side, which mostly used landscape paintings, the European side's paintings were mostly full of religious colors, with figures as the centerpiece. host.

Oriental paintings emphasize charm and artistic conception, while European paintings emphasize resemblance and impressiveness.

Two completely different painting styles also produced a huge collision along with the in-depth communication 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, even He was also invited by the royal families of various countries.

But this painter, I don’t know what he was thinking. He said that he was going to the East when he was old. He went to Daming to learn the art of painting in the East, and at the same time he wanted to learn the medicine, mathematics, astronomy and physics of the East.

Although he was full of contempt for his liking to paint portraits of women with red fruits, Zhao Han had to admit that he was indeed a versatile and thoughtful scholar after communicating with this Da Vinci along the way.

I am a graduate of Tianjin Maritime Academy, and I have learned a lot of things in the academy, such as astronomy, geography, ocean currents, meteorology, medicine, mathematics, etc., all have to reach a certain level before I can graduate.

However, communicating with the old man in front of me along the way, he also has a very high level, and he understands all aspects, and has relatively in-depth research.

Zhao Han even has deep research and knowledge in many completely different aspects such as music, architecture, biology, optics, mechanics, etc. He is definitely a lecherous and knowledgeable old man.

Therefore, even though the old man likes to talk about Chi Guoguo's body portraits, Zhao Han still respects him a lot.

Let’s take a look at Leonardo da Vinci, who was concentrating on painting at this time. He was creating a painting called "Flowers". This painting impressively painted the naked image of a sixteen-year-old Italian girl without any cover-up.

Looking at this painting carefully, I have to admit that his painting level is extremely high, not only perfectly showing the graceful body of a [-]-year-old girl, but also vividly showing the youthful vitality and shyness of a girl.

"Mr. Zhao, the human body is the most magical and wonderful thing in this time, it is a wonderful work of nature!"

"And among all people, only the body of a young girl is the most holy and holy!"

Da Vinci slowly painted the last stroke, then wrote his name and time in the lower left corner of the portrait, and then took out a seal from his pocket and stamped it.

"Mr. Da Vinci, don't you Europeans sign on the back of the painting?"

When Zhao Han saw it, he immediately asked suspiciously.

Zhao Han, who often travels to and from Italy and is also fond of painting, has collected a lot of European paintings and knows some things about European paintings.

"Isn't this going to your Ming Empire?"

"Aren't all the paintings of your Ming people like this?"

"I also specially imitated you Daming people and recruited people to engrave a seal."

Da Vinci smiled and said.

Then he handed the painting in front of him to Zhao Han and said, "Give it to you, thank you for your care all the way."

"Well, what's the point of this?"

When Zhao Han saw it, he said quickly.

"Don't you Ming artists like to give some pens and inks to their friends?"

"I had a great time chatting with you along the way. If you treat me as a friend, you will be my friend."

Da Vinci's Da Ming speaks very well, and he learned it on purpose, because he has to learn a lot from Da Ming, and it is obviously impossible to not know Da Ming's language and characters.

Along the way, I had a great time chatting with Zhao Han, from the differences between Eastern and Western cultures to astronomy and geography, ocean currents and weather, to the differences between Chinese poetry and European poetry, and so on.

It can be regarded as a very happy chat, and Zhao Han also respected himself quite a lot, so Da Vinci learned from the literati of Ming Dynasty and drew a picture for Zhao Han.

"Then I'll take it~"

"Mr. is going to Daming now. I have nothing to help you. I still have some money here. I hope you will accept it."

"In addition, I wrote a letter to my husband. With this letter, my husband will probably be able to find those captains wherever I go, and it will probably be useful to board the ship."

When Zhao Han heard this, he stopped refusing and went to his captain's cabin to get dozens of taels of silver, and wrote a letter to Da Vinci.

"Okay, then I'll take it too."

Da Vinci looked at it, smiled, and accepted it happily.

In his later years, he was always beautiful everywhere. Although his family background was not bad and he was very wealthy, he had already spent a lot of money. Now he went to the Ming Empire, which is known as the richest country, and spent money like water.

The money Zhao Han gave in front of him is indeed of great use.

He also planned to find some beautiful women of Ming Dynasty to create some portraits with women of Ming Dynasty as the background after he went to Daming.

Obviously, all of these things cost money, and I heard that Daming people are quite conservative, and Daming women attach great importance to this aspect, and it is inevitable that money will be used to open the way.

Soon, Da Vinci neatly packed his things, and disappeared out of sight with his servants, leaving only Zhao Han on the boat holding the painting in his hand.

I'm not willing to throw it away, it's still a painting of a great artist, but it doesn't seem to be suitable for collection.

If the landscape paintings that are popular here in Daming, of course, they should be preserved and collected, but this is a portrait of a woman with red fruit. In the traditional impression of Daming people, these are all obscene things that cannot be put on the table , if it is stored, I am afraid that it will not be able to see people.

"Forget it, anyway, it's a painting created by a great artist, and I'll keep it in a good collection after I go back."

After thinking about it, Zhao Han decided to keep it in his collection.

Then he came to his captain's room, there were hundreds of paintings of various kinds in it, all of which were collected when he went to Italy.

The paintings of the Ming Dynasty are relatively expensive, even if they are painted by an unknown painter, they still cost a few taels of silver to buy.

Especially with the promotion and popularization of new-style schools, more and more people have received education and acquired 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.

In the past, those down-and-out scholars often made a living by writing calligraphy and painting for others, but even if they were down-and-out, those calligraphy and paintings could only be bought by rich people.

As for now, these calligraphy and paintings and the like, it is natural that the tide has risen.

Therefore, the cost of collecting calligraphy and paintings of Ming Dynasty is relatively high.

But it's different outside of Ming Dynasty, especially in Europe, those painters and the like are often very poor, and a painting doesn't need much money at all.

Italy has always been the center of literature and art, and has gathered a large number of painters. Zhao Han, who often travels to and from Italy, has collected a large number of paintings at extremely low prices.

Oil paintings, sketches, and even Zhao Han collected a lot of statues. Anyway, as long as he likes it and doesn't need to spend a few dollars, he is willing to collect it.

Other captains brought all kinds of rare treasures with them when they went all over the world, but Zhao Han was the only one who liked to collect some artworks and the like.

He has 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 from the Middle East.

It's strange to say that Zhao Han was originally just a farmer's son, and I don't know how many generations in the family have been farmers with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky.

In his generation, he first worked in a firm under Liu Jin's command, learned to read and count, and then entered the Nautical Academy, where he read more books and learned some knowledge.

Usually sailing, his favorite thing is reading. Once sailing to Persia, he saw a beautiful portrait of Persia. After spending money to buy it, he gradually fell in love with collecting calligraphy and paintings and other works of art.

The more I like to collect, the more I collect. There are various kinds in the house, calligraphy, paintings and artworks from all over the world are filled in several rooms.

That is to say, he was a seaman and became a captain, with a good income. In addition, he immigrated to Ningguo later. Because he was a technical talent, he was highly valued and was rewarded with a large piece of land.

It can be said that there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and there is no need to worry about life. Only then can I have leisure and money to collect these things.

"This da Vinci's painting level is really high~"

"Compared with other works, even a layman like me can see the gap."

"Well, when you go back, you have to frame it properly."

Zhao Han took out a few paintings and carefully compared them with Da Vinci's paintings in his hand, and nodded. Even a layman like him can see that Da Vinci's paintings are indeed very good. Same.

(End of this chapter)