New-York tribune., 1867-05-02

are speciInens of all Brussels looms the frames for
Mechln lace shpgoods from Antwep ara n1 1nna 11mms
ment Of mechanics great power and resources ouV
little that is novel.
The next of the nations il Prussia, that has brought
hther 10 make the story of her war stout one an
sorts of guns and swivels, and bayoDets Her space
is dominated by huge stained window such az
they are placing in Cologne Caihedrali anu
series of monster bells, big as those OF the
Kremlin, grouped and wreathed below
She shows prod nets for all her ,newIy-oohi-
quered provinces, locomotives and saddl0y, wood
carving and threshing machines, much, indeed, th3C
is quaint but little that is suggestive, except ord-
nance. Her saddle batteries are very odd. made 10
go at gallOp wherever horse can clnyp OF wade
Three saddle horses required f0r each brass gun,
with bore as big as tea-cup frusslan ana .hueeu
all German machinery, is slow and plain, not com
parable to that of France or Belgium. The l'russan
department. is very gaudy in its new-made glory,
fun of flags and banners but il rs not in the greater
mechanics that the Middle and Eastern nations make
their best display. They will be shown to more adj,
vantage IN the inner circles, where lie the liberal
arts.
Baden, in fire engines field and street telepaphy,
and ordnance, stands WE'LL Russia and Turkey lie
together with few machines or products, but very
completely and lavishly OmamCnted IN strange, half
BYZANTINE architeCtulCs Sweden and Norway, and
Italy have little machinery. Great Britain IN the
mechanical department appears 10 gleat advantage
yet the models of almost all her vehicles, looms,
boilers and engines like her people, thlCksot ana
stumpy generally in very beeiy symmetIy and ont
of the pale of aesthetic criticism. She shows tuns oi
coal pyramids of Australian gold dust, dozens ol
WcaVeTs and their products models oil her SHIPS ana
public works and quantities of carriages, with livery
To match them but there is little new or renarka-
be. Her utensils want elegance; there Is ponder
Ous and gTaceless matciality III her most ornate
creations.
The crowning glory of the great Exhibition is It's
art collection. BY this mean the picture and scup-
te gallery; for all the park is Sprnkled with coloS
sal groups and statues. and art predomlnates over IN
dustTy wherever in tins world show We tulh' DuS
the gallery Of art is collection OF the best works OK
all CuempOrary masters: II comprises the inner circle
of the great building, next To the garden, sky
lighted, series OF consecutive galleries. anu tle
first glimpse OF II Is like looking under me
grOined arch of q rainbow. One hail the collcc,
tion is the work OF living Frenchmcn. Their school
of painting is so fthe superior OF all others that not
even rival patriotism questions IT. The Germans,
particularly of PrusSia-which is Just now measuring
itself every way with FImce-giye up the contest
by refusing 10 exhibit. They show few 01 kaui-
bachs portlaitsttle else noteworthy, either IN the
artist or the picture. But the school of France bears
comparison with the best age OF Flemish and ltailan
ant. Ii, is to my bchei. the best monument Uie
Gallic nation has erected since the conQucsrS OF
Napoleon |. Standing in the presence ot MS united
masterpieces, before some splendid trulnplal
arch feel my 1eehleness OF cunning to describe
them as they appear To ne and ahect me.
Foremost among his cotemporaries Gerome Is repre-
scnted by nearly every one of his masterpieces Some
of these have been gathered at great expense and are
hung here at high nsurances. They are small can
vases III the main, not larger than the engaVngS oi
them SO universally dispersed, and nowhere else can
some Of these originals ever again he seen WlSh
could tell you how the painters of other lands 60 mp
to them, ngeT about them. return TO them. so mat II
is oftentimes dicut to get close before single pie
tire. There are l3 in all of these the most am
bitious in size and subject are:
|. The UtdM Of COSdr-PuTc and vast III arClniec-
ture, the marble Senate Chamber is disclosed,
standards and captured shields III ITS entablature
its seats all emped save one where passive witness
watches the refining aSSasslns 20 sweeping ihoush
the portal uplifting their bloody daggers iou see
the huzzaing people, within his head IN the Tore
ground. the glshcd Cesar lies at the foot of POM
peys statue, bis chair overturned the quiet bionles
behind IL placid and unconscious. Saelintss, space
dignity, death: these are the atmosphere
Carpenters Signing of the Emancipation yOu have
all the best attributes of Gerome You see hls power
in drawing in the mastery foreSh0rtening of the
body, character III its dead face fancy ~ the bali
cunning look Of the passive witness. nimitabie com
position such breadth Of light that you start uwii-
tingly when sOmebody suggests the smaluc>s of the
canvas and color that is an perfect consonancc WITH
the study. This picture Is the conception oi nina
tasteful as ShabcSpeareS dramatic bat not mtlo-
dramatic. the very blood she'd IN u pure
There is no bait in any pant of IT. no episode nor
aside cevemess; only Caesar dead IN the Roman
Senate.
H. The GladiaoJx- Equal i'm surface dimensions with
the above: more wonderful in distance. Hall the
whole interior Of the Colosseum rs revealed: the tiers
OF people the painted awning far overhead The Wide
sweep of the arena. where the dead oi the combat
Just passed lie in then nets or are drawn away py
the slaves OF whom strew saw-dust over the
gladatOIs. in diverse halt-aimor raise their swords
and shields 10 "a bOated half-iipsy CTsal, crying {;
" Are. C0sar, mperator m0rital1 c satHtGW|
This picture is more Of Rome than Volume of
Gibbon more of space i'm the dimensions OF IN en-
craving than all the canyascs in the Rolunda at
Washington. There is not repulsive suggestion III
it, decadenCe vaSness. destiny are It's all-in-all.
Ill. PhrBae before the ITibuHaL-A nude female,
perfect in form in the moment that the saye IN
drapes her before the Judges NoLder desire ad-
natiOn nfame their faces NaIiousiy, yet not ieer
il OyeT-waIm: there is nakedncss, but not Nllgali{
The subject of this picture smacks Of the shop: II -
the wOIthiest example have ever seen OF arr Ielh-
ing a merely lewd study.
". Duel after he Bat MasQue-In the pay Of the
morning. III the BOs de BOulOgne, carriages waiting
~. - nd l
the snow. a naked blade between them ana blood
stains tell the story, The slayer, in eaudy costume
is stalking away with his second; me slam II
stretched in supporting arms. the surgeon feeling ms
heart and death freezing into hls face.
Inferior in theme TO its foreIunncrs this is the
most popular of GcrOmes works, the brightest IN
color, admirable in drawing. emotional and intense
beyond any OF It's companion pictures, ana very
happy IN the suggcsiYcness and effectiveness o1 ~
costumes. The face and posture OF the dying man
are IN wonderful character. The world II familiar
with the prints of this picture TO II in color
pays me for the journey 10 Paris.
The other pictures OF Gerone are " The Two
AuguIs,' IN antique costume, cuCklng together Ih
their pOltrycribs over the cIeduity Ol the public;
four studies in the Orient two oi them owned in
America, aud AL mimitable; an Egyptian Landscape
with animals q court scene OF Louis NV. patIOnz-
ing MOliGIe 10 the dismay OI the cOurucIs; Rem
brandt painting drop of light III spIits in Rem
brandts own browns aud lights; and q most beauil-
full river scene called The Prisoner delicious in
light, color, drawing, Eastern character and soft
transparent distance. A bound figure. in boat with
TOweIs is tanialized with music, This picture is a
month ir the East full Of feeling and perhaps, the
best OF the artists gleaniugs there. Ccrome has led
most adventurous life. have seen HIM here:
spare man OF the medium hight. aged under iitty
with strong character features deep, cOntemplatlve
black eyes. tine round forehead, and SfrupuOrs
dress. lie beau, courier and man Oi spiilt,
tho hero OF eycntful duels; and when he jOuineyed
20 ne East the Albanian robbers stripped him almost
naked. so that he reached the French Consulate
nearly peIished with hunger. lie is ROW married 10
the daughter OF Goupil the great Paris gicuedeacr
aud he is Professor in the ECOIe dcs Be0nr Ar the
protector and director OF French ants
The peer of Jean Leon Gerome, in fame al least. is
Jean Louis Ernest MeissoDier. Fourteen OF his best