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Ing. The great masters of the pencil have
embodied the lovely creations Of their i'm
aginations in the celebrated works which
they have executed and given to the
wor Id.
Sculpture, while concerned with the ma
jestic, sublime and terrible, has also ex-
hibited some of the finest effects Of Genius
and Art in the production offorms Of SUI
perlative symmetry, grace, and loyeliness.
The Venus de Medice and Apollo Belvi-
dere, are regarded as two of the most admir-
able pieces of sculpture in the world, the one
being figure in marble representing the
ideal beauty in woman, the other the ideal
of strength, symmetry and grace in man.
Archite cture deals with the sublime aud
beautiful. While many of the prod uc-
tions of this art, such as the great Pa gan
temples Of Athens, Ephesus and Rome,
st. Peters Church in modern Rome,
and the Capitol of the United States at
Washington, are characterized by an i'm
posing grandeur; an awful magnifcence;
an appearance of majesty and sublimity.
Other structures are remarkable for beau
ty. Such was the glorious edi6ce that
crowned the summit Of Mount Moriah,
displaying, as Croly has expressed it "The
golden beauty of the Temple Of temples"
Such are many Of the churches and cathe-
drals found in Christendom, as we'll as
public buildings aud private dwellings in
the great cities of the world. There is
building in the city Of Agra, in India,
erected in the Mohamedan style Of art,
that is unrivalled in splendor and beauty
of material, construction and adornment.
This is the celebrated Tai Mahal, maui
soleum built in the seventeenth century
by an Emperor of Hindostan, in commem-
grafton of his favorite Queen. A discrip-
tion of the work says: "This superb odi-
fee, the finest in India, and probably in
the world, ttands on the banks of the JAM
ma, is enclosed on three sides by high
ed-stone wall, and forms a quadrangle of
1870 square yards, with lofty dome of 10
feet diameter in the centre and tall min
arets rising from the angles in the terrace.
It is built of white marble, and the great
central hall in which are the tombs Of the
Emperor and the Queen, aud paved With
alternate squares of various-colored mar
BILE, while the walls, tombs and screens
are ornamented with the most exquisite
mosaic work, chiefly of cornelian, lapis,
lazuli and jasper. The chambers corri-
doris which surround the hall are finished
with similar elegance. The building is
surrounded by beautiful garden, adorn-
ed with fountains of white marble, and
containing profusion of fine trees and
Towering shrubs"
Leaving the sphere of Art, let us next
enter the field Of Literature, which is an
other department where beauty may be
found.
| Under the name of Literature include
all kinds of written and spoken language,
all forms Of speech and writing that are
: used as vehicles for expressing the inward
5 thoughts, feelings and passions of the soul,
We often meet with beautiful sentiment
: and affections, conveyed in pleasing words,
. in common conversation. We are favor
l ed with beautiful ideas, figures and Ian
: guage in public addresses, such as popular
:, lectures, sermons, speeches at the bar, in
: Senates and political assemblies. In the
l productions of great orators, especially, dc
: we behold the graces, charms and beauties
e of eloquence-power Of reasoning, fiery
outbursts of passion, splendid fights o.
c Imagination, magniGcence of description
affecting pathos, choice, forcible aud i'm
r pressive diction. The beauties Of spoken
language may. be transcient, and, after
' yielding momentary joy to eager listen
r ers, may pass away like the evanescant
glories of the rainbow, or the glowing
/ words of tho orator may be taken down in
, writing, embalmed by printing and trans.
( mitted to future and distant ages. In
this case they become part and parcel Of
i the permanent literature of the world
Such has been the good fortune attending
the orations of Demosthenes, Cicero, Burke
: and Webster, while some of the grandest
displays of eloquence, as the speech oi
Sheridan on the trial of Warren Hastings,
and the prcachings Of Whitefeld, live on
ly as matters Of history and tradition.
After speech and oratory coWes the
. vast body of literary composition in the
form of prose writing, from the classic
productions of Plato and other renowned
authors of Greece, down through intermedi-
ate ages of the present time. Think Of
! the wealth and richness, the splendor and
beauty, of this department of Literature.
particularly ia the English language
/. View library containing the works Of
/, Bacon, Addison, johnson, Burke, Gibon
!, Goldsmith, Robertson, Hume, Macauley.
: Scoot, Irving, Bancroft, Prescott and
! Motley, and what intellectual riches and
treasures, what sublimity aud beauty Of
thought, imaginary, and diction, are diff
fused through thc volumes written by
their pens. aIis 7p4p 10 adnJe
e But q still higher realm of literary beau,
: ty is, the enchanting sphere of Poetry
!. This is the Elysium of thought, the Par
: adise Of letters, the home Of the Muses.
!, the favoritc abode Of Imagination, fancy
}, Feeling and Passion. Here Beauty sit
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