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If Mu Bai knew that his grandfather had complained about his aesthetics, Mu Bai would definitely jump up and protest.

This strangely shaped lamp has nothing to do with him, not at all! !This is the result of the free play of artisans while waiting for the oil fractionation process.

He didn't know that the craftsmen of the East Palace would be so capable, but within half a month, they not only produced the ordinary kerosene lamp base, but also designed and reprocessed the shape of the lamp base.

It may be that the shape of the lamp holder drawn by Mu Xiaobai is too simple, or it may be that they are idle. Not only have these people finished the design, but they still have extra time to make a clay mold and pour out various parts of the faucet. , also finished grinding and assembling.

Once the kerosene is out of the furnace and the test is passed, it is fitted to the faucet.

Mu Xiaobai was shocked when he saw the craftsmen carrying a faucet and told him it was a lamp, okay?

As royal craftsmen, the craftsmen and masters of the East Palace are all very good at aesthetics. The dragon's mouth of this dragon head lamp is slightly opened and the beard is flying, which is very powerful and domineering, but the problem is——

It has a pair of protruding glass eyes.

No matter how handsome and majestic a dragon is, once it has a pair of protruding and smoldering eyes, it will not be very good-looking.

To put it bluntly, it’s not about anyone’s aesthetic problem, but before the actual assembly, even the craftsmen didn’t think that a handsome dragon head with glass eyes would have such a funny effect today, it’s pure imagination Due to lack of strength.

In the same way, before lighting up the lamp, no one thought that the appearance of this thing with its eyes lit up would be so terrifying.Not to mention using it to read books, in the middle of the night, if you get a little confused and see a dragon head with red eyes, you will be scared to death.

Therefore, Mu Bai sent it to the Daming Palace without any hesitation. He believed that the only person in the world who could restrain this dragon head was his imperial grandfather. After all, it is strange for a dragon head to appear anywhere, but it is normal in the palace. .

As for whether his imperial grandfather will be scared... Mu Bai is not worried at all, who is his imperial grandfather, the number one fierce man in Ming Dynasty who sleeps in a pile of dragons every day.

What does the faucet made by the craftsman have to do with him, Mu Xiaobai?He's just a simple kid wow!

But this cruel world didn't intend to listen to his explanation. When Mu Bai received the famous landscape painting from his grandfather in a box and was left with a message to study and nurture him, Mu Xiaobai became angry.

Isn't it just painting?It seems that no one will be the same.

He immediately rushed to the nearby mountain, and after feeding a circle of various insects that had just woken up from their nests with his own flesh and blood, the child triumphantly sent back the bird's-eye view of the imperial mausoleum he had drawn.

Although he didn't bring a suitable small black room with him on this trip, but as the saying goes, reading a hundred times is self-evident, and painting is actually the same, and you can always find some rules by following a lot of paintings.

Many famous masters learned the experience of their predecessors step by step through imitation painting, and then integrated their own style, coupled with their own taste and appreciation, and finally reached the step of master.

Mu Bai is now on the first step. Although he doesn't have his own style yet, it is not a big problem to draw a bird's-eye view with shadow angles. Although the realism is definitely not as good as the optical drawing method, there are still some problems. Very interesting.

But what he didn't expect was that as soon as the painting was delivered to the Daming Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang remembered a plan that had been shelved before. He recruited the accompanying civil servants and asked, "How many students are there in the painting academy?"

The civil servant was taken aback for a moment, recalled with some difficulty, and said hesitantly: "There are about fifty people."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, but didn't say much about this unprofessional behavior.

In fact, civil officials cannot be blamed for this. Unlike the Song Dynasty, which focused on the cultivation of art students, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty, which admired and loved Han culture, the Ming Dynasty also had an official art academy, but it was not formally established.

Although everyone's name is "court painter", the presence of the Ming Dynasty Academy of Painting is not a little bit worse.On the one hand, it was because the people in power were born in poverty and had no artistic talent. On the other hand, Emperor Hongwu was too lazy to create some big scenes for the painters to play.

But in any case, it is pitiful for a group of artists to reach such a level that it takes a long time for people to recall the existence of such a department.

Fortunately, Emperor Hongwu still remembered. He waved someone to call the dean of the painting academy, and then assigned him a task that he didn't know whether it should be easy or difficult. He asked the painters to divide into two groups to work together To paint the few locations he designated.

One group of people used the painting techniques of traditional painters, while the other group carried a small black room and used the small hole imaging method to paint under the guidance of a small official.

The former is okay, but the latter feels a little aggrieved.

The painting method of small hole imaging almost does not require any foundation for the painter, as long as he can use the brush to paint.

This kind of technology that is very friendly to novices is very uncomfortable for professionals. This is equivalent to denying the artist's professionalism and years of hard work, turning them into soulless imitation machines.

What's even more frightening is that because they only need to copy without emotion, without thinking, when the painter in the small black room completes a work, their colleagues have just finished proofing.

Watching the little official roll up their works and take them away, the expressions of several painters who just came out of the "small black room" were a little dignified.

Some of their colleagues didn't understand what happened, and they were all surprised to see them come out so quickly, and after sharing their experiences with each other, most of the painters showed humiliation, and this humiliation was also A little fear was hidden.

Emperor Hongwu's attitude towards court painters was originally indifferent, but now he did not know where he found this kind of painting method that insulted the painter's demeanor, it was like relegating the word "painter" to the dust.

"This kind of painting skills has no charm at all!" A painter was trembling with anger, "It's just a child's imitation."

"That's right. Could it be that Your Majesty wants to promote this method of painting? If everyone in the world draws with this method, there will only be similarities in form but no resemblance in spirit, and the painting world will be in danger. At that time, how can we have the face to meet our ancestors?"

However, there were also people who held different opinions. They felt that the reaction of colleagues was a little too big. After all, His Majesty didn't say anything. If everyone reacted too violently, it might anger Emperor Hongwu instead.

This person is an older painter, well-informed, and not as passionate as the younger ones: "If everyone can learn this painting as you said, it means that everyone can learn it. It is these works that are overwhelming all the time, will everyone still be rare?"

His perspective is a bit peculiar, but it is not without reason.As soon as the words came out, the minds of the painters calmed down a little, and they all said that there was some truth in the words.

Seeing this, the old painter reassured him: "You have to believe that our school has been handed down for thousands of years. Our paintings are all stored in our hearts and then shaped in our hands. How the viewer sees and how the painter paints are all out of sight. , and deliberately."

As he said that, he pointed to a landscape painting half-painted by an artist, and gave an example: "Just like this landscape painting, the mountains are not mountains, and the water is not water. It can be seen that it is all about personal aesthetic taste. If you can meet appreciation Read out what you want in the painting, that is a confidant. Painting is the same as having fun, and you make friends from the heart. And you can see the bottom of the new painting at a glance. The painter and the viewer are only superficial exchanges, but in fact they are not at all. Take your time."

"Everyone, if my predictions are correct, His Majesty's sudden experimentation with new paintings should have another purpose, but I can't inquire about such a purpose. I suggest that you don't look into it carefully."

This statement actually aroused the curiosity of the young painters, they all looked at the old painter who had always been soft-hearted, so they dragged the old painter for a long time, insisting on him explaining clearly.

The old man sighed softly and said: "What painting requires complete accuracy, not a single cent can be wrong?"

This prompt is obvious enough, and it is about to touch the minefield.Those who understood were silent and did not dare to speak again, and those who did not understand did not dare to ask around, the atmosphere of the scene dropped slightly.

After persuading and comforting each other, everyone returned to the painting table, but their hearts were no longer as peaceful as water, and their pens also became a little irritable for no reason.

Suddenly, a dull young man seemed to think of something, he clapped his hands and said, "I see, it's the map and the city defense..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone covered his mouth.

Shh, don't die, is it possible to say this?

I have to say that Jiang is still old and hot, and what the old man said matches what Emperor Hongwu thought in his heart.

But he still doesn't know Emperor Hongwu well enough. Is Emperor Hongwu a choice between the two?

As an adult among adults, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty firmly stated that he wanted both freehand brushwork and realism.

In today's era, the pinhole imaging method is a brand-new technology. Whether it is the viewing angle or the writing technique, it is exactly the same as today's painting skills.

If he only wanted to select a group of talents who could use the small hole imaging method to paint, Emperor Hongwu could definitely appoint newcomers.The reason why he used these court painters is because the pinhole imaging method has a fatal shortcoming-it must rely on light sources to paint.

The principle of the pinhole imaging method is to use the straight-line propagation of light, and most of the time when painting exterior scenes, the light source is the sun in the sky, so when drawing large buildings and scenes, the principle of the pinhole imaging method is doomed It can only use the perspective of looking up or looking up.And because of its strong dependence on the light source, it is impossible to achieve the overlooking perspective like the map of the imperial mausoleum drawn by Mu Bai.

However, as we all know, the only way to get a glimpse of the panorama is to use a top-down perspective. It has to be said that this is also the flaw of this painting method.

Although the traditional painting technique has been criticized by many people in later generations for its unscientific and inaccessible perspective, this painting method does allow the viewer to present the painted scene on paper from a third-person perspective.

As a person who used this painting method to draw a portrait of his wife, Zhu Yuanzhang also recognized this defect at first, but now Mu Bai painted a bird's-eye view with both styles in order to show off his taste. The picture immediately opened the door to a new world for Emperor Hongwu.

He suddenly realized that the pinhole imaging method can actually be combined with traditional drawing.

The reason why the people and objects drawn by the pinhole imaging method are lifelike is that he has traced everything he can see with the naked eye, including human faces and the light and shade of buildings, which is ignored by traditional painting methods.

Does that mean that as long as this point is added, or as long as one learns to grasp the relationship between "light" and "darkness", one can draw this kind of three-dimensional painting without relying on a darkroom?

It has to be said that Emperor Hongwu's observation ability is indeed astonishing. In just a few glances, he grasped the real secret of optical painting - using light and shadow, virtual and real, and light and dark to give people a sense of reality, which is exactly what traditional painting lacks. .

From the perspective of a layman and a leader, the keen Emperor Hongwu diverged his thinking and thought that his subordinates could find a way to combine the two to achieve a better drawing effect.

It has to be said that this is a typical action of laymen guiding experts. When the court painters of the painting academy receive this news, they will burst into tears and say that the veterans really can't do it.

But as a tyrannosaurus rex, Emperor Hongwu grabbed one: "My grandson can do it, why can't you do it? Are you not as good as a ten-year-old child?"

This sentence can KO most of the opposing voices.

Is your grandson normal?There is only one person who can pass the civil and martial arts examination at the age of ten, who opened up the world!Find another one if you have the ability!

Of course, even though there must be many court painters who will slander the unscientific aspects of the emperor's eldest grandson in their hearts, they must not say so in their mouths.

After all, they are paid by people, even if they are reluctant in their hearts, most of the painters have to grit their teeth and forgive Hong Wudi, the unreasonable father of Party A.

Fortunately, the early years of the Ming Dynasty was a turbulent era, and it was also an era full of innovative spirit.The environment that has just toppled a dynasty and built a new system on its ruins has shaped people's stronger willpower and adventurous spirit.

This is not only the case in officialdom, but also in the field of art.

Half a month later, Mu Bai received more than 20 painters packaged by his dear imperial grandfather.These people bowed their hands at the little Huangsun, saying that they came to learn "Bai Hua".

After trying several times but failing to grasp the key point, the court painters who were tortured to death by Party A’s father said that it is better to visit famous masters behind closed doors. Since the little emperor’s grandson can draw this painting, I don’t know if they can come to learn.

Emperor Hongwu thought for a while and felt that it made sense, so he threw these people to Fengyang with a big hand.So, a group of court painters saw the little emperor's grandson leading a team of craftsmen to point and point at the water's edge of the Huaihe River.

However, just after they explained their purpose halfway, they saw the extremely simple-looking little Huangsun wearing a tank top and shorts stopped drawing the design for the water mill, tilted his head, and asked a puzzled question on his face. solution problem.

"What is a cypress painting?"

The author has something to say: Mu Bai: I don’t understand, it’s unscientific, why is it burdening me again?I'm just a ten-year-old kid!

Mu Bai: And why is there such a strange name?

Mu Bai: Is the pinhole imaging method not pleasant?Isn't the optical drawing method tall?Why does it have to be named after me?

Mu Bai: It’s okay to use my name, it’s obviously three characters, why should I simplify it to two characters?And how did you simplify it to this? Do you think I don't know that you write vertically?Even if you make a mistake, you won’t be able to copy it like this!

Mu Bai: I suspect that someone is messing with me, so I get angry

Mu Bai: I must tell the world to rectify his name! !

Famous but not mysterious person (tired.jpg): Give up, the strength of a single person is no match for the vast ocean of people.