Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1854-01-01

rescoes portray the leading point of the Catholic
Christian faith, and reflect great credit upon the art
ist The Basil:ca OF St Bunitacius exceeds in size
and spleudor any of the churches in Munich, and /;
resembles closely the Church Of ST. Paul outside 7
rich in frescoes by Hess and contains valuable
paintings The Parish Church of Maria Hif in
the Suburb Au, is building of the Gothic style, |
and one of the most chaste and pleasing edlfces |
ever saw, and contains nineteen large windows OF
modern painted glass, representing subjects from
the life of the Virgin, and equal in many respects
to the glass in the ancient cathedrals. 1t was exc
cuted under the direction of Hess i'll the Munich
mandatory
From the churches of Munich one naturally
turns to the galleries Of art aud science, for which
this city is so distinguished and first Of all is the
Pnacothek, or Museum of Painting The building
is the largest and richest of the kind in Germany,
and contains very extensive and rare collection
of paintings by the old masters, the best Of which
have been copied porcelain by the artists of this
city This institution also contains very large
number Of rare engravings, and Greek vases OF
every variety. Not far from the Pinacothek Is the
Glyptothek, or gallery of sculpture-a chaste and
classical ediice, of the Ionic order. The front Is
adorned with the statues of Vulcan, Phidias, Peri
Giles, Hudrian, Prometheus, and Daedalus. In the
pediment is Minerva surrounded by artists en-
ployed in the various branches of sculpture. The
decorations of the different rooms are in keeping
with its contents. ''The walls scagliola of the
richest colors the floors are of marble aud the cell
ings decorated with fresco and stucco patterns,
and with gliding" Each apartment is filled with
the rarest collection of ancient and modern art
The Agincta,a collection is the most curious, and
entirely devoted to the marbles discovered in the
island of Egna in 1911. They adorned the two
pedments of Temple said to be that of Jupiter
Panhelenius, in 4Egina, and represent from the in
scnptions certain noble actions of the Eacide.-
One group represents Hercules and lebanon fight
ing against Laornedon and the Trojans, and the
other the contest of the Greeks and Troans
the body of Patroclus, inwhch Ajax holds APRON
inent position.
Immediately in front of this building is another
Of similar dimensions of the Corinthian order, de-
signed for the exhibition of works of art, but not
yet complete. On the Ludwigsstrasse is magni-
ed for the Royal Library, which is the largest in
the world except the Library of Paris. The uum-
Der of volumes is variousy estimated from four to
five hundred thousand, including MSS Among
the curiosities in this vast collection may be men
toned the Codez Alaricianus; or, Laws given to
the Wesgoths by laric H. in 5OG The Orations
of Demosthenes, on paper made Of cotton from
Chios. The New Testament Greek in capital
letters, Of the Sth century. Albert Diners Prayer
Book Luther's Bible, &c
Munich abounds in public monuments some Of
which compare fayorably with the first works of
art in Europe. In the market Place of the old
| town stands Pillar (Nariaaische-.Sanle) erected
by Macmillan Ist as a memorial olthe victory &C
! qured by him. in conjunction with Ferdinand H.
over the Protestant forces of the Elector Paatine
near Prague in 1888. 1t bears this inscription
"Rem, Regen, Regimen, Regionem, Rsligionem,
| Conserva Bavars Virgo Maria tuis"
The corners are adorned with figures of angels
contendng with four monsters-a viper, casilisk,
lion and dragon, said to represent pestilence,
famine war and heresy.
In the Karolinenp!at= Stands bronze Obelisk
50 feet high, erected by Louis L. to the 10000 Ba-
varians who fell in the Russian campaign under
Napoleon, in 1Sl2-13.
In the Naz-Josephsp'atz is a statue in bronze of
King Macmillan Joseph by Ba,Sch, of Berlin. 1t
was erected by the citizens of Munich, and is one Of
the finest specimens Of the Art in Germany. The
most remarkable monument in bronze, now in Eu-
rope or the world is that of Bavaria in the suburbs
of the city designed by %h,canthGer, executed by
L. Miller, and the admiration of all who behold it.
This statue is almost equal in size to the celebrated
statue Of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the
world. 1t is the figure Of victory holding wreath
in one hand while the other rests the head of
lion. The statue is 6l4 feet high onia pedestal 2844
feet high and the head is large enough to hold six
or eight persons; spiral stairway leads to the top
and al excellent view can be obtained from small
hole in the upper part Of the forehead of the broad
plain in front and the distant range of the snow
capped Alps. In the rear Of this beautiful statue
is small temple of exquisite workmanship designed
as the receptacle Of statuary
On our return to the city, we stopped at the
Bronze Foundry Of Stighmayer, which is very
curious The process of making such work
here explained to us. They had just completed
State of Virginia to adorn the Capitol at Rich
mond 1t was modelled by American artist in
Rome, and brought here to be cast The Old Do
minion has taken the initiative in step, which
hope will be followed by Tennessee and the other
States of the Union. How appropriate and beau
tiful would it be to have an equestrian statue Of
Old Hickory to adorn the grounds in front Of our
Capitol, and to fill the inches of the rctunda with
marble statues ef such men as GRUMPY, CARROLL
and Polk who have served the State on the bat
tie field, and in our national councils No city in
Europe can boast ola more beautiful site or mag
niicent STATE editice than the Partra of the west
and no State in the Union is better able to carry
out the design ofits eminent architect Every
Tennessean should be proud of that NOBLE edfce,
and our State Representatives in their appropria-
tons ought to be directed by no mean spirit-but
give with liberal hand.
From the Bronze Foundry visited the Paint
ed Glass Mandatory which contains some excel |
lent specimens Of this art The process is tedious |