The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-18

tyts, 0O1LIdu(
TO quote authorities TO snbstantia.e positions
bels wing that with AL deficiency upon this sub
jet, Acknowledged judges viii aid us. We frankly
ADMIT that the Tribune dpss nos stand in need
such assistance; for with sh IL koowieise of The
subject which we have shown it to be slch master
Of, 1t would be insult TO give II any Instructions
even from its own coumxs
" The best part Of the picture, = says the n buYx
" IL the foreground portions Of which are psiatel
with free and vigorous aaud. 81 ne objects Of still
he-such as the cannon, TIE chests with its bands
and hoops, and tue sIpal arms lying with it-ae
really we'll done and If A CORES pondlag excellence
had been carried into he important portions of
The picture II would have BEEN admirable piece
81 work Best of all is the head Of the old soldier on
the ground tying up mis- wonnned leg; this is SO
finely painted in the tue historic st sie AZ to form
striking contrast 70 the rest OF The picture though
the drawing y the figure il grossly Faulty. On the
ether hsnd, tie less Of the boy 1t the left are quite
Eicely dfa w,,. while tie group AZ tue cannon ia
badly composed and fl Of faults in drawing.
Tie hair uds fellow VIII is so hard A. work about
the gun j. sadly deficient / anas>mcal proportions.
De Sofa himselfis anything but well
formed map, while biz horse woulo n pass muster
in horse market &c, e.; &c.
Some things are ",elly well dode," and Others
" quite nicely" One wluli imagiDe that thi, ar
tisuc cxiiic VAS speaking Of legs Il uts1n and the
head Of calves, III aludipg TO the proportions OF
figures in a painting. iha; boys leg is "quits
nicely drawn;n chat nude .ello Ssn arm Is " really
well done ~ Mr.. Powell, would thank yon tor
small piece OF that Indian pretty vel DONE" Mr..
piece Of that "od 'e0w's' wounded leg, prepared in
The tree historic ye.n lobe serious heard,
out at the circle OF this critic of the true historic
Style Of painting being confined or comprised ia
one properties of fgurel Historic style consists
u great combination OF figures, and scenes and III
cideuts VINO ever heard Of the true historic style'
Il leg CT an am?
De Sofa hplset is shy ufas but a well formed man.
while his horse would not muster in hor market"
Here the critic of the Tribune adopts the Lao
guage OF the horse jockey nor would any other part
OF tie painting 'pass muster IN horse market
1t was hos painted for " horse market though
one ould iIsagine, from the criticism of the Tn.
zane thai bis Wedge of art picked up there.
ut is badly drawn 10 degree the neck being about
as long as the body One OF the most celebrated
equestrians in Europe, ana a versei ia horses,
the late Count Dorsey, pronounced thus very horse
to be one of the does be had seen on canvass.
1t was modelled from Abdel Kaders Arab steed.
We can readily anticipate the answer Of the mi
tne to this opinion IL it, derisioa OF gosd authority
ib matters Of taste. What if Count d Orsey pro-
nounced it 50? What ii Abdel .der's horse
stood for IL? What Of thaR We ars net to be bull
lied into opinions" Simply, shat as the Tribune
chooses to refer to the horse rket" enable "a
criticism to "psss MUSTER we are privileged TO
quote the opinion Of an authority cee ,rase for his
judgn ent upon such Subjects, and to assert that
Abd.el kaders charger is magnificent speci men
OF an ARAB steed. We take the artistic skill OF Mr..
Powell, however, 50 guarantee, and our own vsisn
as an evidence to our conv ,to That the artist has
been particularly successful in the dra wing and
neck being about "a long as the body" is sia
ply piece OF unlneaoing hackne iedism Of
sss,sshm similar specimens Of which abound
speaking OF the half nude ello v" at she cannon.
This figure has been particularly admired for i.s
anatomical proportions; aud the streDgth Of muscle
and beauty Of symmetry which it exh bits, render it
ut once an objec; of admiration TO the spectator.
But here again we may be iutrudiug up IN the "qute
nicely done" ideas OF the Yeiowpush pink of crit-
cism IN a'ludiIg to the reported ad Mira ion Of NO
He would have had the middle ground Of the
picture painted with the same force Of the foreground
Had the artist executed tbs other portions of the
picture VITA the same vgor he has displayed in the
foreground, 1t "vOul1 have beeu admiral BILE piece
OF work" The critic Of the Tribune here beSrays
the grossest ignorance of the first principles Of art;
for ha the artist displayed the same vgor Of touch
in xecutiOn of the other portions Of the picture the
aerial prospective of the work would have been en-
treIy Destroyed and the result would have been that
of Chinese painting or screen in which objects
ut distance painted with the 81 ne distinctness
and force as those on the first plane foreground HO
garth, 1--WE trust our critic will NIT deride him mo
matter who, has illus rated the principie Of painting
which evidently belongs to his sohool of admiration.
He represents man on hill, several miles distant
from the foreground OF the picture with the princi
pal figure i'll the composition shting his pipe with
that OF the Aforesaid gentleman On the hill Bridges,
100, are made to spau o river in1ing through the
centre OF picture at Various distances Of from three
quarters 10 u mile apart-the nearest the horizon
il surmoun'ed by fisherman. whose rod and line
reaches the foreground and hooks fish near the
figure directly under the eye OF the spectator. To
illustrate ali this, would add, for the benefit Of
the critics of the "Chasles Yellowplush school,"
that wheI ever an object comes nearest the eye it
must have more positiveoess Of execution its tex
tu,e must be more strikingly defGed the 81 yht.
AS objects recede they become less definite to the
eyethe details are lost in the general mass sod as
they recede still farther, they become lost entirely,
and more soft outline Of the object is all shat
mains. Had not the artist observed these positive
laws Of perspective, all the figures of the picture
would have been heaped one upon the other, 10 az
confused MSS Of lines the map of an intricate
country where toere is aerial perspective observed
OF all. But enough-qute too mucn-will say the
Yelowplushes. dogarths rules, as practiced by
some Of the artists OF his own day would admirably
apply to the Yelowplush school Of criticism of the
present Perhaps we will some of these days Eek
emplify" it, both in literature and art for both of
these elevated departments of knowledge seem to
have been regarded of late in che aerial perspective
style of ignorance, which overooks, by man in the
foreground of q newspaper, the excellence Of mag
Bicent work OF art to light his literary pipe by the
insignificant fire of reverend subject some five
miles distant in the background. JET.