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Chapter 131 Art
The two chatted about what they had seen and heard in Paris all the way, time passed quickly, and Chen Xing was about to get off the car in a blink of an eye.

Xie Siyan quickly asked for Chen Xing's WeChat, and said: "I heard you say that we have met several times in Paris, let's add a friend, we can have a meal together when we are free."

Chen Xing didn't think too much about it, he rarely refused a girl's request to be a friend.

He just said: "You have to pay attention, don't go to places outside Little Paris alone, the 18th, 19th, and 20th districts are not very peaceful."

Her friends also said this sentence, but Xie Siyan has never felt so deeply like today.

After getting off the subway, Chen Xing found a coffee shop for dinner, and waited for Abel to come to find him.

Just after 12 o'clock, Chen Xing's phone rang before he finished his meal.

Tell Abel where she is now, and within 5 minutes she sits in front of Chen Xing.

Today, she changed into a new set of clothes. The down jacket was replaced by a woolen coat. Inside was a wine-red sweater, which looked very thin, and it was very similar to Chen Xing's clothes. From a distance, it looked like a couple's outfit.

"Your clothes are very nice today." Chen Xing praised proactively.

It fit his eyes very well.

Abel smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, then let's go to the museum in the afternoon? Is there any change in your itinerary?"

"No change, wait until I finish eating."

Chen Xing speeded up his meal speed. The meal that he hadn't eaten for half an hour before was finished in two or three minutes. After a coffee break for a few minutes, the two walked towards the Musée d'Orsay, which was not far away.

There are three largest and most famous museums in Paris, known as the three major museums.

The first is definitely the world-famous Louvre, the second is the Orsay Museum, and the third is the Georges, Pompidou National Art and Cultural Center.

It is worth mentioning that the place where he and John met in the morning was just outside the Center Pompidou.

Abel quickly entered the state of a tour guide, introducing the upcoming Musée d'Orsay to Chen Xing while walking.

"The Musée d'Orsay was rebuilt from a train station more than 100 years ago. The original intention of establishing the Musée d'Orsay was to connect the Louvre and the Pompidou National Art Center in the sense of time. The Louvre collects artworks before 1860 , the Pompidou collected after 1905, and most of the artworks collected by the Musée d’Orsay are between them.”

"It turns out that these museums were established according to the time of the collection."

"Yes, but it's not absolute. When we arrive, you will find that there are also famous works of art from other periods in the collection."

The two chatted about the museum for a while, and then Chen Xing thought of John asking him to sign up, so he asked, "Is the Paris Academy of Art recruiting students recently?"

"Yes, have you noticed that there are many more painters in Paris these days? Most of them are here to take the exam."

Chen Xing told her what John said to him before, and Abel nodded and said, "There is no problem with what he said. The only thing you have to consider is whether you can pass the exam...Although I have never studied art, I am I've heard from friends that it was really hard."

"It depends on luck." Chen Xing said.

With luck, he will be a college student too.

During the conversation, the Musée d'Orsay arrived.

Like many attractions in Paris, this place is free for visitors under the age of 26. Chen Xing and Abel were admitted after presenting their certificates.

The Musée d'Orsay displays exhibits of paintings, sculptures, cultural relics, installation art works, etc. in different categories.

There are too many museums in Paris. In terms of popularity, the Louvre is also more famous than the Orsay Museum. Then why did Chen Xing choose to put the first museum he visited here?
It is because of Abel's introduction that there are the most impressionist works in the world.

Chen Xing likes Impressionist works.

Impressionist works are characterized by emphasizing people’s feelings and impressions of light and shadow of external objects, which is similar to Chen Xing’s perception of light and shadow in photography, but photography focuses on reality, while Impressionism in painting focuses on the painter’s heart reaction.

Both are the art of light and shadow, one outward and one inward.

Chen Xing personally feels that there is no essential difference.

The first thing Chen Xing saw when he entered the museum was the paintings. Abel introduced the paintings to Chen Xing. She also learned a lot of knowledge last night. She can tell a little about most of the paintings here.

"This one is Monet's Rouen Cathedral. Monet is the founder of Impressionist paintings. The name Impressionism in Impressionism evolved from Monet's "Sunrise, Impression". The old-fashioned people at that time could not accept it. A reporter criticized the new style of painting and published an article titled "An Exhibition of Impressionism", which ridiculed the painters, and Impressionism was born amidst the ridicule."

Chen Xing looked at the "Rouen Cathedral" closely.

If you look at it closely, what the hell is this painting? It doesn't make any sense.

Look away.

Wow, really well drawn!

Chen Xing could imagine how absurd people felt when they saw this painting back then, but it has to be said that this painting is actually like the world seen by people who are nearsighted and put on foggy plain glasses.

Impressionism is like this, not sticking to reality, but mainly expressing the heart.

In addition to paintings, the sculptures here are also very famous. The 19th century was the heyday of sculptures. The more than 2000 sculptures collected by the Musée d'Orsay are also showing the world the amazing achievements of this period.

Chen Xing is not very interested in sculpture art, but just glanced through it hastily.

Compared with painting or photography, sculpture is a slightly inferior form of art...Of course, this is just Chen Xing's family opinion, and he will not express his own thoughts.

By the time they finished visiting the museum, it was already three hours later.

Abel was discussing with Chen Xing the paintings he saw just now. At this time, she was not like a tour guide at all. She was just a friend who visited the museum with Chen Xing. It was just that this friend had a little more knowledge and could give Chen Xing more information. Star introduces the background of some paintings.

But Chen Xing couldn't help thinking about the photographs in the museum.

It turns out that photos can also be collected in museums.

The plan for today and tomorrow is to visit museums, among other things, the three major museums must be visited once.

The Louvre is too big, and it may not be enough to browse through it in a day, so Abel took Chen Xing to the Pompidou Center first.

This time the visit was not as pleasant as the previous one at the Musée d'Orsay.

The main reason is that Chen Xing can't understand the so-called works of art.

A piece of blank paper, with a few paints on it, can it be placed in a museum for people to visit?
A huge piece of white paper was cut out with scissors for the mouth and eyes, and another hole was cut on the forehead. This was also placed in the most prominent position. Is it a work of art?

It's hell.

This is also a work of art, and the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was also a successful opening ceremony.

Chen Xing can't understand the so-called modern art at all.

(End of this chapter)