Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-08-20

dAANAui' NA AiN.4NA4IIE NN go ANNAHN N"AN'..a
, that moulding pat, of butter was ali b
should ever be ft for But these quaim-
desp9ndency are easily c0mhatei with
little courage a resolute man perseyerr-
for he knows that no real thin. Is ever ac
complished withou. trouble. When he ha
obtained a miniature that satisfies him, auD
has got the plaster cast Of il, he sets &.
work again with his clay, and fashion,
another model Of the exact SIZE of his pr0pos
ed statue. The limbs of this new clay hgur,
are usually copied from nature. Sitting G.
artists is "A regular profession, and those Wh.
follow it, like great doctors, great barristers
OF great surgeons, raise their de nand- in
proportion rs their frame makes their ser
vices more valuable. \ certain Moor. OF
wonderful beauty who exists in Paris % this
day, was 50 much IN request among French
painters and sculptJrs some twenty years ag
that he would never consent 10 ' pose ili
less than forty francs. He was rarely to be
met with except m the studios of well-to-dl
artists or in the pupil studios. where, perch
ed ON platform, he was the '' cynosure
Of some fifty OF sixty beginners, all OF whom
had dubbed together 20 pay nim hi- couple
Of louis dor. This person wore kid gloves
and smoked Havana cigars. but great
number of male sitters are -talwart cavalry
soldiers. who spend their earnings as soon a-
they have got them, and have seldom foresight
enough To make a fortune out of the exmb
iting of thews and sinews.
When the process ofmodeling has been
brought to satisfactory conclusion, and
new plaster cast taken while
the clay /. still moist, as in the iu-
stance Gf the first miniature designs the ar-
ti.t can Judge OF the effect of BIS future -tl-
tue for his nlas-sr cast Is the ezlct pro-
totvu. of IT, lie can flld ri, arms. too. for
the n,rpeut f,r t1e next stems 10 De taken
a., r,- concern him. bar ar, the business of
aro+ber ARTIST known tr.hincliIvas the
8. .-,t,iarr
Some great seulutors. Michel Angelo
among them. have occasionally themselves
be,rr fbeir .rstres STRAIGHT out of the block
of fmarbr. wit6.Y- Going through the pre-
Iir.irl-v courses of Modelling iu c.av and
..,.+ir--- --,, ,.la--.r lint this Is very rarely
J.rc l.,- ir -ro fr-- rl,a.. tIs work yy.,li
IN, ~, I.,., f.r .ry arri-- who has a rc,ard
~ r. --.7o and .- -b, -e.,p5 tbe hevinr
'r ,,.-fI. l,.,gris s srs...l practical ey-
zinc ,r.i.i. ..-lq- n am art atarr
.r.r..- sy..H|t r.-.I..H|.|g -TIII U'.u.lI..
bI,.s- of marble. before making -. much a- %
.-,-9..-a.g a. t..r f.-l were bet. tru-r bfr-
Nh univ +. the matter Even Michel AM
...r, Whom be +-..I %, di-r.r.. with the
= --1uIsrv. or e.. rrsct. .a.r. succeeded
ONLY in making fragments .t G-ar.,. Nor
bc.n- an a.lsr- in -ad-int Of tae size OF the
fI... s.. needed. b. Was constantly EaIlu-
tbar le had lai-.lll4lataI. and tlg- an arm.
"a Ie, ORA heal must remain unfinished ia
can-sa1erse.
Tl4. .r,-rrry.~ VIII, i- often an artist of
,r.,- m.ri-. ami possessed of as much ,al
,,- r., B.. .-.r .- ..a -.t.r-.- ia L.-. sets
-g. ,.,,--.- ,..I ana .. r..rr.. measures ir.
,rI rI4..- IL sd. Hr -,.. vr-l a block ut
,,,-if. g -l... -..,..-7-s r.i.h- and breadth.
'T.i. l.. ..,.,r,.. -.. sl.. .,.IaI .., ir--~r-
- "a. -s...,,..r,.sl r-..i-,.9 bv ygbi-h
-. ,r.. .5s-.ir.5 ...,.s-s... every MARI
',..5 ..5--.i.... .-,-.-. b. r...- rer.r-r- g.
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