New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-14
ART IN WASHING TON
GTEwAN TRAyELTR.


The widely circulated German journal DIS AsslaId
published Stuttgart has been in The habit Of deyo,ing
much space in IFS ooum sketches Of American Scenery
MsIntrs Art and la'e number contains article
uIon The City Of Washington some psragrap- OF which VII
Do doub, prove inter- sting the readers OF rE rxBcSE
That this city presents rather strange appearance
is well known. Seen from Capitol Hin the Governmeni
edfces rise 70 view here and there lofty and colossal
if erected for the Of giants and between "a the long
attended streets the eye saIds7s about among the snail
bouies ana shops or over the broad houseess sps.e
True there plenty Of noble look reing house bat
they disappear beside the huge public buildings
and tie broad streets and squares The effect OF the whole
IT, as IT, after oonh4gration, few persons had agan
settled the spot and the frst few buildings were ~
SPECIMEN Of what the city is 10 be.
Again AS to the public buildings they ere all built in
m se style and worthy Of the power Of The Union which
s. ana wide rules the land and noblsr coonade
than that which sdors tie Treasury badGg aone be
found in The ruins of the GrH-co Scian cites The C,p
tol IL Of the magnificent specimens OF srchtec-
ture the world in tie details there indeed faults for
irsisToe in TIE Iosi in Of the wing but a whole pro
duces proud and gran effect and / would be icu.t 10
find pobtr location than the bill which st.ods
The portraits upon Col rrumbus battle piece, look
down upon if they were alive they must in 'aet
b. true to their orignss The Colonel personally
acquainted with those whom lie has placed upon h
But the position ard expression Of the sie
clara tcrs decided before hand any high artistic Sc
alzsi be thought Of All the works OF art
which in Washington pervaded BY the proud
feeling we the frle Of America As to the arts
tc almost say only tha; which is Mt by
Americans, IL good The native artists claim simply
matter Of right that all works Of Art for the NIfona City
should be entrusted 10 them because they great
nettc but te-ause they genuine Of the Union,
Il I'd . to he hat no
tct3 by the hand OF gn artist than tha, be spoiled
by native When native American has succeeded by
following foreign examples in producing plan purest
taste for work Of ant mshSpen goblin other is
10 mount his back and drive him out OF his path
something must be change or something added strange
in it, character and Of the way that nobody help
laughing when the work is finished
1t is with the Capitol and most OF The other public
buildings in Washington S)me curious thing other is
ADDED which pois the harmony though in these
overooks The dc rdsnces in the grand impression they
make whole But stranger is sick enough when he
such Architectural abortions the huge
gingerbread bu ID of the great Smithsonian institute
that huge box the General Post Office which however il
pure American I'll, droler IL luck seems 70 pursue toe
native artists in their staiues The Americans had heard
OF Jupiter Of they must have jupiter 10 them
selves eone there they have made of the good Washing
ton, who never rose above the measure OF truly noble
sensbe perseyerDg man sort of private Jupiter-her
Domestc Jupiter they call him so Greenolgh has
placed him IN the st Of his model the Olympan JOve
upon seat in colossal form in temple however but
out in the park The white marble Is very bea Itiiu but
much better wrought than sg garden figure hewn By
ore O. artists Of sandstone Washington holds out
sword bis right hand and raises his cf toward heaven
though he would say Here take III sword and Gods
'veDeesIce be upon you If you it unrishteouslyl
Seen from distance easily imagine ths although
be canno, easily understand why Washington should smile
g. much or be so nearly naked. However, coming
strikes that be hes jus, of the bath
and asking mewha iLrea.eningy Is nobody coming
to shave me- On the steps Of the grand entrance to the
CsIi oil stands P,rsicos Columbus The naval hero Is
making o rope dancers posture, and with hurrsh
throwing up ball, which Is intended to represent the
newly discovered hemisphere, and naturally enough is
bracrg himself by retng his lef hand upon his person
behind. But Indian woman cieeps about him,
if she would cay God preserve from that sort of peo
pie" Her form j, mseraby twisted and looks wretched
ly seen from behind
Our traveller speaks worthy Of the collections in the
PaeIt Ofce and National Museum but the dongs IN Con
gress stford aDuId dant materials for Lis sarcasm.