New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-11
TIE SCH00L or RAPHAEL.
,rcr1-Rr on APT BY WILLIAM PAGE.

rrCrtrRE on ART BY WILLIAM PAGE.
An interesting lecture, one Of q series on
- Art" was delivered Tuesday evening ny "il"dh
Page. at the Academy Of Design, before an unusually
large audience, the majority Of whom were ails'S OF
patrons Of art The lecturer saidi
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Onr last lecture 10 SVu Ire
presented the raw material Of the Whole arr OF pnItnE
IN me hihe a.. ra rrirnery degrees OF light and
darI-vhite, black and the niermeniateol "a "a
these three, the equilibrium or mC,ue I'M ;
and the three primitive cOI0rs-fci, |eio", anu
materials out Of which 20 build our niefOCosin bUt eY
are enough and indeed they have been dvdtd 80 tAt
some OF the greatest schools OF art nave Only tsen Que
set Of these primaries TAe great 5Cno3ioI WhcI la
was the leading example confined lIHci Amos Whol 10
lines, and the excellence OF tat senG9i = rcancPid
to lines alone. That school Is more easily Known ana
transmitted to the world than any otter school
by Going 10 Italy to look at Raphael Cor the excellence
OF his works is conveyed by engraving by drawing ant
the best thing he did do not appreciate without
seeing the original for he unqutsuonaby had leaning
to chiarOscurO, and would DO great III that department
propose to make some remarks in view of li+
most popular and wcll-knOwn works; that is, we are
going to have thrown Oh this screen few Oi the cartoons
Which probably his greatest works. and you wi,
These lines stand behind everything he has done-he
contrasts these lines until he Is muster on ii,GS
the sense in which Raphael performed II they hlh no
deo nj mat of cures 10 an extended plane,
| TO large number-an our accounts OF them with few
instances, being OF two three gures ana 10 more anu
probably separated But you will see in ltaP!el com
prehenson Of the whole OF large number Of hgureS AZ
| the peculiar charac ,crstic of this school. ~.
had always supposed until saw the gatos OF GhiDer
that lie the inventor OF that KIND OF compositions
but that is not 80, Ot these gates OF me Baptis nv
gates Paradise. present tue whole great features "a
pictorial representation such a. Raphael gave us
Raphael never forgot tine ground ON when ms pictures
stood or the great law of the position OF these FIRST or
primary lines and he seems to haze had not only pc
culiar gift OF his but great readiness to use 0ht
mems brains. Our young men who near patronizihs
friend 81 keyour picture better than The works OF
the old masteTsyOur design IL better Than aphae r.
count il small praise Inc man exposes hiseil anu noes
eSposon have PERHAPS ern newer better
certainly never were better presented ln the piano man
by this now propose that he VIII nave one OF h'
cartoons thrown upon the screen anu 'diA NUN
| about 10. ,
camera reprssentatons Of a nnmScr Of Raphaes Car
tOons, from etchings thrown on the screen iher
toon appeared 1t was Christs Charge to Peter ant
In his remarks upon II the lecturer said; ,,o A..
This Is one OF the most complete OF tue series he III
consideration have brought TO bear on the s9l
H nSse Of fT the fer e c
continuous mass uhe discipesG pu' ne rJ ipiti, VI
real greatness is entirely cut of from the othc
compositions, and yet. as You wiz lresVny -,
seine of our students may not forget This figure is e
tirey separated from the group ana ioncIes res. u
which is the Catholic point oil me STORY, is followed
the finger Just above SO te2 II the key were put 1ac
Observe here, also, some of the small designers w0u
have taken of the old men aud put them orwai
70 co ntras them with this youthful figure of John. 81
Raphael said the old men are not 80 enthusiastic;
here as eompanions; but they still form mporta
palt o. the group The dropping figure Of Peter alno
10 the level OF the hand, makes him importan
/ | abserve the family resemblance between these Nv
trohen even the har aud see how close observ,
OF Dature wac, and how he keeps 10 his story, 80 t
II WAS said It seemed as il he had the Apostles 10 sit
him for Il cir portraits there Is such sense OF udiv
| uality anu reality conveyed In them
, ! Otier Cartoons shown and commented an, an
then The SPEAKER coLiiDgcd: All that We have talked
here age examples of liner. Yet there only TIL
~ she PRINCIPLES OF the All involved herr Taese iii
elements might be c0sd, red ~ chaos and tine artist
far admissible in the light Of creator, IN very la
plane. bt sfi the artist hus control 80 nes element
Ee proposes wiih Them IA combine. 10 image 81
| tbat entire universe. THIS II his Httlc
were. He Stands, IL We're, Previ len,
IN that universe, l,r every line will take the form
chooses e. pGL HpoB IT viii remain wherever he cLoOs
Put II. He Is The GgbiIer Of this liaoa. II e bTn
order aad aceao OF IGlatone Ia II, tnrHc means pr
feotly adequate 10 rcpI,Sent IN an Image all Tat II
ctatoi Lar mN ~ ne beautiful and 6Iano " lbe y
W Ian ~ DhtuIt.