New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-06
The Fine Arts.
The arts, like laws are generally silent amid
arms, and yet they sleep, they should not b NJ.

| The arts like laws, are generally silent amjA
arms. and yet II they sleep they should not bs u,,.
ntsd TO Gle for wait Of public criticism and patron.
age. TIE history Of " Shakespeare and the musieai
lsses" must be lookedfor not amid the traum ands
dyasts.lons Of armies. but In the breathing sre,s n
Pesce following exhaustion or victory. We feal
sibly tho truth Of this in looking at the rero.
when genius has most manifested itself in the cp
turs and triumph Of the beautiful. No varrior.
u,ouarch constantly engaged 10 conquest has teen
able TO evolve school OF art in any department no
ms,ter how he affected TO pstronze 1t by giving
few of the Ieavings Of bis heroes TO the artists Me-
poleon tried it and failed both in painting snd IN
ulusic. Ons is reminded in walking through the
ycrvailies gallery Of the dreary hardness end W.
Guilty Of the pompous Lroadths Of canvas which
cover tie walls and were painted during his reign.
the eye becoming weary of,hs same wooden men.
wooden women, wooden horses, and all on ons
tLeme-striie and bloodrhed-the beauties and
amenities Of life not coming under the head of sf
Le glories of France" to which the vast structure
is Dedicated So too, it required the death VI his red
reign to warm into being those creations, which, b
/ have been transpanted from Paris to ON Academy
# Musc. There ought to lie deep moral in thi;. J,
# wide application to all tho arts, and teaching moi
simnlg the value Of peace but Of liberty 10 prcdue.
ing even those thnes which are generally supposed
10 flourish beet under imperial despo,isms.
Tie growth of srt in this country can be exactly
measured by the continuance OF peace. We were
too primitive purtnnic, and crude, to have any ar:
,hs close Of tie Revolution, and the impoyedshmen:
which it brought about postponed its growth fu
many years. Some u.odest attempts in the fine arts
rresugcd good things, but We could not point 10 D
single eminent work until very recently. Peacs a.
most nuds urbed for half century began 10 pro.
duce its results. Our painters commenced " have
he ineh.b!e something, style. Tie generally
uppictu,efaue nature OF modern costume; ihe want
Of an antiquity Or nioyen age for mystc or romantic
eu,iec,s; tue technical difficulty Of procuring mo-
GETS, have seyerally acted here againes tie prc.
dus ion Of historical themes canvas; and then tie
ce.jrium for the colossal and tho insanity lor the
alegorcal, never having had any place in The me-
ion.I taste, there was no demand for huge, furons
piet1res, with central fgursa fifteen feet high lld
hose in the bach ground modestly diminished 70
seven feet or for all Ito clyInpan rabbo aaun'ias
tbeir bare skins in the face Of world which hss
ceased 10 worship the Incarnation Of the forces Of ia,
ure according to the promp,inss OF early ia1.A. and
uniet rnil;ed laws IN positive science. we my
thank God devouily that in the National Capitol
we can snow 10 battle on tho Delaware with Man
ike IN elongated balloon flying overhead, o.
a uuie statue Of Washington, with fowing-v!g
and "A huge club, typfy Ing Hercules can be seea
If Ioui, Onutorze at veisailes. We have at leaa
e.eaped tie chaotic agonies Of tie pencil bsongsg
TO u reriod lying between n dead past aud al un-
deve;oqG tuure. We begin upon clear dehnin
sensible ground, and our painters who may essay
;. h,,ory csr stick 70 tie region Of human passion and
Ihrman feasibility. IL is, however, in larasc~pa
i tlt ,ur lrts have made the most distinct sdvanres
lie Giroye Of tie lre-R ipbaete school, hss excr
oi ca most beneficial influence in determining
q c,i,uie in drawing and detail; and the miracle
If the suustroke applied 10 art, the photograph, hs
lien a puaraian angel 10 the artist, Attending him
ponale iielies 20 nature as the tass Of BIS ial.'
glnaiiye pencil. Ali the laws Of perspective TOO, I"
ess, rtia the arsst, are TINS VENTED Win 're'
niendous elcuence tlat comes silently and gorics'
ly nuefy-six millions Of miles fromthe center Of cur
syslem. TIE srtist, too, has learned hat lie mrd
not 10 nm unwasbed semi-lnna'ic IN garrett bui
should mix with sayaus and tie world eeDerasyj
tN,ud study geology to learn TO rsiut tie ea-,n'.
rarface; lolany TO sppreherd its flowers, ,ees sd
leave- aud nercorolosy TO grasp the Phsaomenid Il
tue clouds, vo!ant though tLey be- yet sasjee. 70
the sirctest laws Of foIuss,ioo, Developments and
: dissipation
| Ii in music we have rot ye: produced the bed
singing tirds, we have ct least built AT heavy ex'
peuso tie cages TO pc. them in. Tine may caass
something 70 come OF our hectic efforts in Ills re.
gard: some combinations Of voice, actor sni ex.
preston ,1ay turn up when leGst expected among s.
While writing thus We reminded that he Aelt.
emy Which has been mos, melancholy snl n5t n.os,
mgsieal, ID about to 10 opened ssain, "a season.
" naieveg dat may mean, bsiug promised; and i.laa
ady whoee name equally suits Mars aai Apol.o,--
f..m Eurclesn operatic houses, but OF Aey-fob
bith ard cxtrac,on,-w;ll soon appear there.
~l DO douttless the pleasure wei 90 tie aaiy 4
tho public not lei tie musical Art dc on, aowe
among us, especially if we can have good native
aient; aud we Lope there viii be no disappoi.tneu
IN ills iu.ialc &c. Collateral with this our phiiinr
laouc Societies give, this year as usual, their per
ternanees Of European works, but appear cbliyioui
of lie tact that similar institutions in Europe are
o,eI.y iuteIeSi,d in ulsrng native productions, and
lee a naiional rrido therein to which our assoeia
lions are strangely and fatally Indifferent.
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| THIRryESTH REGIMENT Promenade CoscERr.-
The Promenade Concert in behalf Of the 18th
Regiment National Guard given last evening a. the
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