New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-20
THE FINE ARTS.
EEEOME,s PICTURES Ak COUPLES
GALLERY.
THE PRAYER IN TIVE DR3ERT..... THE TURKISH
DANCING GIRL.

mime toDds among the furcmp.t Of LIVING Frencuien.
and who thanks to the berity ani enterprise 81 the
hou,c of Goupil l. almost well known in Hew-fork
. DO is in tho great cnpti. whore ycail! exhibitions
are adorned by no works at onao intellectual. 80
carefully studied Perfection In their execution
as his.
; Ccromc's most notable picture thus fr-tlo ono
which IT, once elevated him 70 the rans f greatest
hisior cal rainier Of his tines the "Ginfintors IN
the Roman Ampbitheater "A work which proved him
rot merely learned aniquarinn nor y, s!one Skilled
and dcxicIous artist bu a man endowed with cicar
and proiou I'd Intellect who irns to bis su jHcs such
breadth II view and such imaginative penetration ihso
the vciy heart o! his theme have bi'n rarely com
biaed in artist in sry agc and which certainly ne
fousd united in few living painters.
The Intimate knowledge 81 the daily life OF The Greeks
,nd Romans dispi ,yed in this pieiurea knowledge
Itch seemed 10 siIing rather from synpaiy or iht
f,,o than froii study Of books or long ar lrty with
lie contents OF the mu.eumsnigtt well nstonish al
Englishnan or an American. whose corutrynen. IN
their pictures chow little Of the vane OF historical
Eaccuacy but would harly hive suoei TO give SUPER
emil Il RANK to painter IN France, where artistic and
literary oouscicn the rule rather than 'he
exception nor Vas the painting Of the picture. in
amany respects rs remarkable OK tho artists
in it, ard the perspective drawing. loocd NJ rely "a
Of exhibition of skill showeI thorough mastery m
that field but. in color earthly d nor did tie
seyccution approach the miraculous dclcney and sus
E,a;nrl force OF Aimee" there many pai.ters
living who cu h1yc surpassed it In tbcas technical
unalitie.-1uatics which nc by no means estimate
Nights bit WHOSE absence forgotten for the tine IN
tie presence 81 the burninc sympathy with human snf
irg and degradation stretching back oycr 50 many
ccertaries poet. hagd OF IOcnrnton, the stern aud
piile exposure " the bcsai Nellius ~ whose gos
ing sensual uptG-ncd face n - cekIg blood md SAVIOR
II carnage ascend welcome Incense ai The profound
thought " hich 10 lie key Ia tie Whole picsare.
Whit - that key Whence cane lis POI ulnr cegrs-
datoi,-ths lust Of blood aud carn3I- not stishsd
by tho deaths Of myriad Wild beasts, bat ealing for
Human victims ard delighrg in the torture shat made
'dc1th Gclivcrpnce. How to explain Nero, Caiisals
Fans,in. Marcia: ard not these alone. rnsei to a
bundles license ~ e. supremacy 81 their thrones
sbut tas iaronen; surgins multitude hat. rank on
rsrh. Gil, up the clliabing sears and galleries OF tho
Var phhcctcr, every man. woman and ch'.d ~ which
voul JON 10 the chorus Of Indignation II some too det
Fuous rho should rob tAen Of tAc exquisite pleasure
Of sering their victim vrthe in agony before his death
ard no wiih conscai WOULD turn up Their lbunh,
in airmaon II the bloody question we're asked shsi
I,his cong serci slidiaior he slaiai"
q &c these QUESTIONS IN tbs pictGre fJr
Nal the nsin lines u the conpD, ton sweep pnr
aud Insensbly bat !rrcs,t5y lad the rye 10 wherc s
f,te extreme night. ,'s 10y tie ua.losing Enpsrors
\ side, womar--,miling handsome. with her heavy
Roman icauiy. her olive skin. her darby srnberll
Eeye. Yer wealth % hsapsl W oh,a hair wJu with
wreath whose cr.3son ire blood ofths horror Of
carnage distilled into one DROP fit for her acarinr
w,ose deg iation AID hb .nd'nmcnt-sAe standing
Representatives. OF her the fruitful Gsaiain "
all this popa.ar corruption
y Yes from TIE breast Of ,h.se women to Rorn,n
rchdren drew the mix that .ed md fel 10 them ali
Ithat was brutal a RAT b..iial and not without
Keep and parpo.e La. Gerouc portreyed or
lnodcrn eyes this where Inc Roman people showed
ilru nature dcghi!ng In II i.o.e than IL any
other that The earth had show. ard ha. t7ag, ~
3the SIMPLEST s,ruko from what dcGny 81 tie p2-o
fiouatap vhoace education nd religioa Gov men.
lcamr this ruin az q race.
G6romc ise, Is 10 be judged by this. his greatest
work which proves bin mau q! sceute and Psnstra
Rive Intellect Thoroughly Informed tho subject which
lo has undertaken illustrates rot g. display
|mere material learning. however cxte1.ve but with
rsrc poetic insight opening 10 the hidden. spiritual
Zsccfet Of the 4G,if These gladators tbs Emperor
arc not Greek aid Roman MASKS u u.ea. tamey. ser
!e!y copied from medals. vases, coins. galvanized into
sn academic lfethey they live they breathe
rtbey sin hey suffer II you would Inasks-spa,mpdic
Puppets Of tho tbeaterstndy Dlvids pa,tades that
Dig canvas at the Cooper Institute VIII serve. sndy
IHeydon PlaInaD and tho OF tho High Art school
Prom these you viii learn nothing. Thoy snoh
IGreeks and Romans Ben Jonson shows u.s. oorrses
'sna ched from the tomb with lis 81 mus and HE
Cat ne bat G6some's tbs Greeks and R1mnns that
Shakespeare drew. Nav, 1t 10 not exraragant 10 say
that he unts Jonsons Learning with Shakespeare
Iinsight and 20 gives his complete and satisfy
ling result.
We believe therefore. that 0eromc being such
mast paint always with puI pose and that ts Ia 10 be
Judged. not by single works but by the ~ all that
ho has produced Yet every single work II it be
nothing moro thar Turkish butcher standing indo
eny waiting Cor customer profoundly Indifferent a.
10 whether that customer como or not but soating
glad watch that circle Of bleeding beads ut his feet
and tngiing with duh pleasure o his 6ngeT-ends
mcmbchag bow they quivered and turned up hopeless
eyes the starp edge Of his great knife drank blood
and life toge,her"b better than sheeIe'. your milk.
white throats. inadei dogs who stand and stare At ~
or this lat opium fed donkey boy. who Loks iess human
than the donkey which he thinks no divcs Dogsnes
trimming his lantern Ia his tab. watched with grave
looks by the circle Of noble dogs who philosoph
csy 70 study tho efforts u this hamsa crea,aro reach
their higher level Whatever II be- we feel oursslres
the presouco VI poet who welcomes all phases u M
studies With unwcafying patience and shup,st eyo1
their outward Grrn add PERFECTLY and completely
sets before that toa Ia II all that he
saw. and oil that thoro u TO seq
So tton. In these later works. he unrs the scroll OF
Eastern life and OnlJ utent ~ sos and not 70 be de