Star.
London, England, 1818-03-25 00:00:00

ROYAL .4CADEMY.

in'tlonday evening the concluding Leeture upon
Ipture was delivered by the Professor, Mr. FLAX.
7. This discourse was upon Compn.ulion.

The very early compositions of Greece were gene-
Ally the representations of heroic subjects, or of ce-
tebrations of rites, as the combat of Theseus and the
iotaur, Hercules and the Centaur, Dejanira and
,sus, the rites of Bacchus, &c. all under the in-
tence of a rude character. After the stores of Persia
:ame the treasures of Greece, the art was charac-
terised by iruth, beauty, and inspiration. It saw its
kith of perfection in the Jupiter and Minerva of
LDIAS. When the Greeks were no longer free,
I,e large compositions which had astonished the
id. ceased to appear ; yet under the influence of
same love for their country, and its traditions,
, exercised their genius upon smaller works. The
easement of sculpture in Italy, was noticed. Upon
,ing again with interest to Greece, it was observed,
the nation which had propagated by art the

then traditions, was the one to exercise 'its genius
subjects relative to the true Religion. The parti-
culars of composition were entered into; its forms,
'w pyramid, the cone, inverted cone, &c. Bas•
.vo may be considered as painting without co-
. The ancients held simplicity in so high respect
in their Bas-relievos they generally placed their
ices all upon a line; yet, there are to be seen, in
te, files of horses in perspective, with riders,
tout the least confusion. The Professor then en-

ed into some particulars of science, especially the
larmony of lines, and the effect of light and shadow
sculpture.
.Ir. FLAXMAN divided sentiment in sculpture into
ree classes; the sublime, which generally refers to
different acts of creation, the heroic, and thirdly
pathetic, which 4 exemplified in the Charities
Holy Families of MICHAEL ANGELO.
Comments next followed upon some of the most
dime compositions that the world had seen, the
udgment by Mico.sEL ANGELO, and the Fall of the
Rebel Angels by RuneNs. Here the beholder is
hunderstruck, with the vastness of the conceptions,

the tremendous precipitation of energy, enve-
loped in clouds of furious smoke. The work of MI-
TA EL ANGELO was the most consummate performance
the two, and was the parent of RUSENS'S. If Itu-
:Ns held the superiority in profundity ofcolour, skill
light and shade, and breadth of masses, MicIIAEL
MELO far exceeded him in character, in pathos,
in design. It is only equalled in individual cha-
acter and energy, by the Laocoon and the Boxers.—
Perhaps the fin:: great composition that appeared
'lce the brzci.tn Tra was that by LEONA RDA DA

INC!, from MICHAEL ANGELo probably iM-
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ibed some of those principles which regulate his
rge works. It is to the productions of MICHAEL
:MELO that we are indebted for the celebrated
tunting pieces of ItusEss, in which the genius of the
ist is so admirably displayed, that the men shout
cry, the horses snort and kick, the animals howl
.4 roar. The limits which circumscribe sculpture,
were pointed out ; the human figure was the princi-
and almost the only subject of the sculptor's
y. Sonic remarks followed upon the utility of
.ules, during which, it was observed, that a servile
observance of the best rules, superadded to a power
"manual labour, would produce nothing; but that
sentiment was the life and soul of liberal art, and
ave an invisible charm to the rudest imagery. The
Lecture concluded with a general review of all the •
discourses.

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