I have long heard that Beethoven was a great musician. In this summer vacation, I was lucky enough to read Beethoven's biography.
Beethoven was a man who lived in an extremely painful environment. His childhood was unfortunate. He didn't enjoy the warmth of his family like Mozart, but it was hard. He had to worry about three meals a day and endure the pain. The hardships of life accompanied his growth, and suffering made him lose a lot. 1787 lost his mother, 1796 was deaf in both ears. ...
But it is such a person who has never lived a stable life, but has a persistent pursuit. With his love for life, in his silent world, he actually created immortal music such as Symphony of Life and became a musician who attracted thousands of people's attention. The wonderful music he created brought people beautiful enjoyment.
Beethoven's personality is very withdrawn. He often looks at the sky with melancholy eyes and seldom smiles from the heart. Misfortune and suffering may make a person depressed, but they can't make a person lose confidence in life and creation. He is also a firm and optimistic fighter. During the French Revolution, he rewrote patriotic poems into music scores and fought with music.
We live in a new era, never hungry or cold, have a warm family, thrive under the care of our parents and live a carefree life; Some children live the life of a little princess and a little prince, with clothes to reach out and food to open their mouths; Some children do not know when to be blessed. Not only do they not study hard, but they do nothing all day. If we do this, we will be like grass in a greenhouse and never grow into a towering tree.
From Beethoven's life experience, I think that if a person wants to be a person who is beneficial to society, he must strengthen his ideals and beliefs and love for life. I firmly believe that "the sword front comes from sharpening, and the plum blossom fragrance comes from bitter cold." As long as we regard difficulties and setbacks as a ladder to climb the peak in pursuit of ideals, we can also write wonderful life movements like Beethoven.
Read Michelangelo's biography
Recently, I finished reading one of the three biographies of giants written by Mr. romain rolland. The biography of Michelangelo >>. This book was translated by Mr. Fu Lei, Life. Reading. Xinzhi Sanlian Bookstore was published. This book is a rare collection of illustrations. In addition to the original biography, there are many color illustrations of related works of one hundred and fifty· Michaelis. This is really a masterpiece in the book. After reading this book, I was filled with emotion.
Both Mr. Fu Lei's vivid translation and Mr. romain rolland's detailed understanding of the master's life and profound understanding of the spiritual world fully reproduce the master's life experience, which is amazing. In the book, we see the vivid life. Michelangelo is real and relaxed here, but he is really extraordinary. His unparalleled artistic talent and creativity are all devoted to art, and his persistence and loyalty in pursuing artistic truth, goodness and beauty are even more touching. Yes, Michelangelo is worthy of that era, worthy of the title of giant, and he is facing that era.
Renaissance is an era of surging clouds, talented people and great men. Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Dante ... are all awesome names that need to be looked up to shine. They stand there like mountains in the world, and Michelangelo is one of them.
Michelangelo was born in Florence, Italy, the birthplace of the Renaissance. At that time, in that city, he was the object of fanaticism. He loves them too, but he is very strict with them. His heroic genius despised their group's art, pretentious artistic spirit and ordinary realism. He is a spiritual aristocrat and a man imprisoned by genius. The power of his genius completely conquered him. This is a terrible life, which broke out violently and made his weak body and soul unbearable. This is Mr Roland's description of him.
For this great appearance creator who is also a man of faith, in his eyes, a beautiful body is like a god, and it is a display of a god in meat. As a great artistic creator, Michael created many masterpieces that amazed the world. But he thinks that he just shows the creativity that God has given him, which is his creation when he is close to God. The creator who creates beautiful shapes is respected by people, so the creator who creates flesh and blood and life is even less respected by people. He said: A good painting is close to God and is combined with God. It is just a perfect copy of God, the shadow of God's brush, God's music and God's melody. Therefore, it is not enough for a painter to become a great and ingenious master. I think his life should be pure and sacred, so that the gods can rule his mind.
In the constant creative impulse, he thinks nothing but working day and night. He has been living in excitement. He is lonely, he loves, but he is not loved. People only fear him, even have hostility and suspicion. He has never enjoyed love in his life, and friendship only shines like a star for an instant. It was dark around him, and only his thoughts whirled violently like meteors in the dark. I didn't enjoy a little tenderness, and I didn't sleep in the caress of others for a minute. He devoted his life to artistic creation and tried to preserve the truth, goodness and beauty forever. However, after 90 years of hard work, he failed to realize his grand plan. His plans are often frustrated by the entanglement of vulgar affairs, the involvement of trivial work and the changes of human society. None of his important works was finished, and many precious works were destroyed before his death. As a great man, in order to realize his artistic dream, he was forced to bow before material violence. To this end, he once built a superman memorial hall for the apostle Peter, because like Peter, he once cried when he heard the cock crow. Some despicable people created their Michelangelo with their dirty hearts.
But today, the works of these masters, whether architecture, sculpture or painting, have been immortal, just like him. 1teachers and students rest on March 6, 4751February 564 18 at 5 pm. Sunset is the end of his earthly life and the first day of a peaceful paradise. Finally, he returned to the kingdom of God. The master is 90 years old. This is the master, who spent his life in endless artistic impulse and creation, numerous failures and numerous successes, and finally he finished a bumpy life. In the end, he left infinite precious wealth for mankind with his own spirit and life.
Finally, let's end with Mr. romain rolland's original words. "A great soul is like a towering mountain, shaken by wind and rain and surrounded by clouds. But when people breathe there, they are more free and powerful than anywhere else. The pure atmosphere can wash away the filth of the soul, and when the dark clouds are gone, it threatens mankind. In this way, this towering peak stood in Renaissance Italy. From a distance, you can see its dangerous silhouette and disappear into the boundless blue sky. I'm not saying that ordinary humans can survive at the summit, but they should go there once a year to bow down. There, they can change the breathing in the lungs and the blood flow in blood vessels. There, they will feel closer to eternity. After that, they returned to the vast plain of life and were full of courage to fight. "
Read Tolstoy's biography
A great soul, a hundred years ago, fired a flame on the land of Russia, and the purest glory shone on our hearts. In the cloudy dusk of the late19th century, it is a star that soothes the world, and its eyes are enough to soothe the hearts of our teenagers. In France, how many people think that he is not only a beloved artist, but also a friend, the best friend of all Europa arts, and the only true friend-lev tolstoy.
In my spare time, I opened the biography of lev tolstoy and experienced Tolstoy's hard life growth.
Tolstoy's rough face is long and heavy, with short hair covering his forehead, small eyes, wide nose, big lips protruding forward and wide ears. Because he couldn't change his ugly face, he felt very painful in his childhood. He studied in a place called Kazan, and his grades were average. He's lonely.
In the memory of his family, several people chose Tolstoy as the most special typical figure in his War and Peace: for example, his grandfather, the old prince of Volkonski, was a representative of the autocratic aristocracy in the era of Catherine II; His mother, Princess Maria, is a gentle and ugly woman with beautiful eyes. Her kind light shines on war and peace.
Although I don't know my parents very well (he was less than one year old when my mother died), at least I can keep some memories of my father. This is a kind and humorous man, with melancholy eyes, living an independent and unruly life in his city; Tolstoy was only nine years old when his father died. This death made him understand the sad reality for the first time, and his heart was full of despair.
But unconsciously, he was driven by the enthusiasm, strong emotion and exaggerated self-esteem of teenagers, so that this belief in pursuing perfection lost its utilitarian essence and became practical and material. He also slowly learned to be dissolute. Finally, one thing saved him: absolute sincerity, frankness and kindness.
In the end, he became a Russian writer and "a mirror of Russia" by his own efforts.
It is by no means the environment or experience that affects our success. But whether we can keep a strong heart and an unyielding belief.