Almighty painter

Chapter 846 Alexander's Gravitation

In order to achieve his goal, Alexander made adequate preparations.

The interview with Oil Painting magazine was a hot topic in the industry.

As the saying goes, "Give me a fulcrum, and I can move the earth."

There is no longer a more solid fulcrum than the stage under his feet. His conjectures full of artistic charm will attract the attention of the entire art industry after today.

If we change to topics such as physics and chemistry, academic debates will naturally exist, such as the famous series of debates between Einstein and Bohr in quantum mechanics.

But this debate is ultimately inconclusive.

Because facts speak louder than words, and the results of experiments are more powerful than words.

No matter what you say, it is not as convenient as throwing two wooden balls and iron balls of the same size but different masses down from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The law of gravity will naturally prove who is more correct between Galileo and Aristotle with fairness, strictness and impartiality.

When it comes to art and philosophy, rigorous academic spirit is also very important, but how do you design an experiment to prove which is more correct, Impressionism or the academic school? To judge whether the pursuit of publicity and social morality of works or the focus on beautiful scenery and personal freedom represents the direction of artistic development?

It's hard.

friend.

It's really hard.

Scholars who support different viewpoints will eventually end up arguing with each other.

Since it is all based on subjective judgment, it is difficult to find a "Leaning Tower of Pisa" in the real world. We can throw in the academic school and the impressionist school, whether Carroll's true identity is an unknown painter named Carla, or Monet's wife Camille, and see which viewpoint can land first.

Gravity attracts the wooden ball and the iron ball equally.

However, it cannot make a judgment on the seemingly illusory aesthetic spirit.

The great forces of nature are helpless against this.

After all, we still have to find a living thing to act as the referee.

People use philosophy, beliefs, art theories... all kinds of bricks of the spiritual world to build different towers in words and paintings through scrutiny and criticism.

then.

The ancient profession of critic came into being.

The interview stage of "Oil Painting" magazine is the scale that carries the weight of his and Gu Weijing's views, and it is the Leaning Tower of Pisa tilted in the void pointing to the sky.

As for its art director... Miss Elena - is she the equivalent of Galileo, the white-bearded scientist standing on the top of the tower with two balls in his hands?
No, no.

Alexander stared at the young woman with a fiery gaze.

"She is not Galileo. She is... but... gravity."

In this discussion, Anna Elena plays the role of gravity.

Neither Galileo nor Aristotle could decide whether the iron ball or the wooden ball would hit the ground first.

Only gravity can determine everything.

It is nature, it is law, it is the rule.

The only difference is.

Ordinary gravity attracts objects to the ground, but this one can throw a person into the clouds of the art world.

and also.

Ordinary gravity treats every stage around it fairly and indifferently, attracting them equally, whether they are wooden balls or iron balls.

This won’t happen.

This kind of gravity has a soul, and if it has a soul, it will have likes and dislikes.

To Miss Elena.

The iron ball "Carmel" is naturally more attractive than the dusty and ignored wooden ball "Kara".

The right thing to do.

She is a new young female director.

Alexander believed that he could grasp some of the other person's thoughts.

He did not ask Oil Painting magazine to endorse his views. He just wanted to discuss the issue at the interview site, have Ms. Elena give some positive opinions, and then introduce his views as an interesting conjecture in the official edition. This would be enough to attract a lot of attention.

It's still the same thing.

If an artist is photographed having a meal with the head of a top gallery in an Italian restaurant, his or her net worth will skyrocket in an instant.

For a scholar like him, having his views discussed, reported and introduced to the public by Oil Painting magazine is completely different from publishing a paper on a pre-print website that has not been peer-reviewed.

To put it bluntly.

As long as the topic is hot enough, there will be great scholars to debate for Alexander. It is enough for Alexander to be the first person to try it.

If it works properly.

Monet's wife Camille was actually the first female Impressionist painter in history. The popularity and discussion that such news can bring will definitely not be less than that of Leonardo da Vinci having an additional "Salvator Mundi".

Just think about how much attention the latter has attracted, even Leo is going to make a movie about it.

Nowadays, when the academic community mentions "Salvator Mundi", they think of people like Martin Kemp from Oxford University and Carmen Bambach from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

They were all invited to conduct research and were the first scholars to endorse "Salvator Mundi", believing that it was in line with the style characteristics of Leonardo da Vinci's later works. Many of them have now become leading figures in the industry, and several of them can earn considerable income just from giving countless related lectures and academic conferences every year.

Alexander believed it.

A few more years.

When the academic community mentions "Old Church in a Thunderstorm" or the female painter Carroll, the first name that comes to mind is definitely Alexander.

As for Gu Weijing?
He's lucky enough, isn't he?
The monetary gain was enough to justify his good luck. Donating paintings had nothing to do with him. If he wanted to hate someone, he should hate Rosings.

Academic things.

Children should not interfere.

Some things should have nothing to do with him, so it's better to leave them to experts like him.

The standard answer is there.

He couldn't think of it.

Who can I blame? I can only blame myself for being incompetent.
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"Coral, Camille, I'm sorry, have you ever attended elementary school?"

Some people do not seem to agree with the standard answer proposed by Alexander.

After a short break.

The big troll Rosings regained some of his taunting power, baring his fangs and biting down. "The two names are somewhat similar in pronunciation, but the spelling is completely different. Except for a C, an A, and an L... the rest of the letters are all different." He didn't even bother to flip through the paper in his hand and just started trolling.

"Even elementary school students can clearly tell the difference here, how can you not recognize it?"

Rosings looked at Alexander as if he were an idiot.

“There are a lot of similarities.”

Alexander glared at Rosings.

"Golden red hair. The missionary's diary said that the female painter Carol had golden red hair. This is not very common. Only a few people have hair of this color. You can see it directly from Monet's works. His wife Camille's head..."

Da da da.

Rosings drummed his fingers irritably on the table in front of him.

"Carol, CORAL, Camille." He spelled out the full names of the two women one by one. "If you don't know how to spell these two names, then I will spell them out for you. Now I ask you again, can't you see the difference between these two names? There is no point in discussing hair color. This can't be the same person at all."

"Could it be possible that you wrote your name wrong? This difference in name kills the point of further discussion."

Rosings curled his lips.

"Golden red hair. Then why don't I just bring out the lion? Its mane is also reddish brown. According to this theory, I also said that there are Carols running all over the African savannah!"

"Have you read my paper?"

Alexander asked.

"Just based on the difference in the name, I don't think there's any need to read on—"

Rosings shrugged.

He frowned halfway through his words.

Very strange.

Rosings noticed that Alexander did not show any anger at his accusation. The Danish scholar, with whom he had argued for most of the entire conversation, smiled.

A very annoying and weird smile.

Rosings felt a little uneasy.

He also smiled the same smile shortly after the interview began, when Alexander took out "The Savior" to pressure him.

At that time, Rosings smiled so confidently because he was not afraid at all. He had anticipated this question and prepared a whole set of words to deal with it.

When someone asked him this, they fell directly into their own trap.

He pressed the subject further and further, thinking he had successfully exposed the true face of the liar and third-rate scholar.

Gu Weijing finally chose to donate the money that "The Old Church on a Thunderstorm" might bring in on the spot. Although Rosings had just had to formally apologize for his behavior, he still handled it very successfully as far as that topic was concerned.

When you attack the other person with any topic, instead of being surprised or angry, the other person will reveal a mysterious smile.

It can only be explained with high probability.

He already had an answer in mind.

"Then I suggest that you read the article carefully before you scold others for not having attended elementary school." Alexander said in a tone like disciplining an elementary school student. "I have a whole chapter dedicated to this."

"He thinks it's an alias for Kamel."

Dr. Gustav interjected.

"A pseudonym?"

This time, Rosings did not criticize directly.

It is very common for Eastern painters to use nicknames such as Bada Shanren, Liuru Jushi, and Taohua Anzhu in their calligraphy and paintings.

In Europe, most painters have always used their real names to paint. They make a living by painting for nobles and wealthy businessmen, and signing their own names is to advertise their own "brand".

No one wants to hide.

There are disciples and apprentices who forge their teacher's signature in order to make money.

There is also a view that the "Salvator Mundi" was painted by an apprentice in Leonardo da Vinci's studio imitating his teacher's style.

"Pseudonyms were rare. Mystery wasn't important in those days. Who do you think Carroll was? The 19th century Banksy?"

"But not nothing," said Dr. Gustav.

His answer was full of academic rigor: "ALS IK KAN."

Gu Weijing didn't say anything.

He was a little confused and didn't quite understand what the doctor meant.

"As I Can." Miss Irena's voice sounded just right beside her ear. "ALS IK KAN is the abbreviation of the Latin phrase 'As I Can'. Jan van Eyck liked to sign this phrase in the corner of his works instead of his signature. The former improved tempera painting and is generally considered one of the inventors of oil painting in history."

"This can't be considered a pseudonym in the strict sense."

Gu Weijing asked.

“Not really, but there are some painters who really like to use pseudonyms. Most of them are due to religious or family reasons, and it is not convenient to use their real surnames and given names in their works.”

The female host seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

"Some gave up their right to sign their works out of piety, while others adopted pseudonyms or nicknames because they were afraid that the content of their works would offend the Catholic Church. Some were purely due to family reasons. Camille Corot of the Barbizon School? His father was a clothing merchant and did not agree with his son becoming a painter. Therefore, before he became famous, Corot used pseudonyms in all his works."

"If we categorize them by group - in fact, overall, European artists rarely use pseudonyms to paint, but if we look at female artists as a whole, it is still quite common."

Anna said.

"I mentioned in my thesis that in traditional Europe, if female artists wanted to be successful or their works did not want to be subject to special criteria and treated equally, using pseudonyms was a common method," Alexander agreed.

"JK Rowling. J.K is the abbreviation of Ms. Rowling's name. She just hopes that when submitting her manuscript, the publisher will not have any preconceived impressions of her name because of her feminine name."

Miss Elena nodded.

"In a sense, this is a continuation of a special tradition in the past era of European art. The art world also has the practice of changing one's name to a similar word, such as Judith Lester, and Anna, Anna Clymer, a 19th-century American portrait painter who was roughly the same age as Carroll."

"When she debuted, her studio teacher told her that if she wanted her paintings to be successful and to be recognized as professional by the judges at the salon exhibition, the best way was to take a neutral pseudonym."

"Don't forget, there is another Anna."

Alexander, who was always ready to please "Gravity", immediately licked a dose at the right time. He clapped his hands lightly and said with a smile: "The former A.E. editor of Oil Painting magazine, Ms. Anna Elena."

There was a burst of applause in the venue.

Miss Elena continued with a blank expression.

"It's not always like this. There is another tradition—"

"Some male artists, on the other hand, will give themselves a feminine name on their works due to special circumstances or personal interests, pretending to be female painters."

(End of this chapter)