, 1874-06-07

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| admire the fountain of that nnme where the
| greut bronze augel stands in his niche With up
| fitted sword. mighty sheet Of water pouring
from the rock belon the Dragon, and, in front
tro grli1ins spoutlng foam, very 1eluctantly G
with its antique archway and picturesque ivy. u
| tha time you arrive st the palace you are seek
| ine, you Will he glad to cit down in it,
pleasant garden and rest. In I'll Paris there is
hardly plcasanter spot than this quiet garden
groves. bright hower-beds, and fragrant oranee-
~. The stately terraces, with their marble bal
ustrados, make E. feeble attempt to remind you
that you are in the neighborhood OF palace;
but on the whole, everything has delightfully."-
questionable and retired air. Arlstocratic
loupgers do not make this their promenade; but
workmen in blue b1ouses sit here and there on
tbs benches. and even venture to cat their lunch
in their noonttdo hour OF rest; and nursery
maids stroll through it with their little charges
Most of tho figures you meet have kind OF
pocE-scholar, struggling. .artlst, seedy-studons
sort Of look In fact. this is sort OF
PooR roLKs PARADISE,
for, il you have but cents in your pocket, yon
can 20 over to the kiosk yonder and buy this
mornings paper for 8, and for the rest you can
hayc bun and glass OF eau suc1ee: sitting IN
this leafy retreat, enjoying both, are you not
provided with tho chief necessities OF modoln
s1e not fashionable here, would hare you
know that ne arc not to be desplsed. In TINS
mart Of tue world, it often bsppens-as in one
favored locality in Amerlca-that, tho poorer ne
seem, the more intellectual We prove to to be:
Why, this ia, IN f:ct. classic ground. Right
across the way arc the Sorbonne and the Law
School. the College de france. tho Lycsum
Of St. Louis. tho School Of Medicine and the
School Of Mines and, not far OF, tho Polytech-
pique and tho Beau1-Arts. Keep straight on
through the central ave.ue Of the garden, and you
will come to Mount Parnassus 80, at least.
is called the boulevard which takes tho place OF
the old groves where tho students used to con-
gregate to spout Latin, declaim verses, aud
ennot dramas not to ba found in CoInellle or Ra.
cine. For this ia emphatical1y the Students aud
Artists Quarter. What Dreams, what hopes,
what enthusiasm, what folly aud despair, have
these old benches borne, these chestnuts oo-
held!
Before leaving the garden, one should notios
tho beautiful fountain Of Catbarlne de Medlcls,
and
THE SERIES OF STATUES
which follow tue line OF the groves. It in little
curious that the latter are all OF women,-Women
famous Tor so1nethingin French history. Jeanne
dare, Loutfe Of Savoy. anne Of brittany: ann
but who Was Queen Hudrogote, and what did
she do What sort OF a person was Bathllde.
and what do you know OF Bert1hds? And whose
idea w.s it, placing them haze in 1ine, as il
All Jou may be from Boston, but one nay
wager that you don't know the answer to these
queries when you first make the tour OF this
Quaint garden Of the Luxembourg. So, in An
humble franc OF mind, you wiu stroll towards
the palace.
1Hn PALACE OF THE LUXEMBOURG
is COPY Of ths famous Pitt OF Florence, and
once bore the name OF Nare de- Medlcls, by
whose order it was built, The most interesting
part Of tho interior is still the rooms sue onca
occupied, decorated by Rubens aud poussin.
Since 1859 it has bseu noted ~ the place OF
meeting OF the French Senate. Tha room in
which this body holds its sitings Is Of good pro-
portions, and finely decorated with frescoed
ceiling, columns. and statues; bat gives ono
rather the impression OF handsome chamber
than N imposing council-han- Hore the Left.
end the Right and the Centre wrang1e among
themselves; and here the battle between
Legitimist, Bonapartlst, and Republican ia daily
fought.
For tho world outside Paris. however, the
chief interest Of the Luxembourg lies in its
Gallery OF Painting. Though 80 frequently
called upon to deliver up its treasures to the
Louyre, it still contains some OF tho finest works
Of the
MODERN FRENCH SCHOOL.
Chief Of these is Couture's noble "Dacadence
OF the Romans" described at length in THR
TRIBUNE some time ago. in an article on Dubufe.
Whatever may be eaid Of the lmperfections OF
al1egory and Of the Ideal school there can bs no
outrank all others. To reproduce cool forest
interiors; golden haryest-helds, and blue-veiled
mountains, is grateful and salutaEy Office OF
Art. But to preach repentance to nation, to
great painter, indeed Would that we had. in
these troubled days Of the Republic an American
Couture to depict as gzandlJ the lesson Of the
hour.
Il Couture is the great spiritual painter Of tho
Luxembourg, surely the apostle of tho simply
natural is
ROSA noSHEUR.
It is difficult to belieye that there can be any
thing finer OF their kind than her two pictures
here: "Plowing in the Nlsernois,n and clay
uilk-white oxen treadng lsboriously through
the soft, black loem,-the white foam falling
from their mouths and fecking the dark fur
rows. So perfect are all the accessories offered
to sight, that the other senses are deluded; 20
that, in the first picture, you actually feel tho
sunshine fltering through the warm, still air;
and in the second is borne to you tho smell OF
tho fragrant hay. Let US extend what has been
limited to Claude Lorraine, end admit that, in
these p;c!ures Rosa Bonheur. also, has painted
the atmosphere. In everything except size of
CANVAS, these pictures far surpaas her celebrated
ssHorse- Fair,''-now ono Of the treasures OF tho
South Kensington Museum.
"Tho Princes in the Tower" is good speci
men Of tho art Of Paul Delaroche, though
not ono OF lis masterpieces and power
full and painful picture is Delacroixs "Dante
and Virgil Crossing the Lake which Surrounds
the Internal ReKlo1s W wiid figures with
Ao~S1 AA0S A4SA~ s1AS N-ASsA "*sSA AAN
cling to the boat.
QUITE CHARACTERISTIC
Of the French school is The Grief OF tbs |
Daughters Of Ocean at tho Foot OF the Rock to
which Prometheus Is Chained" The painter is |
Lehman, = pupil Of lngres, and the subject is |
taken from tho ~ .'Promotheus Bound' Of Lachy- |
lus. On rock rising steep and abrupt from the |
ocean Prometheus lies, aud over him tho vul-
lures are ''sailing round The cloudy peaks Cau- |
The interest centEes not so much in |
his PROSTATE figure as in the sea-nymphs uhose
exquisite ethereal forms hover in md-nir be-
tween tho bass and summit Of the cli1. In !!
spits Of the 1i6htness OF their poise, they have
the appearance Of bcinga making their way NTH |
difficulty in an alien clement. If struggling to
ancend to tho hero, bearing holp and consolation,
but beaten back by stern, invisible influence.
Only one has gained the bow of the cr.g, and
expressed her anguish by the indeacrlbab|s
abandon Of her whole figure and attitude, sug- |
gesting limited aud ohltdlike intelligence beat
ing against the iron bars Of Fate. The WONDER |
ful expression given to these nymph-lika bodies. |
in the display OF tbs mort passionate grief. is
noticeable because it marks exactly those fea-
tnres in which modern French Art e1oels all |
other.
4 DRAMATIC AND SUGGESTIVE PICTURE
is Horace Vernets "RaphEel at the Vatican"
In the courtyard Of St, Peters stands Raphael, |
skstching. peaeant-mothe- With her child has |
caught his eye, and he is transferring them to