New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-28
THE STUDY OF ART At ROME.


Patience Bosw. II, lady-student here, who bas been
M smj,ble az TO allow me access to her journal,
from which have drawn coPous extracts, IllusIa-
tine NOT only her admiration Of her master, bu. ass
the facilities which Rome affords 70 an earnest aud
devoted woman for the study OF art. she wrote o.
iNoDosy, March 3:
"siepor Doctus exclaimed bravo this morning IN
So.4prg for me the door of his studio II scarcely
eight though bis cigar was almost hnhAed' aSi Tue
sooal- slready whitened IN my vle . qTo wnlcn was
.aItipg for It's place at my feet. Did you take long
,ornm,1aoe yest.rd4v = was bis usual Monday mora ng
u.stiOn 'Ye,,' said l. we rode TO Nome Marc
but | heeitated 10 tell hlm how we saw Rome at our
feet ard beard her bts, and saw The bills upon the
plain and the distaI: blue end pink ead white 'Doun
tars an the sheep the valleys and The ~" thsched
kennels dotted over the fields where the stepneI Or
sleep and the green hlsldes aud the POied
and the Pope on BIS promenade TO the Pohte MOLE aH4
A. courier before with drawn sword 70 bid all car
fiac1s stop and all people descend 1DJ knee!i anu 20
W. listened TO the wind in the pines and the wan o. L4e
cypross.s and fct tae so pressure OF mother earth
and srnet the Spring and picked the dalses, and
xstcbed the shadows OF The clouds the laud-caPe
and teSrd the birds and looked at the cerk spos OF
rUins IN the city and their bold Irregular setting against
the turquoise sky, and weIe gay IN the s1n and sGoe
in the shade, except when awe hled n on standing
steadfasiv and looking long-face TO fdce-at Rome.
1 obly said we went u Monte Mario.
"TLe old man replied with Indifferent nod and
raid SO you saw 10 antique ar z
None but the ruiLs IL the distance.
bile putting additional shavings and bits OF O9ards
IN the stove, still slipping bis cigar, he continued;
went yesteruay fer thOusendth time 10 tue Arcn OF
C,nstanlne You sLould go there oiteu and look at IT.
rehefs aid statues. Constantine was bngand. la
b. time art and morals were IN decadence NhaeVtT
his own epoch engraved his arch Is bad but IT.
worthy Ornaments were lihaged from the Arch OF
Trsian and stand still in perpetual triumph beslde the
woks Of later time. Have you seen these sculptures
asked he. Yes Once, twice, three times le-,
IrsPleo. .., -,.. o.,,..,,;,,. oe tbe,o >,
'Yes' Then be cODdescended 10 speak Of them iuy
theT. 'You recoIect the one in the middle arch
and should have observed Raphaers Acquaintance
with in bis Battle Of Constantine at tue faucan
Look at the engraving Of the latter on the waii re-
gard the action and variety OF movement oi men aud
hones-the former fighting falling, asd one presenting
a discovered head TO the emperor. These I'd as were
Inspired by that relief. Contrast II with those on
Ttut's Arch, whose stye ls comparable TO that OF
Pe1uginOs sllm srdght figures But here the con-
posiiion /, rich ard varied. Then the statues of the
oners on the arch suBcrb, aud tue medailo lous
all around the monument aapendDHS, except th4' u
Signore added tne super9tive iSsimas to every t
fCativel. Flaxman aud ThOrwalsden also stu4.ed
these works immensely, aud hence their grear success
They are richer, vaded and 81, grdnder IN St
but less severe aud finished tbsn the Greek rertis OF
Pbdiss; they are to the latter what Raphael Is 10
Leonardo-boih superior to all Others.
He will never Craw dsadyantageous comparisons
between thee two masters both, be says, are men
beside the aDcients, but gods to moderns.
"Wlile talking he gathered drawings from Irejd -
column and from tie arch OF Constantine, ana ex'
planned again every motive, calling attention to ex-
pressiOns Of ensemble and detail and bringing 10 casts
from the originals to show other effects not IN the
drawings.
can this time had stood with my bonnet in my
hand then as if had been wasting time, he hurried
me 10 my work, arranged ny drawn model of the pro-
portions of the human b, ad and retired 10 his inner
apartments, carrying bis little earthen basket oi Goals
with him. do not think there IA any chimney IN ms
rooms for et0ve-ppe goes out the window through
a drawing of Flaxman's-AchLes Shield.
MATILDA, daughter of the owner OF the palace, has
come 10 draw to-day She has bad the fever ant Is
Just recovered delicate low, and very interesting "A
sk,-ey.ashed sbori-ipped olive grl with very soft,
abundant brilliant black hair. She is modest aId
timid ss fawD, but her three young brothers raise
Ned in whispers while the master is IN hs room, and
throw balls Of bread at each olher and hit tue screen
which separates us from them. 1t must have been
their m chief which piccd its aty III the breast of
Clio, for it is snply great drawing on paper Ot
Raphael's Painessus, hung with c00weOs' supported
by wires, Cauo,taks ana strings, and party PW ed
over hy drawings from Bellin Titan, and COrreggO.
"NotLing is ami-s for illustration and instruction
about u.s. Doctus blows off the due from cast-bone
or book when he wlshes 10 call our attention to 1t.
All is convenient and We are mado comfortable 0ythe
smnlest ucals The air is kept fiOm our fee, by PFC
turts and drawing boards placed around Oul tables;
bits of antique statues or monuments keep these
secure. At my left piece Of bomb, thrownln al the
last revolution preserves one protecting picture IN te
Mace Tie room is full of still HE, anO SUBJECTS
for iablcdur dc genre The head of AdrlC is stuck
over with pine cones of different kinds from here and
from Mount Lebanon pc acOck feathers HOat over the
fighting Gadiator birds wings, dried irults, Shells
and skeletons of various small animals lie On the
pinth Of the Hernaphrodite; human bones are piled
under one table; hOrsos un Ter another dried suake
hes ON the pedestal of AJAX and between NIobe aid
tie young Augustus is little museum OF ducks and
eagles heads aud feet and wings Casts, drawings,
DhOtOnraDn-.
layer.
At ten the child outside in the street calls the boys
20 their other lessons. Before going, sprnkes hls
and brushes up his crumbs and waste charcoal
and pebc1-Jlhs.
"Maeter Doctus enjoys order and 80 the dust and
cobwtbs Of thirty years lie in their accustomed places
lie comes in often to Goals, TO correct our
work, smoke, and discourse with us. Today he
brought veum-covered book and bid me sharpen
anew my pencil; he desired me TO write at dctation
some Italian principle, of which this is the spirit:
seek nature every where; know the of every
'lne you make. Ii is the part of youhg artist to do
nothing but what he is wiog to do well, because the
dong Ne4 finally passes into babt, and habit con-
'ducts to facility. lSigned) Ludovlco CTaccl.
" lie asked me TO place these lines in my Bi0le -
constant reference. promised TO do So
After talking some time OF the consclentiousness Of
this master he took my place and dotted with charc0
the corrections should make IN my outlined front OF
mans head. At first must observe carefully my pro
portions. One fh of the hight of the head marks the
beginning of the hair the forehead, the remainder
of its hight divided into three equsl parts the first
line Of division defines the beginning of the nose be
tween the eyebrows; the second little short of
the end of the paper the third bounde tue bot
tom Of the single chin. TINS last thrd is SUB divided
into three equal pars the first line of which indicates
tie division of the lips Tue outer angles OF the eyes
most be liule below the middle OF tue head, aud
these joined to point bet ween the lower ip and ch1
must fUTm eqUiiat,ra Triangle. One eighth OF the
te.ds hight gives The length Of the eyes tneir widest