What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 43 Art Discussion
After dinner.

Colin, who regretted eating too much, tried his best to pack his stomach, and followed the Duke and senior sister to stand up and leave the table.

"The construction of this mansion is not very long, but it has been continuously expanded and renovated for more than ten years before and after, and it is what it is now."

The Duke of Fairmont Hawthorne was the first to walk in the corridor as wide as an avenue, and he was obviously quite satisfied with his duke's mansion in his words.

The smooth mirror floor and beautifully decorated walls, coupled with the huge paintings that appear constantly on both sides, gave Colin the feeling of being in a large gallery.

"This is the early work of Severa Eck. Although the technique is a little immature, the contrast between melancholy and wildness is already very obvious..."

"Obot's 'The Old Man and the Ear of Wheat' is considered to be the most representative work in the late stage of blue and white recovery..."

"'Hourglass in the Sunset', the late culmination of Sylvia Eck's works, and the representative work of the northern style, unfortunately it was not well preserved, and a corner was burned during the second centaur resistance war of the Othic Empire... "

"..."

The Duke walked all the way through the corridor with his hands behind his back, telling the origins of these famous paintings one by one like a few treasures, and finally stood still, turned around, and asked Colin:

"Do you have a favorite artist?"

Ke Lin had pretended to be listening carefully and nodded his head from time to time to express his agreement, but he was suddenly asked about it.

painter?
Even in his previous life, he could barely name names like Van Gogh and Picasso. As for now, wouldn't it be good for me to memorize one more formula when I have time?

However, thinking of what the senior sister explained, Ke Lin finally bit the bullet and said:
"Sivira Eck's work...um...very good..."

The reason for saying this is because this name appeared most frequently in the introduction of Lord Duke just now.

obviously.

When you don't understand anything, at least you can't make a mistake by catering to the other party.

Sure enough, even though Colin didn't let out half a fart, Duke Violet still nodded slightly expressionlessly:
"You have good eyesight."

Colin wiped his sweat secretly, and just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the other party ask:

"By the way, what are your hobbies in music?"

The duke's seemingly gentle but cruel words made Colin almost beg for mercy on the spot.

But after seeing the slightly encouraging smile of the senior sister, he said helplessly:
"I prefer the harp...well, its tone...beautiful."

This is almost the only instrument in this world that he can name correctly.

As for the musical works, except for those wilderness ditties that are only popular in the old city and have a strong taste, I basically don’t know anything. If it is sung at this time, no matter the content or his singing skills, it will be enough to give the Duke a sword Hack him.

The almost perfunctory answer did not satisfy the Duke, and the other party immediately asked:
"A harp...is it a Field harp, or a Beau harp?"

If you kill me, forget it.

Colin wants to cry but has no tears.

In the end, he swallowed his anger and said: "It's not bad, Field's Harp is more like it."

He has given up his face.

Ask suicide again!

Fortunately, the Duke didn't make things difficult for him anymore, he just nodded and continued to move forward.

soon.

Colin was attracted by several paintings with bright colors and clear lines.

Different from most other paintings that focus on figures and scenery, the contents of these paintings are very realistic and precise, and the contents in them seem to be based on some real objects.

When he got closer, Colin was surprised to find that the contents of the paintings on it turned out to be mechanical works full of industrial style.

Although he didn't know much about painting art, Ke Lin could also see that the style of these paintings was incompatible with other paintings.

"'Magic and Machinery', No. 1~6, works of Sir Schiller Mora in his later years." Seeing him stop in front of this group of paintings, the Duke stopped and explained.

Colin immediately became interested when he heard the name.

Schiller Mora.

The late great magician of the Gilman Duchy, a top expert in magic engineering, his research and teaching can be said to have raised the magic status of the Gilman Duchy to a higher level in one fell swoop, and even the entire Western Continent Alliance has benefited a lot.

However, what Colin didn't know was that this great magician who was awarded a lord was actually a painter.

"Sir Mora's painting skills are known for their precision and realism. His early sketches were deeply loved by collectors, but he later entered the field of oil painting, but the response was mediocre."

Duke Violet stroked the edge of the picture frame with his hands, and continued to explain:
"This group of 'magic and machinery' works is his posthumous work in his later years. It is extremely controversial. Most people in the art circle sneer at it, thinking that it is opportunistic to incorporate magic content into paintings. The art critics in the Western Continent do not agree. Regardless of his status as a great wizard, the day before Sir Mora died, the "Gilman Art Review" was still attacking him fiercely."

At this time, Ke Lin's understanding of the modern continental magic system is no longer at the same level as when he was an apprentice. Of course, he has some understanding of Schiller Mora, a heavyweight in the field of elemental research, and even in the "non-stretching mapping arc positive number selection" On the research subject of "regression count constant trend surface with infinite pairs of values", some existing achievements of the other party are used for reference.

It's a pity that Siler Mora is far away in the Western Continent, and many of his researches have been banned by the Gilmans. Coupled with the poor speed of information circulation in this world, there are actually not many books about Mora in the Roman mage Tower.

Now, seeing the work of this idol-level boss on this occasion, Ke Lin is of course very interested.

He pointed to one of the paintings and said: "This should be the 'Flame Analyzer', which has a considerable effect on the research of fire magic. It is now collected in the Gilman National Museum and has a very high level of use. It is said that Saint The Church of Light is very interested in this thing, and tried to steal it several times, even though it lost three high-ranking believers."

Colin finally encountered a field he was familiar with.

"I don't know much about this, you should be an expert." The duke sighed: "Although the artistic achievements of this group of paintings are not high, but because of Sir Mora's popularity, the collection value is very good. I also spent a lot of money at the beginning. Strength is what you buy.”

"My lord duke's eyes are bright."

Colin gave a compliment at the right time, and then continued to walk forward.

For the six paintings, Colin explained them one by one based on his research and understanding of Mora.

Until the last picture, he took a deep breath and said uncertainly:

"Polymer beam splitter?!"

The Duke looked at Colin in surprise, nodded and said, "Do you understand this stuff?"

"It's a good thing."

Ke Lin talked eloquently: "Its function itself is actually not that big, it just uses the precise refraction of the magic pattern of the light system to reflect the picture on the wall."

According to Colin's understanding, this thing is simply an old-fashioned slideshow.

But compared to the need to use a special transparent negative, this "polymerizing beam splitter" can reflect all the pictures, and the effect is not bad.

However, for this world, the function of "mapping pictures on the wall" is actually dispensable.

People here don’t need to do ppts. Apart from better light and shadow effects and more three-dimensional pictures, they are almost worthless.

With that skill, it would be good to just hang the picture on the wall.

However, the value of this "converging beam splitter" does not lie in itself, but a semi-finished product accidentally made by Sir Mora while researching another invention.

And the invention that didn't come out until Mora's death was called "photographic machine".

(End of this chapter)