New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-02
THE FINE ARTS.

shuts its exhibition the season. and thls act re-
minds that j, s time to lay before the pubic some
remarks landscape painting and the An ricsn land
scspe painters, which have pursosely reserved tor
this day in order that the general OF praise
and blame might be struck the public before criticism
vss offered And to confess the truth in the observ atoms
that follow desire Is not 90 mach TO critcise pArcu
lar works to instruct the public aud may dare say
So the artists themselves and when in commenting the
productions Of popular native painters the staple Of
remarks must censure could but prefer TO post
pone its uterance until the severity Of the general
Judgment should somewhat prepare the way for
If we look over the different departments OF painting
in order 10 discover the Of EACH in developing the
human character, both regards its mentd and emo
hens condition shall easily perceive their relative
worth Certainly the highest Of science is TO in
crease the aggregate Of human knowledge, sod the
more closely painting tresds upon its heels in this
successful aim the deserving it is to take intellectual
rank with the sciences The discovery Of the mag
netic needle of the circulation Of the blood. of els
mert in chemistry 20 be reck)nei scqus
tons the Of knowledge necessary the progress OF
man. than is q work Of art which by noble cones ptsn
and composition sets forth clearly and by worthy
ton perpeustes great fact, series OF facts in the
Of the human race. Thus Mehse Angeles History
Of the Creation in the ceiling of the Ssue Chapel Ra
phses Fire in the BO-go and Battle Of Con sntne Kku
bachs series in the Berlin Museum including the Hans
The Jerusalem, and the Babel Dalarsches Hs ni,yce
Yernets La Sal1 results Of the same order of intel
ectual power has from time to time elaborated scientific
systems for the benefit of mankind and their authors Will
rank in Biographical history level with Harvey
Newton, Lebig aud Dsguerre The pictures We have
alluded to mentioned because they will assist
illustrations define the relative position of the differ
departments Of painting 1t is not dit,dt to show
the Importance of each fred by its connection with
human character and that in proportion is
complicated organization than tree rock thu Ole
torsl representation of human life and action in the
degree higher and valuable The and false pas
sons the motive power, Of the SOUL express Themselves
in the muscular movements of the face and body
Under the excitement of of these every
step Of mankind worthy Of record has bsen made
In all the Of antiquity in establishing orders OF
Faith and in the suhugauon Of nations ambition avacs'
hate erocious lust everance OF all good fear fnscsm
superstition minging and blending with the zeal aud tue
humility OF the truly good and sacred have manifested
themselves in the face Of to render it beautiful and
attractive or odious and repellng
In the Massacre of the Innocents let the bshsder OBJ
the savage and brutal expression Of the soldier
dsshes ut the infants brains and mark the anxiety ani
ger fear with which the young mother tries to her
child In the Destruction of POmpsi," the OF
horror stricken beings rushing along the street. amid the
falling walls and columns, and noke aud burning sand
their wild eyes betokenng their frightened and almost de
mented condition Or take the of the CrucidIioa;
within sight Of the look at the expression the
faces of the soldiers who throw dice for the garments
of the Savior. In another scene his pale and wasted
form lies upon the ground every inesnsnt OF that
dead face expresses the harmony Of that conscious
of right, humility and resignation ia which he
lived. His head in the lap of Mary his mother and
the fearful beauty of her face IS illuminated by the
surest faith and the tenderest maternal love- Or 10
the of group of miserabs msn sea the workings Of
famine and of pestence scourg7s that follow In the
wake Of for the bsbsrans from the north have over
the civilized nations of the south snd LEFT the purd
dead to poison the wholesome air Look at the bold yet
pious face OF that pilgrim who With zeal aad
fervor breaches to the multitude below him He the
leader of the crusades and around grouped the prince
the peasant the old and young, tho strong, dsrag
whose ambition leads him on, and the weak yet reso-
lutte woman whose confidence in all he says inspires her
soul With love and the martyrs strength Tnsre we're oil
Gus passions work the hearts aud expressing themselves
n the faces of those mercess who bore Savanaros
through the streets Of Florence and also IN the hardened
vissges of those around the axe where the burning Hu'
upurned face bright with tho religious love and faith
that made him strong in that terrible hOsr Turn where
you will in the history OF the human race and not only IN
dviduas great groups of men stand forth from the null
titudinous mass their souls acted upon by divine love or
dsbolioa impulse. And when the writer OF history has
done all that the simple and characters Of Ian
guage can do the artist takes up his materials OF repre-
sentaon the event that nearly lost to the world
becomes perpetuated in almost living reality.
Nor il the face Of general without interest The
calm setting Of with its variety Of gold
and crimson clouds brings her lover the petceulness
and epose that while soothing induce thoughts entirely
harmless and sometimes elevsng The majestic tre-, the
wide spread field Of penng grain the clear stream reflect
ing all its margin and into whose cool and shaded Va
ters the cattle have wsded belly deep the Alps with their
eternal and glens Of gloon and danger the SAID
lans of Egypt with their Nile and rocks and ysuOS
ruins the primeval forests Of this continent the fierce
storm, the Ightnng-sl lull the senses of the be
holder or excite the mind to meditl alton which too often
terminates in unmany and useless senimentaliiy.
All these features Of nature with their thousand varieties
afford the proper themes for landscape representation Bat
unles. you the the mountain the coored sky at
dawn twilight MONDAY aspect ofthe clouds ADD
dephles blue the landscape is stimulant % the miod
but rather acts opate to the sense, and We gaze
on through lis'lessnsss into sleep aud the re"n OF
dreams II is doubtless for this that artists Of strong
intellectual tendencies have never bees able to give h7r
tine to Landscape painting except mater Of recrea
,ion m sce.s.orv in the treatment Of oh-r saoj-cs And
when Handsome uanters have been Of strong minds
and darn ,ns their great g0rks those in which the
terrific DOW er and motion Of the elements threten
th destruction, else they paint scenes chosen 70 ds
play some peculiar and infinitely varied cloud formation
zone peculiar and striking effect Of lght and sals, or
be subtl-t-s atmospheric light vi sunshine. Or like
Salvador Rosa they pile upon rock uudl they form
cavern 90 huge and grim that II ready 70 sglloE
and destroy the Lipuln bandits who sport about ifs
mouth Whoever familiar With tie two SSyatOr5 IN
have experienced In cOnt-mp snk them the
great pecu ry this artists work We refer 70 tbs ect
pdic4rg superiority Of inaninate AMI aats stare
He tensiiss the blue Of the sky the cl uds roll upTrd
darker ed ike the cunu that precsde the vial
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