Vol 4 Chapter 155: Masters

In the suburbs about a few miles away from the city of Rome, there is a small town called Trajan Hill. The town is small, with fewer than a hundred households. The whole town is built according to the hilly terrain of a small hill. The room looked up and down from a distance, and it was scattered.
There is a house in the north of the town of Trajan Hill. Several houses with a series of corridors are surrounded by a low-rise stone fence. Among them, a wooden fence is built around the roof of a house, and a Very large balcony.
Michelangelo lives here.
But now Michelangelo is no longer the original "Xiaomi". With the completion of the image of the grief of the Virgin, people are marveling at the appearance of a new amazing master.
The grief of the Virgin is a sign that Michelangelo is going to become a master of art. In this shocking masterpiece, he not only exhibited amazing extraordinary skills, but more importantly, he has given it for more than ten centuries. The famous works that have been repeatedly created by countless carving masters have a new meaning.
The stone has life under Michelangelo's hands. People can not only see the sadness of the martyrdom of the son from the expression of the Virgin Mary, but also see the trembling traces from her hand holding the body of Christ. She saw her groaning painfully in the hair falling from her drooping head.
This is a living statue, an icon that is completely forgotten to face a cold stone, but will involuntarily be worshipped.
When this statue of Our Lady of Grief was sent to Alexander VI, even the Pope who had already seen countless art treasures could not help but reveal a moment of disappointment because of this miraculous and magical technique.
Michelangelo was red hot, and his name was not only circulated in small circles of interest to him, but spread throughout Rome and beyond.
People talked about his works, and then some people began to compare his works with some of the masters now known in Europe.
Michelangelo was favored by Roman nobles and wealthy people. They began to invite him to a banquet in their own home, and began to sign some works with him. This made Michelangelo's days become rich. He already has Qian can find a bigger workshop and hire some more assistants for himself, but he did not find a place in the lively and troubled city, but in the town of Trajan Hill, a few miles away from the Roman city. I found a very satisfying place for myself.
Perhaps because of some quirk that the masters of art had, Michelangelo closed the door after entering the house. He locked himself in the house with a roof balcony, and even the yard besides eating. They rarely came out. On the day when it was already in midsummer, Michelangelo seemed to disappear from the sight of the Romans.
This aroused people's greater curiosity, many people are speculating that this rising master like a rising star should be brewing some amazing masterpieces.
In fact, Michelangelo is not immersed in any artistic inspiration, but is indecisive for his own go.
It is a dream for many people to be appreciated by the Pope, but in Michelangelo ’s heart, there is another dream that he has always been difficult to give up, that is, to go to Florence, known as the art capital, because Only there can truly prove that he is a genuine art master.
No one can deny that Florence's unshakable position in today's fierce art trend is precisely because of the efforts of many Florentine masters and the almost sacrificial devotion to art in order to guide generation after generation. Lead this huge wave to the whole of Europe.
Michelangelo felt that he should go to Florence, although his achievements in Rome brought him great reputation and generous rewards, but he was very clear that as long as he could not be recognized by the Florentines, then he could not become Real art master recognized by the world.
Another reason for urging him to go to Florence was the fall of Savonarola.
Like many artistic geniuses who were favored by nobles because of their extraordinary artistic talents in their youth, Michelangelo had such experiences in his childhood. Lorenzo de Medici known as Zuo.
Michelangelo did not know what would happen to him if there was no French invasion, maybe he would stay in Florence all the time, and then rely on the Medici family's funding to carefreely carry out his creation.
But the appearance of the French completely broke his dream. As the Medici family was overthrown and deported, Michelangelo also had to rush out of the scary city with his patrons, and then in the next few years Among them, he wandered around, trying to get the appreciation of those big nobles and rich people, and the hard work among them now seems to be the temper that will eventually lead to success.
But these are not the most important. One of the most important reasons for Michelangelo's decision to go to Florence is because he heard that the dean of the Convent of Saint Mark in Florence was the monk of Matthew.
Michelangelo was still somewhat familiar with the monk. He knew that the man was a very good friend of Alexandria. This made him think that at least after returning to Florence, there would be no one to go to. After replacing Savonarola as the dean of Saint Mark, it seems that the Massimo should be regarded as a high weight in Florence.
Michelangelo now needs more than the Pope's appreciation. After all, he is not the only artist who can be appreciated by the Pope, and he must be able to let the Florentines recognize his talents if he wants to be a respected master.
Michelangelo has been thinking about the gains and losses of these days. He knows that he must make the right decision. After all, being famous in Rome is almost as fast as declining, and people always keep chasing the new ones. People and things, and new and old are their common characteristics.
Michelangelo did not know if he would be forgotten if he left for a while and then returned, at least it might be left behind.
But Florence's temptation made him difficult to let go, and he knew that only Florence was the key to determining whether he could be an admirable person like Botticelli and Leonardo.
"This is really a difficult question to choose from," Michelangelo scratched his head a bit hesitantly, sitting on the rooftop balcony, his fingers were rough and stiff, this was because of the perennial grip of the hammer, when he was slightly When he pulled off a few hairs and could not help cursing, he heard a voice from outside the courtyard.
"Is this the respected Bonarotti's home?"
Hearing the voice in the courtyard, Michelangelo did not respond. He knew that the servant would send everyone away. Although many people came to visit these days, he had been blocked by his order.
He was not worried because of this offending person. On the contrary, Michelangelo clearly understood that the more this way, the more remarkable he is as a master.
Unlike those artists who only know that they are focused on art and are completely different from others, Michelangelo knows how to manage his reputation.
Even now his entanglement about staying is more because of the bad balance between gains and losses, and he looks forward and backward.
Michelangelo closed his eyes and thought about his own thoughts until the servant raised his voice in the courtyard below.
"The master does not meet the guests at random, please go back."
Michelangelo was a little surprised. He knew that the servant was very clever, so if he was a noble or a wealthy businessman, he could not have such an attitude.
And if it is a civilian, he does not know who will be so persistent to see himself.
Michelangelo does not think that he is already the kind of person who is enough to become an idol for others, and he has never heard of any person who is so rash and even rude to worship a person. The key is that he feels that his thoughts are being I was interrupted, although he hadn't figured out for a long time, but because of this, he couldn't help getting annoyed.
"Who is below!"
Michelangelo stood up and walked over to the railing and looked down, just to see the servant was standing in front of the two young men.
"I'm sorry lord, I'll chase them away." The servant said to Michelangelo on the roof a little nervously. He knew that the master had a bad temper and bad temper, but his shot was quite lenient.
"We came from Urbino," the rather strong young man of the two shouted to Michelangelo on the roof. "We know you live here, so we hope to visit you."
"Urbino, then you don't follow the way," Michelangelo murmured. Since his fame, some people have indeed come here, and some even hope to get his advice. Michelangelo Luo is very annoyed. If he was n’t worried about what might be a bad reputation, he would drive them all away. "How do I need my help?"
The so-called visit is mostly to help.
"No, we are not here to beg." The young man behind seemed a little angry, and his slightly slender body stood upright, a little anger looming on a beautiful face.
Michelangelo stared at the boy for a moment, he didn't expect a man to look so beautiful, or almost fascinatingly beautiful, which reminded him of the famous beautiful boy Naxos in Greek mythology. Si, although this young man was not as beautiful as that, it still seemed to have inspired Michelangelo.
"Then please come in, my servant is really rude." Michelangelo's attitude suddenly became enthusiastic. He did not turn back to the room, but simply climbed the ivy growing directly to the top of the house. In the yard, Michelangelo burst out laughing when he saw the two young men stunned by his move.
Michelangelo's mood is really good at this time. Although he has gained a lot of reputation since the grief of the Virgin is completed, he has also lost his ability to capture inspiration for a while.
This made him a little worried whether he had used up all the talents God had given him, and that was why he wanted to leave Rome temporarily.
The appearance of this young man now makes Michelangelo seem to find new inspiration. The slenderness and femininity that are completely different from most people today stimulate his imagination. He feels like he has found an idea for a new work. .
But these are still second, mainly because he feels that this teenager seems to have caused a desire in his heart to pursue the good.
"We are students from Urbino," the strong young man saluted Miller Langelo, who had previously encouraged his friends to come to Rome, and now when they saw the newly-received master, he immediately behaved quite well. To respect "We have been attracting you for a long time."
Michelangelo looked carefully at the two men. He wanted to see if there were any unreliable points in them, but it seemed that, as they said, these were the two young men who had come to Rome with luck.
"I'm very willing to talk to you about art and other things, but I probably stayed in Rome for a short time, so I can only have a chance to talk later." Michelangelo said with regret, he looked at that Boy "What's your name, I have to thank you."
"Raphael Sandy." The teenager looked at the master in doubt, and he didn't understand why he would say so to him when he first saw him.
"You make me think that I should pursue more and more beautiful things. To be honest, I was still hesitant to give up everything in front of me, but you made me decide that I should pursue better things."
Raphael looked at Michelangelo blankly. He wanted to ask why, but he was afraid to offend the people in front of him. Until Proto next to him interrupted, he shook his head in a daze.
"Do you want to leave Rome?" Proto asked in amazement. "We thought we could get advice from you." He paused at this point and turned his head to deliberately question Raphael next to him. "The count Is n’t the housekeeper saying that we can ask the master for advice, is he lying, but although he is a Moor, I do n’t think that the Earl will have the courage to serve him with someone who likes to lie. "
"Which count, who is the Moor?"
Michelangelo immediately and sensitively asked, he knew a lot of nobles, but not many would use the Moors as stewards, think carefully, there may be only one.
"Oh, Master, it's nothing. It's just an aristocratic adult who just happened to know in Pisa. Although my friend was fortunate to paint for a lover she loves, it's just a trivial matter for you." Proto deliberately used He spoke lightly, and then blinked at Raphael, as if to remind him not to disturb the big man in front of him with such a trivial matter.
Earl I met in Pisa?
There is another lover in love?
At this time Michelangelo was almost certain who the two men were talking about.
But he is still indifferent. He needs to understand whether these two people are important in that person ’s mind. If they are treated like ordinary artists like wandering artists, Michelangelo does not intend to know that person only , Let him influence his plan just decided to leave Rome.
"But that lady is indeed beautiful, isn't it, Raphael, I can even see the love for her from your eyes, so you can create such a work, otherwise the count will not be so satisfied to buy it Your painting, "Proto said to Raphael next to him. When he saw that Raphael seemed to be defending, he immediately patted his mouth, as if he was annoyed by the previous speech." Oh, it's still you The painting is satisfying to the count, has n’t even the lady ’s brother always praised him? As far as I know, he is a very harsh person, but he obviously also admits that your painting skills are indeed rare, but you also Do n’t be frustrated, of course you know that the two adults are not very harmonious, otherwise the Moors will not feel that we should come to Rome, after all, your painting has caused a lot of trouble.

Michelangelo looked at the two people in front of him in amazement. He told himself that the two people were supposed to be telling lies, but if they thought about him carefully, they could not help but admit that if they were not familiar with some insider, It can't be so clear.
Many people do know the contradiction between Alexander and Caesar, but it is not so much to know that Lucrezia is Alexander's lover. After all, the occlusion of this era has made too many things unknown.
Coincidentally, because Michelangelo was admired by the Pope from time to time, he went in and out of the Vatican from time to time, so he knew that Caesar was indeed not in Rome now, but went to Pisa.
This made Michelangelo's eyes slightly change when he saw the young boy named Raphael. He seemed to see a young genius who might compete with him in the future.
Michelangelo knew that if the young man who looked a little greasy in front of him could use a picture that caused conflict between Alexander and Caesar, then this boy must have an extraordinary talent unimaginable by others, because at least Michelangelo In Kiro's mind, whether he was "Xiaomi" or now has become a master admired by everyone, although Alexander also regarded him as important, he did not clash with whom.
What Michelangelo paid most attention to was the reason Proto said they came to Rome.
Because of the trouble caused by their painting, the Moors sent them to Rome?
Thinking about this, Michelangelo was even a little jealous. He felt that although he had received Alexander's help before, it was always the appreciation of the artist by the nobles. Alexander cares about his future?
Michelangelo was secretly surprised. He had heard of many geniuses, and he was one of the most talented, but now he felt that he seemed to have encountered a truly talented person.
"What do you call his Moorish name?" Michelangelo finally asked carefully.
"Uliu ~ EbookFREE.me ~ his name is Uliu, but I don't think he seems to be an ordinary servant or housekeeper," Proto shook his head, thinking. "The nobles seem to have respect for him, you know I said Does it mean? "
"I know." Michelangelo nodded. He glanced at the little-talking teenager again and waved to them after a little deep contemplation. "Come on, come to my house. You must have a drink in such a hot day." Quench my thirst, and tell me about your painting. I would love to know how the two of you saw your work. "
Raphael nodded in excitement. He felt that he was so lucky that he could be favored by the famous Michelangelo. He was slightly nervous and walked into the house while whispering to Michelangelo. The conception and creation of his own trinity image.
Behind them, Proto followed to the house, but when he was about to enter the door, he stopped and turned to look at the city of Rome far away from the courtyard.
"Rome is an interesting city. I think for you, you will love it there."
Prato suddenly remembered what the Moor had said to him when he left Pizza.