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From the ". 4. l9oyniiag csroaicle.
ACADEMY OF ARTS.
!" Still 10 new fcenes the vanriag mufs rs.
tires,
g And the dumb ihow OF breathing rocks ad.
nlises;
6 Where the fnoosh chief all its force has
hewn,
/" And iol,ened into astb the rugged fone.
/" In foleun fence, a majefic band,
6 Her e, lsGods, and Roman confas Aand
" S.er ,y.ants, whom their cIueiues renown,
!" And Empesors, in Parian marble frewn.
- While The brigh danes, 20 whom they hum
by (ned,
/" Still fllewn rhofc charms, that their proud
hearts {ubdued."
The New York Academy Of arts, is now
open. The gentlemen under whose liberal
patronage the institution has been establish
ed, must be pleased to find, though but at
present in its infancy, that exhibits a coz
lection Of taste and elegance; at once useful
and ornamental; useful to the student, So
lcitous regularly to cultivate the polite arts,
and ornamental TO the City which has given
its birth.
1t IS surely In an infant country a very in-
teresting exhibition, not only to artists, but
to Americans at large.
In the rotunda Of the Pantheon, the young
student may pass his hours in uninterrupt-
ed study, cultivating his taste by contem-
plating the most correct models of ancient
sculpture. Institutions like this, have, In
the opinion of philosophers and statesmen,
a tendency to soften and ilumanize the
mind, and they have therefore made them
the repository Of materials, on which gent
us may exercise its powers to advantage,
and without which, the strongest intellect
may be fruitlessly or OBVIOUSLY employed,
1t is their opinion that by studying these
authentic models, that idea of excellence
which is the result of the accumulated ex-
perience OF past ages, may at once be ac-
quired. The student here receives at a
single glance, the correct principles which
many artists have spent their whole lives in
ascertaining, and satisfied with their effect,
is spared the painful investigation by which
thev came to be known and fixed. In adj
dition to the statues and busts which al pre-
sent adorn the Pantheon, Will be shortly
added, correct copies of those works of
art which formerly adorned the Italian gall
lerles.
The Parifan fchooIa are now in paai fon of
with bur very few cxcep5ions) ail the chief
d'eavres both in painting and fcGprure, and
ikiitul arsiA is in the act OF collecting, fuch as
VIII bea anfwcr the obieSts of this lnitiution.
+ The fatjea OF one Of the p;eturesis the ccyas
Iog Of the Crofs, from highly hniled picture
Of Rubeas, che Other the entculping OF Chrlf,
from an origina, o. Michael A sgelo Carrayagio,
which for arength CT ccousing and cxprciian
I hss never been s.Scrled, ihefs will be accompani-
ed, by an hifo,,cal lsndfcape Of Pouffon, and
I! copy from head Of Rembraat, as fpecimen Of
! that MATER, WI b number OF other paintings
mofly original
/ Il Is the meat of the pictures, not the choice
of The subjects thar directs the ofthe agents,
and thereis every reason to expeet, when ciisft-
| ed, they will not only fully answer the Object Of
instrutfing the youth Of country, but gracrai-
/ ly be grateful 70 the public eye-The rotunda OF
the Pantheon, at present presents in regular sur
cession the buses of Seneca, Niobe, Euripides and
| Roma, the full figure of Germanicus, and the
! bust of Demonstrates, the mild and highly finished
I figure Of Ceres--the grouPe Of LAGOON sbewipg
| the Struggles Of a IN full vgor, falling sa.
crihce, With bis two withn the folds Of ser.
pents--from this strongly deliniated and painful
groupe, the mind is strongly relieved by passing
the Grecian Cupid and contemplating the interest.
ing beauties Of the Venus Of the Capitol, from
whence on elevating the eye the full vigour OF
the Apollo Of Belvidere arrests the attention,
forces pause, and demands the tribute ofsw7adef
and appreciation; which being paid, the GladIator
in full yigour, with every nerve extended in he
attitude of de!ence but strongly collected for as.