At that time, there was a famous artist who was a "selfie maniac" at that time. He began to paint for himself when he was young, and his whole artistic career was centered on himself. Do you know the story of such a "selfie maniac"?
Self-portrait of Diu Lei
Diu Lei's childhood.
In the15th century, an ordinary family in Nuremberg, Germany, a poor family with 18 children, ran for a living every day. However, in such a large but poor family, the two children have great dreams of becoming artists, and the family environment is really not allowed.
So the two brothers began to draw lots to decide who would go to work and who would go to school. The result of the lottery was bumpy. My brother went to work in the mine to earn money, and then he jumped ship to earn tuition when the other party came back from school. As a result, my younger brother was drawn to the art college for further study, while my older brother worked in the mine to earn tuition.
In order to live up to his brother's high hopes, he studied hard at the Art College, and his talent and efforts soon won the appreciation of the teachers. Years passed quickly, and his brother came home in rags. But his hand was worn out because of the hard life in the mine, so it was difficult to start writing, and his artistic career was ruined. In order to commemorate the sacrifice of my brother, my brother created this famous "prayer hand".
Diu Lei's The Hand of Prayer
In fact, a careful painter can see that the prototype of this painter is not his brother who works in the mine, but a painting created by Diu Lei according to his own hands. Of course, the above is only widely circulated news, but compared with that time, it also belongs to a part of history.
Diu Lei's talent is emerging.
Diu Lei's earliest "self-portrait" This is the first "self-portrait" created by Diu Lei when he was only thirteen years old. On the surface, Diu Lei's insight is far superior to others. Compared with some rigid self-portraits, 13-year-old Diu Lei even added movements to his paintings, adding a touch of joy to his paintings and describing his five senses in detail.
Diu Lei/Kloc-Self-portrait at the age of 0/3.
Whether it is the use of light, soft lines, or even the shadow details of the face, it is portrayed with great care. Such a narcissist paved the way for his artistic development in his early years. Diu Lei created his own works much earlier than the outstanding painters Raphael and Leonardo da Vinci in the literary and artistic period.
1493 The first real selfie. At that time, young Diu Lei had made his mark in Nuremberg, where he studied under the famous painter vogt. In Nuremberg, there is such a learning custom that apprentices have to go far away to experience and accumulate all kinds of knowledge and technology during the period, which is equivalent to studying abroad.
Of course, Diu Lei was one of the many students in Nuremberg, but Diu Lei's experience in studying abroad was bumpy. At first, Diu Lei wanted to learn carving skills from sculptor Martin Shenjer, but on the way to school, Shenjer died. Then Diu Lei went to Strasbourg to find another outstanding master. Under the guidance of the master, Diu Lei completed the first real "selfie". When it was completed, Diu Lei gave this painting to his fiancee as a symbol of love.
Self-portrait of Diu Lei
In this painting, colors, lines and shadows are not a high-quality work of art, but they are all in place in terms of light and shadow and characterization. The thistle in Diu Lei's hand is the highlight of this painting. At that time, thistle flower symbolized the loyalty of a man in love to a woman. This "selfie" naturally became an expression of love for his fiancee, and because this painting married a noble wife, his status and money also rose accordingly.
1498 Diu Lei's self-portrait.
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After five years' further study, Diu Lei completed the woodcut "Revelation" which has been handed down all over the world through the precipitation of time and continuous creation. Compared with the previous self-portraits, the self-portraits in this period have greatly improved in color, light and scene, which can better highlight the elegant temperament of Diu Lei artists.
Revelation details 1
After carefully describing the details of the face and clothes, the extraordinary temperament revealed in the eyes made us feel the unique temperament of the artist at that time, and such real display techniques were very scarce at that time.
These gloved hands emphasize their status as artists. Such noble hands are not allowed to engage in hard work, revealing the elegance and nobility pursued by Diu Lei.
Revelation details 2
Careful readers can see that this painting even depicts the Alps outside the window, showing us the most typical landscape painting style of Renaissance style from the side, and also revealing the course that Diu Lei once experienced here. This painting also depicts the direction of Diu Lei's personal creation: to show his truest reality, his works will naturally be rich and wonderful.
Sublimation of art
Representing a new era in 1500, in order to express his confidence and belief as an artist, Diu Lei used himself as a template to create a make-up painting to pay tribute to Jesus during the period of religious cultural revival and advocating the revival of ancient culture.
Compare yourself to a self-portrait of Jesus.
These simple sentences in the upper right corner express:
"I am Albrecht-Deulie from Nuremberg, and I paint with long-lasting pigments in the form of wood oil paintings."
Brilliant Diu Lei dressed himself as Jesus, with curly hair, beard and fur collar, looked at the pilgrims, paid tribute to Jesus with positive display, and showed his piety to Jesus with self-portrait. Diu Lei also said that as an artist, I should undertake the same mission as Jesus and my most rigorous painting attitude.
Self-portrait details
This is a self-portrait of Diu Lei, which shows the strongest self-awareness. It can also be seen that Diu Lei examines himself through self-portraits, and also shows the artistic level behind him through self-portraits. This self-portrait also implies:
I, Diu Lei, am a people-oriented Renaissance artist. Although Jesus is admirable, we should still adhere to the people-oriented moral concept.
This classic masterpiece handed down from generation to generation also represents a new period in the history of western art.
During the rising period of artistic creation, Diu Lei visited Italy twice and visited the famous Venetian painters Bei Lini and Raphael at that time. Bei Lini's painting colors and lighting skills make Diu Lei feel refreshed. It was also during his study tour in Venice that Diu Lei first learned about the paintings that promoted the Renaissance, reached a resonance and decided to create related paintings.
Diu Lei's blue wings
During my visit to Raphael, I also learned that Raphael is also a self-portrait maniac, and I learned about Raphael's warm and brilliant painting style. They hit it off as soon as they met and talked a lot. They also exchanged their satisfied selfies as souvenirs.
The timeline of the rise of Protestants has developed to 15 17. During this period, Europe was in relative turmoil, and Diu Lei's style began to change. At that time, humanism and printing technology were in full swing. Martin Luther, who advocated theology, began to challenge the authority of Catholicism, criticized the autocratic power of the Pope and the church, criticized the dark side of the church, and tried to soften the rights of the Pope so that believers could also have rights.
Martin Luther
Diu Lei, who is in Germany, has never met Martin Luther, but he has heard about him. Through the records in books, Diu Lei began to admire Martin Luther. This series of books about Martin Luther helped Diu Lei solve a series of ideological problems. At this time, Diu Lei's pride and complacency had been driven away by Martin Luther's spirit, and Diu Lei's style began to change. The painting Four Christians, which represents this period, can be fully displayed.
Four Christians
Diu Lei responded to Martin Luther with paintings and vowed that he had become a Protestant. The Christians in the painting do not have the outstanding characteristics of Diu Lei's self-portrait, but they all have their own characteristics, which show the four most typical characters of Christians and also have the style characteristics advocated by Protestantism.
After living in Diu Lei for 1520 years, Diu Lei's health deteriorated, and he was often ill in bed and aching all over. During this period, we can see that Diu Lei's self-portrait shows his own ten thousand-year state. Although no color decoration is used, such paintings can show us a lot.
Diu Lei's self-portrait in his later years.
From the painting, we can see that the pain of illness makes us feel a melancholy atmosphere. Compared with our self-portrait of Jesus, our early spirit has been lost, which shows from the side that our destiny is linked with Jesus. In our later years, we are suffering from diseases and persecution by Jesus, expressing our confusion.
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Diu Lei's talent is extraordinary. As early as childhood, he was able to create self-portraits with slow details. At his peak, he compared himself to a self-portrait of Jesus. He created a self-portrait in his later years under the influence of studying abroad and Protestants. Diu Lei shows himself almost in the form of self-portrait and examines himself. This form of self-display is also the embodiment of German national spirit. With the development of self-portrait, we can also see the wonderful life of Diu Lei, which is also the most precious painting masterpiece in modern times.