National Republican., 1874-06-08
Mati0aal gerabritan
AREEOFEs.
TEE DSArR or NOSES.
By ALExESEDEn OAsAsAL-

I'm the Corcoran Gallery Of Art.)
tu this picture, whoys sublime force breaks
more and more 90 the observer Is be studIss it.
the generaithsme, "Phe y p,ath Of Noses y set
f0rth By two accessories which demand special
log above the angels that bear the hody from the
summit ef Nsbo. and himself supPorted By
:heraes, Is sdssiiy osasplcuous Tth Moses
Sssd .Ss n.ssssd G:aas Gsse i'1G "ss ass e 1ss
Anaelesststue ef Mover they are short borna aa
Of rid so are ssn isst1ss "a tor ssPanssI0n
general theme v drawn from the account Of tho
dsssb Of Moses, recorded In Dsut, I1xiy: 10 e.
ETod, I1xiy 70 70 sS ss % the appssrsnos n he
face Of Moses when he came Dawn from Mount
Sinai with the tables of tbs laS andelso iron
Hosss between Tia rulers cf the upper aad lever
world AZ hIs death. -farf =
The substsnee o. the record IN Deuteronomy -
this: Moses o called TO- the top Of Mount Hebo.
east 81 the river Jorda to vieu the land sfCasaaR
on the west Of the river. Brom the top 0f ths
sG1, S .es,ss ss sc ss
knoWeth Of his sepaichre TO this DAY. Three
isets eonsptre TO sustain the unIysrsal opinion
1hat' ~ Hks EnSeh (Gsn, iv 2. and Heb si=s and,
-ia.edyF or transferred 6Odiiy % hssTsn. This
opinion acsorts with the idea that -four diffsfent
Of the Law, the Prophets. aod sf ths Gospel hsve
iernlsned heaven With proofs OF The ecdy,s rdsnr-
ressten. r sscoLds ,Ei:h the fact thai AI6sss sE
Inks tx 80, A. ohris,'s u az Sshg gnrstlon. Most
ef an lt s necessarily inplet IN 4hs fact that the
spirit bat for .iths body. Of Noses -
fhs general grouping In the composition OF
CAbaneFs picture, which represents the angels
NsbO. bsaringths BODY of Moses, is in accordance
With the his hest authority Asto the main fact
The colossal nsurs who direSts ths angels Is
The visitors to churdhss ap5 galleries In Europe.
accnetomed to see TIE representatives. Of ths. Dts,
vine Being As snbodies, 0an hardly at hrst rssi.k
the Impression that this embodiment is the artists
design. II has seemed to be justified cy the fsct
that In Eden, and In the lives of Abraham, jacob
and Daniel all through the Old Testament his
tory, Jehovah, or "The LORD Is represented as
embodied, and wslkiag and talking on earth.
The universal conception Of the best artists, how
tion tvii 81 Of ..Tns Ancient Of bsrsn In Oaba-
-Rel's DeHth OF Moses. the colossal hxurs has
youthful features and the vigor Of an athlete. Ie
conception brmgsin IN the moment when Satan hss
been driven froFn the feld into the darkness Of
mtg 1T behind the mountain top, and when tri-
mphanr Michael is carrying the body hssFen-
fae aspect Of Moses 10 admirably true to tho
represe ntaiion that at the moment Of Moses
ated"-(Dsnt. xxxivT.J In the shaded and
saElou cast Of his complexion, however, and in tho
hssd ~ sosa r ?, h aEsi p.oce1aTr roS 5i iors
rendering Of the Latin vuigsts which misled also
M. Angelo. In the picture OF NJ oses coming DOWN
IfOHlhAOfnt SlDaf u u tEr6c uulcs sthted tnat MS
face was s.redisnt. SO powerful being its iusrre
that he WAS obliged 70 veil his face because the
people we're dasfled b its Hight The Hebrew
ard the Greek translation made by Hebrews for
Ptolsmy, use terms equivalent to the Engltsh
radiant or .rayed.E The structure Of tho EAssn
language lad Jerome 70 pssthe word. ''eofnuta.''
or 1hcTned," which NJ. Angelo, and after hlna
most European artists, have Understood 10 DO
literal Instead Of bgusaqVs In meaning. The ap-
pearapce CT Moses was doubtless that 81 Jesus ON
Tabor, when "His fHos shOQe as tho sun. ."-tMAt-
thew, IVii:2.) This idea Of Jesus' aspect ST tho
TrsnsdgurAtios Raphael Mepgs has, 10 the sd-
mira Bile picture 10 the Coreotan gallery. trsns
ferred. Rnd with pTspTiety, to the babe Jesus,
making the babys body the centre nf liEht, east
log Its rays aud projecting rs shadows upwards
into the open SKY as we'll rs dowpWards and
around the nssnger. This single defect, comnen
TO ell the schools takes rs httle from the great
merit Of the artists work Bs does Raphaeps
dwipdling of Mount Tabor into klllock In his
sublime scene Of the frsnshgurstion.