New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-21

-.rd = and rost epcal IN Ia own great twin cor'i-
nstt Here W. have pictorial poem upon tie III
rc.abe mcuntail- i..ty 81 The great South Amen.
car Co-d erss bcfor hod the most sfu'lenp
a. a piuree Of Ih- goat rolug Nouh American Mood.
The Heart Of tbe Ancee' l. scene hitherto utez-
u,o,ed b., tie painter bot HUMBOLDT, with truth ob-
etvoO ths r % Other section ~ tie globe rot except
irg the Alps aud the H.ualsyas co-1 the landscape
ua.fer rcQuire such ar cXtcrt ara variety ~ klr"l'
edge suited 70 bis purpose, and receive such r-p7
ton AID iuIu.se. Cor ogn landscape painter. even
afc. thtr annual trpto >uowdUn, might well figh TO-
such a new word as tbs 10 conquer. On tne other
hand Mr. Church our American cOusin--cf rather
Jet us .ay broLer-hs- title OF nothing 20 learn tom
The e,psrierce of TIE Oldest -u-opcau scaoCl oI
hester. Yet. marvellous are the skIlfol comp u"n
ard q mpTe hensye knowledge here displayed, MI;
Church has studied in the most convention a.
81 the word he has never visit the great gal
eries # art out Of America Bat he has done better
he hG devoted eIa years 70 tie study az hfst htul
Of the 81 bic coast AID mountain scenery Of his naive
leu1. TAs the training be had received before
he solved 20 open up for himself heid entirely neT
70 al modem artists Of note and ability. Orghal
aid elevated, however, a. was lis theme, ae
brought 10 Il powers and capacity fully CONNECT
sLre;e The pIe-Rsphaeite uinUteLess AM eel
evident accuracy Of the foreground AID the brce y
gei ersZed deca'ey graduated, ana stmosp hec dls-
lance Of this picture, prove that the sI'i uhite'
amost cortrafiev of Gifts. Breadth aud finish are
almost perfectly hannonzed. The orly obvious fault
Of the picture proves indeed tie artst loves nature,
lot perhaps, altogether wisely, but too we'll Some
% the foreground OHuge, Tor eAdHpf' j. locu>eu III
Kind Of burning gass intensity OF suhgLt IN order 10
more fOrcby pick out % certain beautiful points OF
detail II NAV be pleaded that this gives. by contrast.
greater value 10 the sOftucss Of the distance, atd
affords key to the whole picture. But an artist
should avoid every apI ealance Of trick aud the Old
hacLre, ed maxim that the perfection If art u TO con-
cea it.ef Gun never after al, be TOO often repeated
1t occurred to NJ a,so that the smooth surface and
gassv reflections Of the river are scarcely natural 70
Immediately beneath waterfall, though makiog every
allowance for il swiftly gliding 10 another fall. But
where there is such wonderfully varied merit and many
landscape exceence OF the very highest order, Is
almost ypcTcritcal to MAKE any exception whatever
Newould GLADLY attempt TO convey some general idea OF
thi, truly great picture but that space would not
permit US 10 ,kech 70 in perfectly all the ncness
here accumulated, a. il were from every zone ana
climate oil tie luxuriance of tropical vegetation, OF
impe1etrable sloping silvas and nterminable table
land and Of great Andean snow-crested mountains,
lose ranges almost bsect the earth, and from whose
edes p1.-n -tIcsms whose l. measured by the
breadth Of continents In such scene "a this, Man,
with HE little red rooted speck Of talt hut, and even
at his whyside wCIshp before the crucihx, dwindles
into uip1ny insigrfcaDce. over all this panorams of
power and msicsty, ard beauty there mantles how
ever only sentiment of ropO-c calculated 70 awaken
still deep feeling of veneration Turner himself, IN
widest Imagination, never painted scene of greater
magIrcence than this view, which wears al! the IN
press Of Natures unriveled reality We can only
sum up that We recommend all who have any love OF
either nature or art 10 take early opportunity Of
seeing work which is in every way triumph
NeWs 1.