31. Were you born like this?

The history of the birth of sculpture representing the Renaissance era marked the beginning of a full-fledged start as anti-Gothic and post-Gothic elements were projected into Donatello’s sculptural works.

Donatello, whom Gyuha shared his life with, is also a representative artist who fits the prejudice that ‘artists are eccentric’.

“If you don’t follow my advice, I won’t take on this job any longer. Then you know you don’t need this anymore.”

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When he was designing the Medici Palace with his friend Brunelleschi, he was rejected by the client for being too large and splendid, so he destroyed the design model on the spot, but the Genoese merchants tried to beat the price of the finished piece, so the piece was thrown down the stairs. The incident of being thrown into and destroyed is a famous anecdote that is still being talked about.

“Donatello, I was wrong. I’ll double the price, so please carve it again. Customers are eagerly waiting.”

Later, the merchant promised to pay twice as much, but the piece that Donatello had once broken was never remade.

“Unfortunately, the soul contained in the piece has already been broken, so there is no need to recreate it even if I die.”

The biggest feature of Donatello’s sculptures was that they contained ‘passion’ and ‘soul’.

He was not obsessed with ‘balance’ and ‘line’ like other sculptors.

As much as possible, hyperrealism was given to the work, and as a result, it was unrivaled in expressing visual effects.

For example, while other sculptors focused on the gothic beauty of perfectly processing the surface of a stone to be carved, Donatello was also the first sculptor to focus more on the visual beauty of a sculpture realized by light and shadow.

In other words, while existing sculptors carved from the perspective of an omnipotent god, Donatello had a clear distinction in that he sculpted from the perspective of a human eye.

He recalled the masterpieces he had created.

From the ‘David statue’, which can be said to be the most masterpiece, to the ‘Saint Mark statue’, the patron saint of the linen cloth merchants’ guild, to the ‘Saint George statue’, a Roman knight in the golden legend.

Since he mainly worked on sculptures of people, he planned to sculpt figures at the Taebaek Mountain International Snow Sculpture Contest.

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No, there was already a person who had always wanted to sculpt Kyu-ha.

‘Seongwoong Chungmugong Admiral Yi Sun-sin’

Kyu-ha’s artistic soul, which had been dormant for a long time, flared up.

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Day 2 of the competition.

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At this point, Maria had no choice but to open her mouth and admit Kyu-ha.

“Hey, isn’t that Asian actor a monster? It’s similar to our workload alone. Even a chisel and a shovel…”

Kyu-ha displayed extreme concentration with incredible stamina and continued sculpting almost non-stop. Thanks to that, the huge square eye cube began to take on a somewhat human form.

“He’s even doing that by himself, so we have to work hard too! is not it? You can’t be embarrassed.”

Perhaps thanks to Kyuha’s influence, all the teams participating in this competition showed great concentration and much more work than usual, adding to the heat of the competition.

Day 3 of the competition.

After all participating teams completed the rough outline, they went into detailing.

They stuck to the parts they were assigned to and went into detailed sculpting work such as eyes, facial expressions, and costumes.

In fact, the snow sculpture contest had a different ability to discriminate here.

As such, it was the most sensitive period as work that required extreme delicacy was done at this time.

Gyuha also finished the outline work and started working on the detail work, and the difference between the other teams has already begun to emerge in the outline work.

liveliness.

Contraposto (one leg is loaded, the other leg is free)

The most characteristic and strong points of Kyuha’s works are beginning to emerge.

If most of the sculptures had a hard feeling as they were only looking at the front, Kyuha’s work embodies the feeling of walking around at any moment with one leg protruding forward.

The courageous Admiral Yi Sun-sin, who seemed to be ready to run toward the enemy at any moment, gave the viewer a sense of reverence and coercion.

And another feature was the detail of Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s attire.

“Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s armor is not like that.”

The armor worn by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, which was common in dramas, is the Duseoklin Armor, but it was not the right time because it was actually an armor that came later than Admiral Yi Sun-shin’s era.

In fact, the helmet and armor worn by Admiral Yi Sun-sin are currently dedicated to Yasukuni Shrine in Japan.

As such, the fact that the remains of Korea’s representative hero are kept in Japan was a pity to the extent that the people of the Republic of Korea felt resentful.

Kyu-ha thought that he had to correct the misunderstood aspects related to Admiral Yi Sun-sin.

Therefore, the helmet and armor worn by Admiral Yi Sun-sin were reproduced as snow sculptures, but the irregular wrinkles and curves that occurred when he moved were reproduced as they were.

And finally, the part I paid most attention to was the face of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.

“The face of Admiral Yi Sun-sin that everyone knows is wrong.”

The figure of Admiral Yi Sun-sin in the coin in our pocket is a 1953 work by painter Jang Woo-seong, and it cannot be said to be the true figure of Admiral Yi Sun-sin because it was drawn only with the artist’s imagination.

In addition, a restored photograph known to be the closest to Admiral Yi’s actual appearance was released by integrating historical evidence collected from various academic societies and portraits of Admiral Yi’s fifth generation.

It was not the face of benevolence and benevolence we had known before, but the face of a warrior who looked upright and stubborn to anyone.

The frown on his brow and his frown filled with worry showed his anxiety at having to face the enemy in spite of an absurdly outnumbered number.

“It’s ridiculous that it’s been so misunderstood.”

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No matter how much Kyu-ha suppressed her innate temperament through her dreams, her unique possessiveness and obsession remained like a habit.

So, the last day of the sculpture contest.

For the finale, Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s pupils also had a groove in the center of the eyes, and a technique was used to make them look like pupils through the shadows.

This was also the biggest characteristic of Donatello, who pursued hyperrealism.

Lastly, the snow statue was sanded by hand to make it as smooth as a piece of marble, maximizing the beauty of the reflected light.

Kyuha, a one-man team, was the first to announce the end of the work among 25 teams.

Sailors.

“What the hell is that person?”

“I really finished it all by myself. even first! What the hell have we done?”

Most of the teams also went into finishing work, but I felt a sense of collapse watching Kyu-ha finish everything by herself.

“And how on earth are we to understand that quality?”

All the teams were busy finishing the snow sculptures, but their eyes were on Kyuha’s work.

“Crazy. really crazy How can the surface be as smooth as marble? I’ve never seen anything like that in Sweden.”

The time limit approached, and most of the participating teams reported completion to the organizers.

“Huh… the die has been cast and now we have no choice but to wait for the results.”

Cassandra, the leader of the Slovakian team, said with a refreshing expression after going through all the hardships.

Soon, the host of the sculpture contest, dressed in a plain suit and thick padding, stood on the podium and held up a microphone.

“Ah, how are you? I am Han Byung-woo, a comedian who is in charge of hosting the Taebaek Mountain International Snow Sculpture Contest. We salute all the participating teams who fought the cold for 3 days to create artworks. In accordance with the rules of the International Snow Sculpture Contest, we will divide our competition into three evaluation areas and proceed with scoring.”

Moderator Han Byung-woo explained in Korean and then in English, so all participating teams could easily understand.

“The first is the score by which participating teams mutually evaluate the works of other teams. The weight is 45% of the total score. The second is the evaluation score based on the votes of the tourists who participated today. Its weight in the total score is 10%. The last is the score of expert judges from the art world from each country. The weight is 45% of the total score. As a result, the final ranking will be given tomorrow by combining these three scores.”

25 participating teams nodded their heads at the moderator’s words.

Finally, the artworks carved by each team were revealed to the public.

On that day, about 100,000 visitors visited the Taebaek Snow Festival, probably thanks to the extensive publicity of Taebaek City.

“Wow… that’s really cool.”

“How did you make this snow?”

The reaction of the visitors who watched the snow sculptures made by world-class sculptors was truly explosive.

Of course, the most popular among them was by far the statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, Seongwoong.

The largest number of people gathered in front of Kyu-ha’s work, ‘Seongwoong Admiral Yi Sun-shin’, but ironically, it was also the quietest area.

It was because when faced with the work of ‘Seongwoong Admiral Yi Sun-sin’ carved by Gyuha, no words came out of its grandeur and reverence.

It’s just words

“Wow… is this really Admiral Yi Sun-sin? He was terrifying…”

This kind of response was the best.

And at 4:00 pm on the day of the awards ceremony, all counting was completed, and the host held the final award ceremony.

“You waited a long time. Finally, the tally of all evaluation scores has been completed.”

Han Byung-woo, who was in charge of the MC, grabbed the microphone with an excited expression.

“ruler! First of all, Taebaek Mountain Snow Festival International Snow Sculpture Contest! I will announce number 3. 3rd place!!?

The Mongolian Euljibaatar team’s work name is Apple (謝過)! I would like to give everyone a warm round of applause.”

“Wow! clap clap”

The awards ceremony was well received by the audience as they were able to see it together.

The Eulji Batar team enjoyed the joy of winning the award, hugging each other as if they were satisfied with the third place.

“ruler! I will announce the 2nd place. 2nd place!!!? This is the ‘reason for existence’ of Russia’s Ilya team. Congratulations with a big round of applause.”

Hundreds of people were watching the awards ceremony.

“ruler! Finally, we will announce the long-awaited 1st place. The long-awaited 1st place!! …………Reveal in 60 seconds. ah! The person in front of me is staring at me terribly. hahahaha sorry I will reveal it right away.”

MC Han Byeong-woo took a break for a long time and couldn’t hide his surprise when he confirmed the winner.

“This is such an amazing result!? Something really unbelievable happened. 1st place will be announced. The long-awaited 1st place!!! This is ‘Hero Unveils’ by Song Kyu-ha’s team.”