Biography of Beethoven, Michelangelo and Tolstoy written by French writer romain rolland. The three authors of this book are all extremely talented great men in human history. Their lives are rich and colorful, and their works are profound and profound, which have influenced generations. Romain rolland firmly grasped the commonness of these three artists in their respective fields, did not change their original intention in their life journey, focused on depicting their psychological process of suffering, highlighted their lofty personality, fraternity and broad mind, and wrote a "heroic symphony" for us.
Roman? Roland (1866— 1944) is a French writer in the 20th century, a Nobel Prize in Literature winner in 19 15, and a world-famous pacifist. His mother is a devout religious believer and loves music very much, which has a far-reaching impact on Roland's love of music and his reverence for Beethoven in the future. 1880, the Roland family moved to Paris from Clancy, a city in central France. From 65438 to 0886, he was admitted to the prestigious Paris Normal School, during which he read a lot of literary and historical works. Roland holds lofty social ideals and enthusiasm, but the reality around him makes him depressed and confused, so he gave it to the great Russian writer Lev? Tolstoy wrote letters seeking answers to life. Tolstoy enthusiastically wrote a reply of 20 to 30 pages, answered various questions in detail, and pointed out in a highly concise way: "Everything that unites people is good and beautiful; Everything that divides people is evil and ugly. " Tolstoy's "kindness" words and deeds had an indelible impact on Roland's life.
The writing purpose of Whose Biography is lofty, creating the sun in the spiritual world, breathing the breath of heroes, and making people get spiritual support in the painful and disappointing reality. Who's Who is full of intense passion. Every reader who reads Who's Who will first strongly feel the irresistible enthusiasm in the works and be heartbroken by Roland's inspiring language.
From the structural point of view, Beethoven's biography, Michelangelo's biography and Tolstoy's biography seem to be independent and irrelevant, but in fact they are internally consistent. This consistency stems not only from the spiritual similarity of the three masters, but also from another important thought of Roland, namely, the European unity thought and the humanitarian spirit.
Whose Biography is a fascinating biography. The author devoted all his enthusiasm to successfully expose readers to the three masters in the biography and share their pains and failures. Also share their sincerity and success.
The most prominent place in Whose Biography is that it shows the physical and mental sufferings of the biographies in many aspects, their unremitting struggle with infinite suffering, and their passion for life that erupted in the struggle. Throughout the three biographies, the protagonists in Roland's novels have the same fate schema and trend: enduring long-term suffering, torrent-like vitality, artistic creation embodying the will of life and the pursuit of exchanging pain for joy.
Roman? Roland called these three great geniuses' heroes'. His view of hero is not the hero usually praised. Roman? The heroes Roland refers to have become "loyal servants of mankind" because of their great character. They are great because they can serve the public wholeheartedly. Roland himself said: "The hero I am talking about is not a person dominated by ideas or power; But a man with a great heart. In order to highlight the essence of heroes, Roland changed the writing style of conventional biographies, abandoned the general knowledge introduction of biographies, concentrated on grasping the highly unified spiritual character of characters, and projected his passion for heroes.
Beethoven, Michelangelo, Tolstoy, these people who were honored as heroes by Roman Roland, were either tortured by illness, or suffered, or because of inner confusion and contradiction, or the superposition of the three, and their deep distress almost choked their breath and destroyed their reason. They can persist in the arduous course because of their love and confidence in mankind. Beethoven's music of "taking pain as pleasure"; Michelangelo dedicated his life's hard work to a masterpiece that shocked the soul; Tolstoy always cared about the greatness and insignificance of thousands of creatures, so as to spread the seeds of love and the ideal of tolerance.
Let's briefly summarize the contents of the three biographies.
Beethoven biography
Ludwig? Where is it? Beethoven1770 65438+February 16 was born in Bonn, Germany. His father, a tenor, gave Beethoven almost harsh music training very early. So Beethoven's childhood was rarely warm, and his life seemed to be a tragic and cruel struggle from the beginning. 17 years old, his mother died of illness and his father drank heavily. Beethoven actually became the head of the family and took on the burden of life prematurely.
1789 The French Revolution broke out, and Beethoven was deeply inspired by the revolutionary spirit. 1792, Beethoven left his hometown for Vienna and began to compose music. 1796, he lost his hearing, and this pain accompanied Beethoven all his life. In addition to physical pain, Beethoven was constantly suffering from emotional torture. He was desperate, depressed and even wanted to end his life. Beethoven, with his strong will, noble moral pursuit, and eager for the sound of joy, grasped the throat of fate, overcame these pains, and sublimated his personal physical and mental pains into one music after another, such as the Heroic Symphony (1804).
Biography of Michelangelo
1475 On March 6th, Michelangelo was born in Caprice, Florence, Italy. His father was a grumpy county magistrate, and his mother died when he was six years old. Michelangelo was fostered in a stonemason's house when he was young, and the future sculptor was nurtured by the stonemason's wife's milk. Michelangelo was obsessed with painting since he was a child, and he always sketched at school. For this reason, he was often beaten by his family, because his father thought it was shameful to engage in art. He insisted on his choice and later entered sculpture school. At that time, Italy was the birthplace and center of the European Renaissance. In the atmosphere of advocating Greek classical culture, he devoted himself to learning and imitating ancient Greek art, which had a far-reaching impact on Michelangelo's artistic development.
His sculpture Mourning for Christ made him famous.
1534, Michelangelo returned to Rome and spent his old age there. From 1536 to 154 1, he completed the final trial.
Tolstoy's biography
Tolstoy is the great soul of Russia. He is not only a great artist, but also a sincere friend loved by many people. His works are closely related to his life, and he has been making intense explorations all his life.
Lev tolstoy 1828 was born in Jasnaya, a noble manor in Tula, Russia. Polaina. Tolstoy was less than two years old when his mother died. At the age of nine, his father died again. The death of his father made him "understand the sad reality for the first time, and his heart and soul were full of despair". Tolstoy's two aunts became his guardians. Aunties are very pious and caring. These humble hearts helped him realize love and the happiness it brought, which had a great influence on Tolstoy's life.
From 65438 to 0844, Tolstoy entered Kazan University to study. During this period, his thoughts were in a state of fanaticism. He kept trying various concepts and theories of life. His inherent beliefs are shaken by contradictory theories, and various fantasies occupy his mind from time to time. In a young and chaotic heart, an unchangeable thing is his most precious spiritual wealth, which is his absolute sincerity. He ruthlessly analyzed and dissected himself, confessed all his thoughts and behaviors, and later recorded his young and immoral life to his wife. Dissatisfied with school education, he dropped out of school and went home to carry out farm reform. All these contents are reflected in his novel A Landlord's Morning (1856), in which Nekhludoff is his own artistic portrayal.
His later important works include Ivan? Death of ilych (1884- 1886), Sonata of kleiser (1889), Resurrection (1899), etc. Resurrection can be said to be his artistic will and the last and highest peak of his whole creative career. Tolstoy, 70, looks at his past and his world with the attitude of a great man. Resurrection is the most beautiful and authentic poem praising human compassion.