The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-03-09
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few bold complimentary conditions
Who can deny the surprising effect out
living mountains would have upon oul
local scenery? The vast level Of the
Lake should be contrasted by massive
land perspective. As it Is, views
here afforded are not without interest.
Let one stand just east of the cemetery.
| He finds his feet near decllvlty Of
geologic character Below him river
curves along its channel in fantastic
ouietude, hiding its mouth in little
busy amphibious town. His vision ends
with a wide prospect of the lake. Again,
let one stand upon some headland, in
one of our delightful days, when lake
and sky conspire to charm intervening
space and coax the Michigan shore,
when a thousand sails are seen like sea-
phantoms winging the surface air; tc
which add the eccentric coast and wood
lands in the west.
Culture comes from the works Of art as
we'll as from books. Art varies in de-
gree only. It's spirit is the same wheth-
er shown in a boot.jack or the wonder
works Of Raphael. AS university is to
school Of lower grade, so is an art gal
lery to every department of skilled Ia
bor: the lead governs the body. Hence
national educators lend earnest aid to
increase the facilities for art studies.
American legislators are blind to this
most patent fact, and they choose to
assign public property to rich monopo-
lists. A masterpiece Of the old school
is1invaluable. The only reason for a
limit to the price Of such is that the
purse Of those who appreciate the works
Of genius, is usually not large. Thus.
for the Assumption of the Virgin by
Murillo, six hundred thousand francs
were paid for the Congress of Munster
| by Teniers, one hundred and eighty
thousand francs were paid in the
gallery at Bowdoin is painting by Van
dyke for which ten thousand pounds
were offered by an English amateur.
An art genius as of old days. like Agas-
sIz to science and Bastiat to statesman
ship, adds more to human knowledge
than all the mere politicians of the
world.
Notice ''View of Manitowoc" recent
ly executed by an artist Of Milwaukee,
The point Of departure which he
chose for the execution Of his design,
was unfortunate; for he was thus com
pelled to commit the wretched blunde1
of making large things small and small
things large. Fit Dimensions and due
prominence are essential to anything
mechanical, and especially to the fine
arts : without these something is pro
duced similar to Valentine caricature
In view Of this disproportion, our artist
might be shown in easy moral parallel tc
those who sometimes hug lamp-posts
as their best friends The rifle target is
in such vivid magnitude that stranger
might suppose this town to be occupied
by a race of savage hunters. The rail
road bridge, that weather beaten relic O.
''Lost Cause" is more conspicuous
than all the business marts of The
city.
He showed such an appreciation OF
value as the person who, leaving new
copy of Webster's Unabridged Diction.
ary, rescued from the burning ''Pilot" {
worn out boot-hTush and a-clay-pipe
What should we think Of an artist who
in pretending to represent Westmins-
ter Abbey, should give more prominence
to the narrow environs of rat hole
leading under the royal structure.
/ Confronting one in the foreground, i
a mass Of sgeenery which serves in efec
to the rest of the view as q pair of gi
gantic goggles Of kindred color. AnG
sails like ghost rags are patched upon
bald lake perspective. The artist mus
have exhausted his paint-pots upon tho
luxuriance of the foreground, for the re
naming part is held in dilution. The
city has most lncommunlcable appear
ancc : its buildings show the anarchit
confusion that is sometimes seen among
a child toys. Some Of the most prom
inent buildings are twisted out of thei1
situations in way that is well represent
ed by persons that exercise. their mouth!
in an unenviable habit. The centre O
the town is topped by most unaccounta
Die smoke-stacks.
Setting aside the view east of the
dry dock, and confning it to the limit
of beer garden and barren fat, it is
thing of fair execution. In the words
OF Hesiod "a part is greater than tht
whole" However, the View is quite
as good as the average for the price
much cannot be had for two dollars.