Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2468 Conquering the Kingdom of Heaven

  In the vast majority of religious paintings, God created man out of dust, and then he breathed, and man had a soul.

The "Creation of Adam" in Michelangelo's Genesis series of frescoes uses touch, which is an adaptation of the content of the Bible. If the church insists on Michelangelo's painting strictly according to the content of the Bible when accepting the works , there would be no "Creation of Adam" painting.

"Genesis" can be roughly divided into three parts, the first part is the creation of the world, the second part is how the first humans lived and driven out in the Garden of Eden, and the third part is about the later fate of human beings, including Noah's Ark and Noah's drunkenness .

Michelangelo started painting from the third part. At that time, the master sculptor was not proficient in painting skills, and he also encountered the problem of damp and moldy painting. It happened that he painted this part with a large number of people, so the painting progress was slow. People are worried.

  The Pope saw the scene at that time and was afraid that he would not be able to see it even if he died, so he urged Michelangelo to hurry up.

   is often the most difficult at the beginning, and it is good to overcome it. However, although the Pope saw the Sistine Ceiling painting half a year before his death, Michelangelo was not necessarily happy.

   In the pictures in the third part, humans are all unclothed. In the second part, Adam and Eve also left the Garden of Eden without clothes, which is also inconsistent with what the Bible says.

  Humans learned to wear clothes because they ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. God also discovered this and knew that Adam and Eve had violated taboos. When God created the world in the first part, God wore clothes. Of course, those with discernment will not be mistaken. The one who does not wear clothes is Adam, and the one who wears clothes is God.

   On such a solemn occasion, it is not appropriate to wear clothes, and these paintings can only decorate bathrooms and hotels.

  Michelangelo's first male model was called Cavalieri, and Michelangelo painted him as Zeus's serving Ghaniemi, a Trojan prince in Greek mythology, known for his beauty.

   They were together for about five years, and later a male model called Phoebe appeared. Everyone knows that art is very expensive, and Michelangelo's income is almost the same as that of an Italian banker.

Faber called Michelangelo "Dad" affectionately, and Michelangelo generously gave Faber some money and small gifts, and called him a "little blackmailer", which aroused Cavalieri's suspicion and jealousy .

All in all, after an alleged poisoning incident, Michelangelo drove Cavalieri away, and Fiber married a woman soon after, and on their wedding night, Fiber and his His wife died tragically, and it was suspected that Cavalieri did it.

It's not just the love issue that hit Michelangelo, who is almost 50 years old, and the artist's reputation will inevitably be "reviewed", and it happened to be in the religious reformation at the time, and the war with Ottoman Turkey and Italy. Money" Michelangelo is even more eye-catching.

   After these grueling years, Victoria's presence soothes the lost old child.

  Victoria knew that her looks were not to her husband's liking, so she studied literature, hoping to make up for other aspects of beauty in this way.

   But people who appreciate aesthetics also need to understand it. It is a pity that the unrestrained Marquis of Pescara does not understand this aspect. The arquebus first became popular in Spain. The "Musikt" musket is about 2 meters long and weighs about 11 kilograms. The bullet weighs about 32 grams to 50 grams, and the caliber is within 23 mm. The ammunition is loaded from the muzzle. Placed on a fork bracket, it had a maximum range of 250 meters and could penetrate the armor of the cavalry at the time. The Spanish general Sarro de Cordoba formed a mixed "Spanish phalanx" with the support of the king. The musketeers were roughly equal to the spearmen, and the musketeers gradually increased. In order to better exert the power of the arquebus, Cordova invented a new tactic of great significance - the backward loading tactic, that is, a musket battle formation generally has 40 rows, and the gunmen in the battle are in order. Then, along the gap between the platoons, retreat to the rear row to load bullets one by one. This tactic makes up for the shortcoming of the slow firing rate of the arquebus, thus ensuring continuous and uninterrupted shooting.

This tactic was still used even in the 19th century, but what really made the arquebus famous in the world was the Battle of Pavia. On the night of February 24, 1525, about 20,000 troops of the Holy Roman Empire commanded by the Marquis of Pescara were killed in a snowstorm. Under the cover, he entered a favorable position near Pavia. By dawn the Imperial army had established a defensive line north of the 28,000-strong French barracks besieging Pavia and on its flanks. Surprised by this move, François I immediately ordered the French to bombard the imperial army, and then he personally led the cavalry to charge in an attempt to gain time to prepare his infantry for the battle to the north. But the French cavalry attack was repelled, and François I was wounded and captured. The Swiss mercenaries on the French flank were thrown into chaos after being attacked by the imperial army. One-third of the French army was not yet ready to fight, that is, the whole line was rout, with 8,000 casualties, most of which were hit by Spanish arquebusiers, and the victorious Imperial army lost less than 1,000 men.

   Then there was Charles V who asked François I to sign the contract, François I broke the contract, and Margaret of Austria signed the Treaty of Cambrai with the mother of François I.

  After that, the Spanish army completely defeated the French army, which had an obvious numerical advantage, by relying on the power of the arquebus, and dominated Europe for decades. After that, France and other countries followed suit one after another, setting up infantry regiments with arquebus as the main weapon, and forming a sacrilegious alliance with the Ottoman Empire.

   With the capture of the king, Milan returned to the rule of the Holy Roman Emperor. All of Italy was now in Charlie's hands, and country after country scrambled to pay bribes for permission to continue. Fearing the invasion of the emperor's army and the revolution against the Medici in Florence, the Pope abandoned his alliance with France, and signed a treaty with Ranoi, the governor of Naples sent by Charles, guaranteeing mutual assistance between the Pope and the Emperor, The Emperor will protect the Medici family in Florence and accept F. Sforza as the Emperor's agent in Milan; the Pope will pay Charles 100,000 ducats for past offenses and future dedications, which are being It was desperately needed by the emperor's army. Shortly thereafter, the Pope acquiesced to Girolamo Moro's plot to free Milan from the emperor's control. The Marquis of Pescara exposed the conspiracy to Charlie, and Girolamo was imprisoned.

  The 34,000-strong imperial army forced the former French field commander, Charles Bourbon, to lead them towards Rome, who shared the same greed for Rome as his soldiers, believing it to be rich and easy to access. Many bandits and deserters from the Allied Army also joined their ranks halfway through.

   Then came the robbery of Rome. After three days of torment, the commander-in-chief gave an order to stop the looting, but most of the soldiers did not comply. Meanwhile, the Pope is still trapped in Castel Sant'Angelo. On June 5, the Pope yielded and promised to pay 4,000 ducats in gold, in addition to being asked to pay a ransom in exchange for the freedom of the captives. Other conditions included ceding territory to the Holy Roman Empire, and the Republic of Venice took the opportunity to occupy Cervia and Ravenna.

  The number of Roman residents who died in the incident was estimated to range from 6,000 to 12,000, and the looted property was worth 10 million ducats.

   Michelangelo's works are invaluable, but unless the entire Sistine is torn down and refitted elsewhere, the ceiling painting cannot be removed.

  The Pope fled to Orvieto. In order to ensure the water source, a well was dug in the mountain. This well was later named St. Patrick's Well, named after St. Patrick who discovered hell.

And Clement VII is the posthumous son of Giuliano de' Medici, who was assassinated in the "Church of Santa Maria del Fiore". He was raised by Lorenzo de' Medici, of course, not so in Machiavelli's History of Florence. written.

The key reason why   Victoria was not involved is that the Marquis of Pescara died in 1525, and Victoria lived in a convent.

   She has no intention of breaking away from society from the very beginning. She has correspondence with all the outstanding Italian writers. The sonnets she wrote quickly spread in Italy, and even on a desert island, her desire for love was not hindered.

Michelangelo was never married, and Victoria did not intend to be a widow for the marquis. "You see I am in the chaos of ignorance, lost in the wrong camp, the body is always laboring to find rest, and the soul is agitated to find peace" , she joined the Counter-Reformation camp.

Michelangelo kept rejecting her until 1544, when he watched her die, he did not kiss her until death, he only kissed the back of her hand politely, if Cavalieri took Michelangelo Kiro's happiness, then Victoria took away all his senses.

   At this time, the church asked him to paint the frescoes of the Sistine. Michelangelo painted the Last Judgment, and he painted it himself, but there was only an empty skin.

  Michelangelo has always regarded himself as a sculptor, and he believes that painting is inferior to sculpture. But in the poems he writes, his hammer becomes clumsy, driven by an invisible hand, first a god, then Victoria.

"I've been linked to this mausoleum all my life; I fought it out for the sake of Leo X and Clement VII to the point of ruining my youth; my too serious conscience destroyed me. My destiny Want me to do this! I have seen many people earn as much as two or three thousand gold coins every year; and I have endured hardships and finally become poor. People still think I am a thief! ... In front of people, I don't say in front of God, I consider myself an honest man; I have never deceived anyone...I am not a thief, I am a Florentine gentleman of noble birth...When I had to defend myself against those bastards, I became a lunatic".

Michelangelo's paintings were considered indecent, at the time Italy was promoting the chaste movement, which spread to other places, Margaret in Austria had a "secret garden", as did other virtuous nuns, see Georgiana in Mechelen been.

   After completing "The Last Judgment", in the face of doubts from the outside world, Michelangelo smiled contemptuously, "It's not worth fighting them, because their victory is insignificant."

  The irascible Michelangelo was so peaceful that he told the Pope, "This is a small matter, insignificant, and easy to rectify, as long as the Holy One is willing to rectify the world."

   Then he went to complete the tomb of Julius II.

  Moses were originally a foil in the group sculptures, but now they have become the center. Moses in the Bible is an old man, but in Michelangelo's sculptures, there are still strong muscles in his prime.

  While none of the other slave sculptures in the tomb were finished, it was over for Michelangelo.

  Moses once led a nation out of Egypt, freed from slavery, and wandered in the wilderness.

  Some people thought of the easy life in Egypt at this time, even if the Lord appeared, so that they did not lack food and water, so they could eat it.

   After looking into the Promised Land, Moses died on the mountain, and no one knew where his tomb was.

   can sleep forever without being disturbed, just like the artist who carved the statue of Moses.

   For those who do not know how to appreciate it, no matter how beautiful it is, they cannot understand it.

"Happy spirit, with ardent love, keeps my dying and old heart alive, and you, among so many noble souls, only lift me up, if the poor painting I give you is enough to repay you for me The reward for a beautiful and vivid reproduction is arrogance and shame."

   Michelangelo painted this portrait of Victoria in return for the lambskin book she gave him in 1531, which was filled with poetry.

Victoria was in Viterbay at the time, and Michelangelo was in Rome to complete Moses in the tomb of Julius II, so when he painted this picture, Victoria did not stand in front of the painter like other people who painted portraits, but Michelangelo painted it from memory.

   In June of the same year, Michelangelo fell ill, and the new pope tried to soothe him, but to no avail. Michelangelo was exhausted, emaciated, ate little and poorly, and slept so badly that he suffered from headaches all day for a year. On November 21, the Pope issued an order prohibiting Michelangelo from doing any work, except for the tomb of Julius II and the tomb of the Medici family, or excommunicated him.

   "I received a gift today."

  Georgiana started writing on the letter with a quill dipped in ink, then hesitated.

  The sonnet is not a literary form unique to England, although William Shakespeare was known for his prowess at writing sonnets.

   As in a poem, "My eyes are like picture frames, engraving your beauty on my heart."

   Who would have thought that such a strong David and Moses were accomplished by a thin man?

  People lament the age of beauty, but most of us will grow old silently, and no one knows it, so it can't be lamented.

But no matter how ordinary people have their own personalities, this is the essence of humanism. Human nature is complex, and everyone has desires. The church advocates abstinence and pursues the qualification to go to heaven after death. Why not pursue real happiness while alive? ?

   "It was given to his lover Victoria by Michelangelo, can you believe it? He never kissed her until his death."

   Writing here, she paused again. If he controlled himself at that time and nothing happened by the canal, what would it have been like?

   God created the world in seven days, but he could not go back to the first day of creation and start all over again.

   Even God has no chance to repent, let alone man.

   She put down the quill and returned to the living room. The inspiration had gone, and it was useless to sit there, even though she was not writing poetry.

   (end of this chapter)