, 1870-03-16
ART.

splendid brst REPRESENTING the Franch Re-
public, And presented It to the city OF Bor-
deAux, HEete he haa taken up hia residenco.
MI Charles GumeIy. .iha. oslehrAted
French sculptor, has died, 1t tho age Of ~.
The new Opera House in PArA ovaa to hia
notably The models Of the gigantic gilded
g.oupa which adorn tho extremities Of tho
'front.' facade.
4-Is it proper to say Of IN e>tist just
vergirg on de!i4iun tyetnens, thxt he IL put
ting the 6uir hing soucbes to colossal bdst?
to ,hs Rhis;aelphia 1n has ust nods;d
Faust, :wish' : llttls Mephisioplsies Cupid
singing to hls lute- The di1tan hAs fallen,
anu the puor fAted girl holds the spindle, un-
conaciouAsot tha snapped thread. The baby
Mephistophe1eB ia charming creation. Mr..
Charlee T. How, of Boston, Was 30 struck with
the little demon thir he haA given Hsrnisch,
to-day, IN order for il. tits to bo detached
Of tree, 1ith u to1datool a1d al the ecces-
aosies Of such N imp. The pose, - we'll
aa the expression OK she nttls damon,
is bew1tchirgly faeciuatiug; be is perfectly
diabolicA1, fsom the tip Of Ills turned-up toea
to the dame-like look OF hsr. Rollickinx,
Eiesed fun spAsxlss from every part Of tho
hgnIe- It is aunoeaa-
IL has At List leaked ont Why ths bronze
Goddess Of Liberty Oh the dome Of tho Capi-
tul It Warrington looks 80 dlrninutiye ut tho
Insight it occupies. An artist, who il familiar
with III the cilcumstancas from Its inception
TO Its eomplstiou, says Ill. Crawford modsllsd
the statue in Roms and thsn wrote about It to
oral Msika that the stAtus Has modelled for =
very exalted poahou, and would therefore
look out OF proportion from ths ground Can
oral Msigs Eroto haek in hsata, tellmg him to
make 1t look well from fhe ground, bec2uss It
would probably b. year or 70 before the
donna would b. reRdy to recefTs 1t, and 10 did
not :desite to incur tbs sbuss OF navs~
ptpe1 critics who would be governed in fhair
criticisrns By tha appearances at the statue 1t
the low elevation It which it would ba seeh
before belnE sdjuated upon the dome. Tho
Artist referred 70 siJs NJ. Crawford At nrst
thought Of giving up ths contract, rather
than model astA,na toa auit the tassea Of man
who wks not I sculptor, and RgNnst tho rules
Of sxt and nature. But, upon reflection; ho
fouId 1t necessary to have tho money to ba
paid By General MeigS, In order to psy his
men And Lis own expsnses:, 90 he Ia1de
model Of statne he nsver liked, which did
not do him credit, and which, viewed from
which we're known to Mr. Crawford st tbs
time he executed the work.
In i lata number OF the Fen1emanfs
MdgnEine there il an account OF yiait to tho
studio Of Kaulbach, at Munich. The artist,
taking photograph Of cne Of bis largest pic
turea-the a1ego1icAl work On the Roform1-
don: thus described its fastu1es to tho nhr-
,rator: =" Here you sec mighty building. the
dome Of which rises In mighty proportions,
while the zisleG and chAucel ter1ninste in
etepB, whose ASCENT 1B lost In the distant
perspective Here the centre figure OF Mar
Tin Luther, holding aloft in his hand the Cos
pei which be 80 dearly 1o1ed, and for which be
80 boldly fought, is surrounded by Zgingtus,
Calvin. and other Rsformers. Here you see DR..
Bugenhagan e. name probably unknown TO
yon) administering ths Holy Sacrament to
Frederick the Wise, John the Firm, Albert Of
Brandenburg, and others. Here Is the VIM
like Guntavus Adolphus OF Sweden, and there
you will recognize Coligny, tia desd Of the
Hugutrot party, and Iittlo furthnr on Mau-
1ice Of BAxouy. But here, again, erathe dg-
ures Which 'pecf.lly interest you: ! need not
recognized tho familiar figure Of your Virgin
Queen, accompanied, ~ ION sae, by Essex
and Burleigb, and the bold Drake; Archbiahop
CfsnuleE and that rough Scot, the unc0mpro-
missing Knox, are Also with her, for Scotland
must have its EepresentatiTe too. And here
sentative II The Netherlandsi figure
gloomy and dull IN itself, but having
also its place In history. And hc1e, At tho
far end OF the choir, on the highest etepa,
We $50 tha martyrs and foEeruuners Of the
WyckFi1e, Johann Vessel,
Petrus Waldtus, Arnold Of Brascia, Abelkrd,
savonarola ard Tauler; and aboTe these
mstion, who from their lofty position round
the orEanlet tho grand str1ins Of their mighty
hymns and pealtns roll down upon those who
had prepared a way in the wilderness, and
made the paths straight for tho religion Of
the rev era- And here" said the master,