More than ten minutes later, led by Antonio and Leonardo, Ye Tian and his group walked into the famous octagonal courtyard and began to appreciate the sculptures displayed here.

The Octagonal Courtyard is an open-air courtyard belonging to the Bio Clemón Exhibition Hall. It is not large in size and looks like an octagonal, so it is named after it.

Although this courtyard is not big, it is famous in the Western art world and art history. Every corner of it is placed with one or several famous sculptures, each of which is priceless.

The most famous ones are the two treasures of the Vatican Museum's sculpture category, "Statue of Raocon and Sons", and "Apollo, the God of the Sun in the Tower".

As soon as he entered the octagonal courtyard, Ye Tian headed straight to "Statue of Raocon and his Sons" located in the corner of the courtyard. He was a little impatient and full of expectations.

Betty and Anderson followed immediately, as well as Antonio and Leonardo.

After walking to about two meters in front of the statue, Ye Tian stopped and stood there to carefully appreciate the world-famous sculpture.

This is a group of marble sculptures, about 184 cm tall. It is a famous sculpture from the Hellenistic period. It was created collectively by the famous ancient Greek sculptor Agsandros and two sons, Polizoros and Athenodoros.

In the history of Western art, this group of marble sculptures has a very high status and is praised as the most perfect work of art, unparalleled!

The only shame is that when the statue was discovered in Rome in 1506, the front end of Raocon's right arm was lost, and one of the two children lost his palm and the other lost his right arm.

Even though this is a broken statue, its artistic value has not been reduced in slightest. Once discovered, it caused a huge sensation, just like Venus with a broken arm.

Ye Tian, ​​who was standing in front of this sculpture, was instantly attracted, and he was obsessed with admiring this great sculpture work.

In the marble sculpture in front of you, Raocon is located in the middle of the sculpture, with an expression of extreme fear and pain.

He used all his strength to twist his body and arms, trying to break free himself and the children from the entanglement of the two giant snakes.

His hands were tightly grasping a snake, but his hips were bitten by the snake, his expression was painful, as if he was roaring, his body twisted, and his muscles contracted violently, looking so futile.

On the left side of the statue, Raocon's eldest son was entangled with a giant snake on his left leg and right arm, as if he had hope of escaping and survival, but he was not injured yet.

However, he was completely stunned by the scene in front of him and was struggling to break free from the entanglement of the giant snake.

On the right side of the statue, Raocon's second son was tightly entangled by the giant snake. He raised his right arm in despair and was unable to move, but his left hand was still holding the snake's body tightly.

In this group of sculptures, Raocon and his two sons are shown as three bodies twisted by pain, fighting for survival and fighting on the brink of despair.

The movement of all the muscles in their bodies has reached their limits, even reaching a spasm, showing strength and extreme tension in a state of pain and resistance.

Looking at this group of statues, people seemed to feel pain flowing through the nerves all over their bodies, and they would become nervous unconsciously.

Ye Tian and the others were all the same. In just a moment, everyone's expressions became solemn, and everyone's eyes were filled with sympathy and sadness.

This is a natural emotion, a spiritual resonance, and everyone is saddened by the tragic fate of the three Raocon and his son.

The scene was completely quiet, no one spoke, only a burst of breathing, which seemed to have become much heavier.

Obviously, this famous sculpture has brought a lot of psychological pressure to everyone!

It took a long time for everyone to come out of the tragic atmosphere created by this statue and wake up.

The next moment, a sound of emotion immediately sounded at the scene.

"Wow! The content of this statue is so shocking and heavy, it makes you feel heartbreaking when you look at it!"

"The high-definition pictures I have seen before are far less shocking than the statue itself. Only by witnessing them with your own eyes can you truly understand the greatness of this statue."

After some emotion, Betty suddenly said softly:

"Dear, let me explain this statue. I want to know more about this sculpture, and I believe everyone will be the same."

After the words came to an end, Anderson and the others immediately responded, and everyone's eyes were full of expectations.

Ye Tian did not start the explanation immediately, but turned to look at Antonio standing next to him and two other senior Vatican Museums.

This is their territory, and everyone has a good relationship, so it is not easy to win over the crowd!

Antonio and the others didn't understand Ye Tian's intention. These senior Vatican Museums nodded with each other.

Obviously, they also want to listen to Ye Tian’s explanation, which is full of the meaning of tests, to see if he is just like the rumors, knows everything and is versatile!

Ye Tian nodded to the people with a smile, then turned to look at Betty, Anderson and the others.

Immediately afterwards, he turned to look at the world-famous sculpture in front of him and began to explain.

"Okay, I'll explain to you this world-famous statue. If you want to better understand and appreciate this statue, you must understand the story hidden behind it.

"Statue of Raocon and Sons" is based on the story of the Trojan Battle in ancient Greek mythology. I believe everyone is familiar with the cause of the Trojan Battle, so I won't say much.

The Greeks attacked the city of Troy for ten years without success. Later, the Greeks built a large Trojan horse and pretended to retreat, but a large number of Greek soldiers were hidden in the belly of the huge Trojan horse.

Seeing the Greeks retreat, the Trojans moved the Trojans into the city as a gift to Athena, but the Greeks' "Trojan scheme" was discovered by the Trojan priest Raocon.

He warned the Trojans not to drag the Trojans with elite soldiers into the city. In anger, Raocon threw the spear in his hand towards the Trojan, thus angering the Greek patron Athena.

So, Athena sent two giant pythons to entangle Raocon's two sons. Raocon was bitten to death by the giant python in order to save his son, and the Greek Trojan's plan was successfully implemented.

Seeing that Raocon was dead, the Trojan thought it was his warning that angered the gods, so the Trojans became more convinced and transported the Trojans into the city, which led to the disaster.

This sculpture shows the shocking and sad scene in this legend. The giant python uses its deadly twisting to kill Raocon and his two sons.

The sculpture depicts movement, pain and fear. Extreme emotions are about to emerge, and it also conveys the tragic conflict between man and God, making it rich in eternal value beyond time and space.

During the Renaissance, when people discovered this statue, everyone was stunned. The Romans at that time had never seen such a work of art.

Michelangelo, who went to check out this statue, was also completely shocked. For Michelangelo at that time, this statue had a deafening inspiration and influence.

Back in the Vatican, he strongly suggested that Pope Julius II at that time buy this statue. Julius II followed his advice and everyone could see this statue here at this time.

The beauty displayed by this statue, as well as the human body aesthetics of ancient Greek men, had a significant impact on the Renaissance movement and inspired Michelangelo's art of human body sculpture.

After telling the story behind the sculpture, let’s take a look at the sculpture itself. In the shape of the work, the sculptor showed a high artistic level and great creativity.

The sculptor carefully arranged the composition of the work. The work was pyramid-shaped, stable and varied. The movements, postures and expressions of the three characters echoed each other and were of clear layers.

They fully embody the coordination of distortion and beauty, and show the extraordinary compositional imagination of several sculptors. It is this breathtaking imagination that makes the greatness of this statue.

The characters in the work are very realistic, showing the sculptor's proficiency in human anatomy and accurate observation of nature, as well as his proficient artistic expression and sculpture skills,... "

With Ye Tian’s professional and accurate explanation, Betty and his friends’ understanding of this great sculpture has rapidly deepened and their understanding has become more thorough.

Before they knew it, they had been brought into the illusion by Ye Tian's words, into the legendary Battle of Trojan, and witnessed the tragedy of the Trojan massacre of the city with their own eyes.

Standing next to Antonio, Leonardo and others, listening to Ye Tian’s professional and wonderful explanation, couldn’t help but nod in secret, full of admiration!

At this time, they had no doubt about Ye Tian's omniscience and omnipotence, and even had some fear!

This guy Steven is so scary, he is simply a monster!

While giving the explanation, Ye Tian also secretly opened his perspective and looked at the great statue two meters away in front of him, then looked at the ground and explored the secret here!
Chapter completed!