Before we knew it, it was approaching six o'clock in the afternoon.

After visiting several exhibition halls in succession, Ye Tian and his team came to Raphael Studio, one of the most important and most famous exhibition halls in the Vatican Museum, to prepare to visit a series of top artworks displayed here.

At this time, Antonio had left. After all, he was the director of the Vatican Museum and had many matters to deal with. It was impossible for him to accompany Ye Tian and the others to visit for a long time.

In addition to Antonio, several other Vatican Museums have also left one after another, for the same reasons.

But Leonardo, two priests, several museum managers, and two security personnel are still there, and continues to accompany Ye Tian and the others to visit, and there is no intention of supervision.

The Vatican Museums are filled with priceless antique artworks, and most of them have special religious significance. How dare they let it go and let Ye Tian and the others visit it themselves!

Even if Ye Tian is a super rich man and a top antique art appraisal expert, he knows how to protect antique art, the museum cannot be completely relieved.

After Antonio and the others left, Ye Tian took over his full responsibility of explaining, while admiring the antique artwork displayed in various exhibition halls, he introduced and explained to Betty and the others.

If you encounter antique artworks that he is not familiar with or does not know much about, the tour guide who follows him will come forward and give an explanation.

Just like before, when he walked into Raphael's studio, Ye Tian began to introduce the exhibition hall. The clear voice echoed throughout the exhibition hall and came into the ears of everyone present.

"This is the famous Raphael Studio. I will not introduce it here about Raphael, one of the three masters of Renaissance art. Everyone knows it very well and has appreciated many of his works.

In 1508, the Roman Catholic Church launched a large-scale artistic construction. Raphael, who had become famous at the age of 25, proudly came to Rome and accepted the commission from the Pope as a master of art.

The Raphael Studio in front of you is a room commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate. It consists of four consecutive rooms, located on the second floor of the Vatican Pope Palace.

From 1508 to the end of 1524, Raphael and his students took a total of sixteen years to complete all the renovation work and create this magnificent palace of art.

As we all know, Raphael died in 1520, and entered the Holy See at the age of 25 until his death at the age of 37. All of the most glorious twelve years of Raphael's life were dedicated to this place.

This place faithfully records Raphael's most glorious artistic career, and he left behind many great works of art here, and those great works of art also made this studio.

There is no doubt that Raphael Studio is a treasure of the painting category of Vatican Museums. The collection of Raphael's paintings here is the most numerous and most exquisite in the world, unparalleled."

With Ye Tian’s ups and downs, Betty and Anderson were looking at the exhibition hall where they were, and admiring the many top artworks displayed in the exhibition hall.

Without exception, each of them was completely shocked by the beautiful exhibition hall, and was completely attracted by the famous top artworks, with an intoxicated expression.

Leonardo, who was standing a little later, and the other Vatican people, had a look of admiration in their eyes, and they were all impressed by Ye Tian's wonderful explanation.

After a moment of pause, Ye Tian continued to smile and said loudly:

"The Rafael Studio has four rooms in total. If introduced in the order of Rafael's paintings, their order should be the Signature Hall, Elliodoro Hall, Fire Hall, and Constantine Hall.

But if introduced in the architectural layout and the order of space of visit, they should be arranged in this way, first of all, the Hall of Constantine, next to the Hall of Elliodoro, the Hall of Signature, and the Hall of Fire.

Our current location is the Hall of Constantine, which was once the reception room of the Pope. The Hall of Constantine was designed by Raphael himself, but he only completed the draft and died before completion.

As the name suggests, this room is to commemorate Constantine the Great. The four murals in the hall mainly represent Constantine, the Roman emperor who is extremely high in the minds of Christians.

In 312 AD, on the eve of the decisive battle between Milvi Bridge, who fought for the throne with Maxenti, Constantine claimed that he had seen Christ manifest, a symbol of the Roman Empire's recognition of Christianity's legality.

After winning the Battle of Milvie Bridge, Constantine fulfilled his promise and issued the famous "Milan Amnesty Order", which allowed Christianity to come down from the ground to the ground, spread rapidly and grow.

Raphael used four murals to express this subject, namely "The Baptism of Constantine", "The Cross Appears to Constantine", "The Battle of Milvie Bridge", and "The Tribute to Constantine".

Because of Raphael's untimely death, most of these murals were drawn by his students Romano, Penny and others based on Raphael's draft. In this regard, it is somewhat regrettable.

Despite this, the grand and harmonious layout of these murals and noble and elegant characters still show the mark of Raphael everywhere. Let’s start with the Battle of Milvie Bridge on the left.

As he said that, Ye Tian and Betty came to the left wall of the room and stood a few meters away, and began to appreciate this magnificent classical mural, "The Battle of the Milvie Bridge".

The Battle of Milvie Bridge was a famous battle that took place in 312 AD. The two sides of the battle were Constantine and Maxenti.

With the victory of this battle, Constantine abolished the four emperors' co-governance and became the only monarch of the Roman Empire, which also marked the beginning of Constantine's conversion to Christianity.

From then on, Christianity fell from the ground to the ground, and with the strong support of the Roman Empire, it began to develop rapidly and soon spread throughout the Western world.

After visiting this magnificent and magnificent mural, Ye Tian and the others came to the next mural, "The Cross Appears to Constantine" and began to appreciate this famous mural.

Next is "Constantine's Baptism", and finally "Constantine's Tribute". Ye Tian and the others carefully admire each mural.

At the same time, Ye Tian gave a wonderful explanation for every mural here to deepen Betty and others' understanding and better appreciate these top artworks.

After admiring the four murals of Constantine Hall and several Renaissance sculptures displayed in this hall, Ye Tian and the others continued to move forward and walked into the next room.

The next room is Elliodoro Hall, a dazzling temple of art.

On the ceiling of this hall, there are four zenith paintings by Raphael, based on four stories from the Old Testament of the Bible.

They are the fact that Noah left the ark, Abraham wanted to make Isaac sacrifice and sacrifice, Moses burned the shrubs, and Jacob dreamed of the ladder.

There are several wet murals painted on the walls of the hall, all of which are from Raphael. Each one is a top-notch artwork that is priceless and radiates in the history of art and is extremely brilliant!

The four murals are: "Eliodoro's Capture in the Temple of Jerusalem", "Escape from St. Peter's Prison", "Mass of Bolsena", and "Leo V Repels Attila, the King of the Huns".

Among them, "Eliodoro's Capture in the Temple of Jerusalem" is the most famous. The theme is to convey the inviolability of the church industry. The name of the Elliodoro Hall comes from this famous mural!

The other three murals, "The Mass of Bolsena", "The Escape from St. Peter", and "Leo V Repels Attila, the Hun King", mainly express the church's spiritual and secular power under the blessing of God.

Interestingly, in "Eliodoro's Capture at the Temple of Jerusalem", the figure of the client Pope Julius II appeared, which looked like a hard implanted advertisement!

In "The Mass of Bolsena", the client Pope Julius II appeared again, and it was very conspicuous. Raphael himself transformed into a member of the Swiss Guard, looking out of the picture!

Such creative techniques can often be seen in Raphael's other works. Raphael carried it to the extreme, which had a significant impact on many painters at that time and later generations.

After entering the Elliodoro Hall, Ye Tian first quickly glanced at the panoramic view, and then took Betty to the mural "Escape from St. Peter's Prison" and began to appreciate this famous mural.

At the same time, his professional explanation began again, and it was still so exciting.

"St. Peter's escape from prison" is a very special mural, painted by Raphael himself. It is a very famous light source work in the history of Western art.

The content of the mural tells the story of Jesus’ great disciple St. Peter being locked up because of his mission, God sent angels to rescue him. The painting depicts this famous story.

As we all know, St. Peter was the first pope of Christianity. If he was saved, it would mean that all popes in later generations would be blessed by God, and the meaning was very special.

In the middle of the mural, St. Peter was sleeping soundly, and the angel quietly descended at this moment, trying to awaken him. The angel radiated a strong light all over his body, illuminating everything.

The soldiers' armor at the gate of the prison also reflected a ray of light. On the left side of the mural, the warden discovered that St. Peter was rescued, so he immediately woke the soldiers up and asked them to hunt them down.

In the area on the left side of the mural, the light source comes from the moon in the sky, which is cold and dark. The warden is holding a torch in his hand, which is another light source in this famous mural.

The reason why this mural by Raphael is that it constantly intersperses these special light sources in the dark prison, greatly enhancing the sense of space and perspective,... "

While giving the explanation, Ye Tian also secretly opened his perspective and began to explore the famous wet mural and this wall.

Wherever you see, the mural and the wall that carries it were instantly seen through by Ye Tian, ​​and there was no secret to it.

On this mural, Ye Tian discovered several small secrets left by Raphael. Some of them have been discovered and made public, while others were discovered for the first time and are unknown.

Among them are the secret signatures left by Raphael, and some tricks he played, which are harmless and hidden in various positions of the painting.

Unlike Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael rarely plays profound and puzzling games such as mysterious characters and Fibonacci sequences.

The secrets he left on the painting seemed more like real games, and were his little jokes and emotional adjustments in the process of artistic creation!
Chapter completed!