New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-31

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~rupy With re IrsirrA:iOp of your c,r,esponoeot
Pc vsu6 recu e everything - s Is-ssr @; .s. GJcg
.w.y with tn fractional Jules cf AZ, the sI.npe Of
tie cIes: ss;srs ard the tree Imagination Q: tie
sitis.
m I,sly. ard every where pube buildlngs hsve been
c.cors,d by comVeten srt "a. You meet the style
ard syubo,r lsgories sid classical memories oc-s-
a. nsiy adopted by Signor BIamdi. Before condemn
inc HIM YOU NUT tnc fault WITH al the bee: painters
"! prec- d.d him. ard especially With Michael Angelo
and Raphael who Introduced tina: style OF fresco IN
ibe V,.iesn itseI II Is in vain 20 say tha: these
.bsu,dItes OF the old world should be corrected 10
America for no reform has yet been attempted, and
All the be st American artists have derived their style
r. m 'fthe old world, and I DO not know OF sny
American school Of art founded or different theory and
taste
IL IL spsurd, therefore, 70 despise the works o.
Spror Brun d because they lock foreign and beiray
"ihe aisn element, that is to say because they
clss.cal in the subject and artistic the execution.
A good American artist would have equally offended
hetss.e of your correspondent this point do not
believe besides, that in the fine srts it will be posi-
HE 70 do entirely away with classical memories and
symbols having general acceptance. Classical
drapeiy also cannot be given up Tor the ever changing
ana fen absurd isshOn of tie modern dresses.
Csnovs requested by Napoleon 20 Gu: statue rep
resepting him n his full military costume utterly
fused saying " il would be imposs ole to make II
work OF art have seen al the eastern entrance
poddess Pesce, cut by Italisn in classical, fo;
eipn Italian style. He could have made i most
tionsl by Quakers bonnet and most modern By the
addition of hoops and crnohne, and yet preferred
:" in the absurd style OF the old world
The fine arts are not matter Of fsct. We must
have feeling il oder 20 appreciate them and an edG
Gated taste 10 order to Judge OF their merit. There is
life in them, but il cannot be discovered oy mechsn-
ca observation more thar N our BODY oy the ana
tomicsl knife II mus be felt.
A Csrdins who, together with Pope Pau ILL.,, vi.-
tied the great fresco Of Micnael Angelo, Inc Lss:
Judgment" bef1re il was flushed, decIsred himself
scsndaliZsd, for there many nude hsEres. Nj,
chael Angelo Immediately represented the figure o.
that CARDINAL 10 hell, and said, man OF such base
mind and profigate feels ~, VINO could zee nothing
" but nude figures in my composlt'19 eessrves .nas
desn,sed "tbe absurdities Of the old world, was re-
ouested bv friend TO suspend his Judgment TIL ne had
been in Ealy Ko,zebue, from Florence, wrote to his
friend, have seen the famous venus ae neg, Out
costume pleased me more. He was not good
mar, and nsture had deprived him OF crest source
of pleasure, the taste for music and the fine arts
/ confess that my national feelings were g Little
wounded when cav vitupernted TO some extent 10
Washington an artist much esteemed in Rome Music
and the fine arts are all that remain VI our former
greatness and are naturally Jealous OF TINS glory
Besides AIN convinced that Slgnor Brundi Is good
Al tist and an excellent fesco painter. he mss studied
lorg in Rome even from HE boyhoOd and visited for
instruction ell the most important schools OF art in
italy Baron Csmucini wac his master in % nting
ard the great Thorw aldsen taught him sculpture. In
both arts Sigror Brumidi has left several specimens
of his II H. in Rome. For instance, he wss employed
during eleven years 10 making trescoes and decors-
tions of the villa and OF the palace OF Prince lorona
in Rome. These works admired by VISITORS.
should an American admire the works OF S!gnor
Brumidi at nome and despise them at Washington
Signor Brumidi was also employed by the Govern
ment in Rome, together with other distinguished
artists to prepare the chronology OF the popes IN me
new Basilcs Of ii. Paul. ard was allowed to hnse M
work after the revolution, notwithstanding that ne
WAS persecuted for the part which he took in tina;
movement. The Republican Government OF Rome
honored Signor BrumiG with an important comms'
siop as he much esteemed FOL his talent and per-
sonal qualities. / am glad, myself, that ne mas al
ready executed some works at the Capitol They
speak for themselves TO those who have taste TOR the
fine arts.
admired myself the room decorated with limitations
from the frescoes of Pompe, hateful to your cor
respondert | would challenge any man OF sound
Judgment to enter the of the Agricultural Com
mttee without being struck by the good choice OF the
eub,ect and the excellent execution The Roman Cin-
cnnatus at the pillow stands one side, and opposite
to i. there 10 Gen. Putnam, true American Zinc IN
nstus also at the plow. Your correspondent himself
rds nothing say against these pictures excep: that
their tone is Italian lartistc, though the artist has
" done his best to make the thing American But as
the artist means TO offer the example OF Gen. Putnam
as counterpart of that Of Cncinnatus, the merit o.
the picture does not consist their being the best poe
sibe portrait Of the revolutionary hero but convey
'"s 'D' '''''' GGGLlELMO GAJANI.
No Bsnd street, Neu. York, May o. 1853.