New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-16


powerfully sp e1i - the feeling. Of the behOder There
is also great merit 10 the execution Contrast IT,, lis
NJ aLd wel-s'aped horse With that defrmed one By
NarOchett and you viii cal is get too high aa idea Of
the ~Ork o. hls. Certainly IL is far. superior % the
MfcOCrty ti6f prevails in fhe mas. Of recent grllp
turrs There is in 1.-THE evidence If power kno ledge
and sense on The part Of the artist II deserves 70 be
admired But re do not pronounce It faui'less mere
j. serious defect in il composition For instance
II Jon stand ar cty ID front Of the group. you will Dc
unable 10 form an idea shat il represents The ba Of
the tiger is 20 curved by the animals posture on the
chest Of the horse, hat you cannot tell that il ge
and 81 tie tine II hides from You both the Ans
and the horse with the exception Of the head OF the
latter which however i turned aside tna vOu not
that II belongs 10 the same body 20 when the ger
is hanging Now il viii not d, t. say that it is not ne-
cc,sary that This front view should be- perfect because
the group st, nd in Berlin with that view directly pre-
serted TO the public, and it should therefore have been
composed 70 make that view good if not the
bet Of al. On the Mole it is Interesting and pleas
ine work, but By means afirstrate one.
Not far from TIN in the South Nave il M1lers group
Of the Mirste's Curse Mr Miller is young German
sculptor trained in the best schools Of Europe who has
come 20 establish himself in this country, bringing with
BIN this group az 81 evidence OF bis capacities We
fear thai bis talents have not been recognized here at
their true valve, for in the Exhibition nothing
else from bis severe and vigorous chsel Nor the
charms Of elegance and beauty lacking him. In this
group the boy fantng in the laugu,r Of death, droops
Hh touching grace to h. earh,whe the father standing
upright raises his right baud 70 launch the mprecaton
at the tyrant has slain his The story is told
in OF the beautiful ballads Of INLAND, and the scup.
bas admirably caught It's spirit The figure of the
iher is full # dignity and strength, and bis face is 10
sIird with the ut rage natural TO one who has lost
much by such a crime This group is L1t Yet placed
upon permanent pedestal, aud does not stand high
enough 10 be- seen 10 the best advantage II is
mem 10 the Exhibition. aud will carry the fame Of us
auth fOyer the Tit Sta'es
H. the North Nave ~ Il lrpuyp UyIrp hv M- II Il
Brown, Gpp0rcutly designed for monument. If We
mistake Dot, il Is essentially the statue saw
last year by hr Brown, called the Angel Of the Resur.
recilon. At any rate the Two have family likeness,
though this has Wings while the other was well
furnished in Il It resYect. II j. Finale figure draped
90 the feet, with BE rgh, hand raised and pointing up
and the left suspended and pointing down It has little
meaning and no beauty by the way, why will Mr. BfoSn
VToy de hs statues with such biz feet The draperes
are very commonplace and Insignificant.
Not far of il the great attraction among he sculp
lures Oi the Palace We refer to Ih0rwadsens Christ
and Apostles. They are all large, but the Christ is
colossal. These figures were designed to ornament
church. and can be perfectly appreciated only in comb
nation with architecture. The Christ for instance
should stand far from the others to reduce the
excessive difference in their size but here the want of
sVace Dccessta'es "rowdiDg them together. And of
every one of the Thirteen statues each be properly
JUDGED only III connection with the objects and
for which il WIS made. But they all betray
tie hand of master. 1horwadsen not a great
original gCnus lie is not to be cassed with the first
scuptOrs OF history, with such men as made the Venus
MllOor the iTioze oil the Partner non Among modern
sculh0.s he b. supc. OIs il some respects. He could
not lave made lloudou's Notare Of the busts
o. Powers But he was Of broad powerful generous
nature n OF eSGalsless fertility He could grasp and
combine q complicated work andtake hol oft with mas
teiy and ea,e Whaae OF happy activity bis; what
acoWG of productions he lett behind him ranging through
almost every sphere Of his art. marked generally by
I he freshness Oi broad and untrng Imagination
ana executed ia large ahu iGcie manner. lie was
Iic in r., sources md hs mid and hand were frau ght
with crudtior Tere is much learning in these thir
teen figures axe the draperes for instance, aud
how atisucaliy rich aud graceful hang their folds
These details IustTe the superiority of the accom-
pehcd artist Ii you would know their value, turn
from TbOrwaldscn to Browne, and contrast the
drareri,s of the Apostles with those of the bronze
fpuIe above referred In point OF expression ind
desc statues not EaGe lae 10 their subjects and their
PURPOSE The neral treatment must Of necessity
somewhat conventional and based upon ne traditions
and sentiments OF the religious world. An entirely new
colcepon the Savior and his followers would haze
been unsutcd 10 The purpose for which the & Iup
was made Within these limits, fhen, lay the problem
10 be- solved by the altf. ard h work II II does not at
10 ideal perfection, is worthy Of his lame II not
Great and iLu'toss work II is one Of eminent merits,
md predict viii continue 10 be the most generally
admired feature oi the Exhibition
considerable uunher Of Italian statues are EXHIBIT
cd, mostly IN marble but they uniform very poor
.
Las l.! no means sent here specimens of her best In
lGustry size hgs beautiful prouuc:s in the Exhibition
but ia at c;auot boast for hey. One statue how
ever has p,a.irg Oh racter il of child threading
nee de- and The ntcut expression of the face makes it
prom ntnt am,Tg the dTcary blaukness of its neghbors
We did not lean the name OF the artist
But these large marble and bronze statues must yield
the palm OF perfection To some animals and birds in
bronze in the French department Ia TINS line, excel
lence here seems to reach ITS BOUNDARY There is a
heron trying 10 extract az arrow Which has pierced its
body by COmolera which do not thlhk could be i'm
proved either in vivid truth to nature, IN the details
OF execution There are partridees, wolves aui other
animals by ptiabncuc, which though of less magu
tuGe aud preieuSOu are remarkable for beauty aud At
tsiic finish OF Woh IL perhaps not singular rlt in
these small and comparatively easy sub ects sucl
celenco should he reached, while the nODer hors,
rarely modelled With trIth aId lie, and th" stl li5er
ere aturc man rarest of al Ii not So in the Gamy
DAYS If Greek at Tie horses on the ParthCn.n are
beautiful. hut the human figures are more so Then
tie artist seemed 20 gam III power as his suco rose
Low il is the reverse.
We cannot properly close our notice of the Staruary
in The CRYSTAL Isac, without reference 10 the EQues
tAn Jackson by Clark Mills which, though not cYhib
ittd beneath its roof is exhibited in the Deghborhood
aid with reference e. the crowds attracted there Ims
work las been excessively and icnoranly praised, and
viii stard az q MONUMENT OF the ahsurdy of triing 20
do what YOU don't undo lstand. |, has two points on
which il has been laaded: is that il made By
Young man who husW nothing OF soul pture bu. what be
'al elt himself and the other that stands unQropped
on Is hind legs Both foolish but The FIRST prepOs
tc-oLS lOumigli as well expect Dung With
t music tut instruction, 20 compose opera like
Don juan " an uultarLed carpenter 70 build an edhce
hkt 81 Peters 20 expect good equestrian statue
hom tyTo thoughh had genius ike Michael Angeles
>Uc asiaue requires al The disc pine, all the learning
All tie resources Of the ant of which ii is one of the
mCst difficult productions. Why, is not trusted
l., watch to-Gp a horse. fill he has