Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-31
sou,e beautiful aud New works Of Art

Par. Correspondence New York Tribue.I
7 have tn.dsy seen two masterpieces OF
our time "L2 source, =" # 81. lDgres, ana
the "Hu-tross Diana" Of NJ. Cleelnger'
which will occupy two OF the huest
pages 10 the cOntempoIsneous history
of9rf j had seen At Rome the diana"
RI Ciesinger, aud in 1855 / had seen the
tts,uraav on the easel OF NJ. lngres
RssuriS1l works have this advantage,
That the more you see them the noer
tbev gpgear. Art itself is CODES ,
which IAN bes;oW the gift OF eternsi
vcuth 4 hundred years, Thousand
years hence, these two adorable hgures,
living In marble and on canvas VIII not
he a daV older like those masterpieces OF
antioUitv which oftnemselves give their
g8Iy Immortality to the gods OF Olym-
pus. OLYMPUS is always the fstheriand
dreamed OF by artists, because 1t 70 the
native county Of the beautiful. 1t wss
through the half-open door OF antiquity
thai N. Iugres snd NJ. CiesiDger saw
their 90 Dana" and the "SouTea," which
cause us to forget that we belong to a
century where the forests are no longer
iuhebiied except by peasants and GUARDS
IN uniform. ,.--
SIS Source is premature beauty:
She IA opIy sixteen, and she smiles at
life from her violet blue eyes. She Is
entirely nude. with that chsste nudity
which forms the first raimeHt OF child
hood. She is blonde, as if the sun had
powdered her hair through the GUNNER
inc foliage. The painter has cAressed,
melted. chiseied the ideal lines OF her
bsaulifuI form in the finest rhythm OF
Contour ard with 3 virginity OF touch
which charms every eye. Feltclen
David aud G0uaod came together al the
came time with me to see La source; -
"What a musician is NJ. Ingres!" said
NJ David.
nYesU said Gounod, "that picture
sings like the sweetest symphony"
lyon are right" 1 said to Gounod,
there are Symphonies also for the
eyes" ..
II would hazard one criticism" L adj
ded. ,qhst urn which she bears with
such divine grace appears to me an III.
chosen synlboI. / would prefer to see
the water trickling from her hands and
her hair, like the naiads Of the ancient
frescoes"
"Prue." said Felicien David. "The
spring ought not to seem to be hlilng
her urn at the fountain"
"What does it matter" said Gounod,
"p,ovided that can drink at this source
the poetry of Homer and OF Zeuxls?'
The "Diana" of NJ. Ciesinger came
out In pure whiteness from the Noun
tain of Pharos, with her bow in her
hard and her hound at her feet 1t Is
Clesinger's masterpiece. NJ. Paul de
st, Victor says he prefers the dog TO the
goddess l prefer the goddess to Inc
dog. The sculptor was Inspired by ms
msster, Phidiss, and especially by the
beauty Of a young princess Of the Bona
parte family. There exists not IN nature
nor liz art finer symbol of the chaste
pride CT the naughty daughter Of Latons.
Tie goddess is sitting in an attitude
of rep0se. Her moist drapery seems TO
indieats that she has just come from
the bath, or rather that she has just
trsyersei the luxuriant thickets wet with
morCinz dews. Never has q sculptor
better succeeded in spreading over the
marble that hloom of life which was the
sou! Of Galstea. at the sight OF that
adorable Diana you recognize at once
tn sister Of Apollo, and long to thread
With her the shsdowy forests peopied
With those fresh visions Of antiquity be-
loved Of poets. The dog is also a portrait
Il is that Of Ciesinger's hound, noble
beast Cf pstTicaD air and attitudes. 1t is
perhaps EndymiOn transformed.