, 1875-03-06

| ra.ein snd efcating marine Animtss. In Tho
ia. been The mo.t % admired % ''oieu .; an ahs tns
atiol, Of woman, anI oecnp!ss ts fIro .ho
cont,si point of tho cei1!ng. Tho fAl OF Adam
| IN the next. Ths templer - represented Ly :
! beautiful human bo.ly ending In 4 nerpent's
folds. Adam 10 plnek,ug tho fruit. wlilo Eva
.lss =, tha foot Of the :rse waiting to receive
and cn.ro Of Ham. In tho four corucss uf Tho
Ephndeils Of shs ceiling A1o largo compartments
iii the first Of which Is 1.-The Erazen serpcnt,"
IN The saeond 1.-THE Punishment Of Hatnan,"
fourth Judtf, with tho head Of jIoIofe,nea,
Around tho charcs arc twotve majestic Agures,
rsyen plophesa and iiva tibyls. The prophets
9so Jonas; Jeremiah, Ezeklel Joel, Zaelarta.,
r., ,saia1,, and psnIe Tls styls arc !ho Persian
tho Lyhian. Tho lnneties arc tliled with paint
tngs from the douaentic lifo Of Chr4st. Tho ped
chthls which incloss tha thrones Upon whtct, the
prophets Z and syb'la are seated arc surmonuscd by
| nude tgutes Ill patra, botwcen cacll Of whom a7e
placed bronze shields painted will, ncenes from
Jo.stat history. They ara f,ankei bv terni,d
Painted T., VARIETY o. attitudes to mtate rcap-
cuWpote thiH tnaryo1ous work.
4 cEEAron OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
After tho death Of Julius H. It was determined
to build his 1nansolenm on 4 smsllor scale. An.
colo Wortod on it for time, but was afterwarI
-OnnA'oEACuSA w l!lAht u tIl1uGl luE 8Q6 4QcAu0
OF 6nn Lorenzo. Ifo waa sent to o1cayAte tho
narblea Tor tl,is anu in th,s manner oyar five
seArn Of his llfo waH waatod. 1n 1920 ha COM
inehced the atatuo OF Christ which IL In tho
find him secresly at work upon. the monument
for ropc Julius. Clement VII. becoming Pope
however. he forcol him again to work on tho
fscalo OF San 1oronzp, whao t4e Duke OF Ur-
monument to tho Pope. THIS Clonen. would
not permit.
Angelo commenced, however, uudar new
contract, tMtlso statues for lhe tomb III Jullus,
Of which tue Moses alone was flushed lie lef.
unfinished group. called vic.ory,-uov in tho
IslhZzo !ecohio-four ptieonatB IN grosto Of
the loboli Gardens u Florence, anl Two rris-
oherA ln the Louvre. TLs latter, even in III u,l-
finished slate, Is conS'defed aulolg the most
boRuttful Of tho aItist's sso1ky.
During the siege Of Florence ho commenced
picture Of t4cda. aud aculptnrod all a;le;utical
figure of Military dloTy.
r. ,r,t T.. sa,stai, graEn ~ wohSs' I.s,, ,..,
Aurora for tho Medoi tomba, aud skotrle1 on.
tue Day and Twilight Day Is sepsesented
by giant, Night by colossal woman buried In
sleep. ue also commenced = statue Of Apollo
and = Madonna aud Child. Tho latter Is partio-
ulAtly original in beauty Of design. aud a.ogeth-
or ffee from tho etercotyped treatment of tho
subject. tho infant'a TACO heiug turned away aud
buried IL ilia mothers bosom. In 1889 he COM
find him appointed Architoot, sculptor Ald
patntor to tho Apostolic Cha,nlor. Ii, 15;1 hin
Last judgment WIS shown to tue PUBLIC. yaessri
aayH Of 1t tint "not ouly Rome hut tho whole
world were flied With etnpor and WONDER"
1u 15i7 ho WAS appointed
ARCHITECT or KT. PETER's.
To which lie nom devoted himself. lie, how
over, found tiuae to construct tho facade Of the
Farncao Palace aud complete tho ftescoea In tho
Pauline Chapel.
10 euter upon the tronbles with. which he had
to compete in tho finishing Of Ut. Petasa would
not Ia possible. It ksanlH to-tlay monument
OF his giorT, but unfortunately not porfeot
one. for lis doaign war not carried out as he
wished. In comparing bis drawing with 1kctcl
OF the cathedral 10 1t II, llor the beauty
and nobility Of the structure has hectl impaired
W The olianGcs made In 1t. Even tho wonderful
dome 1oscs half its beauty when viewed from tho
Outside, whlo tho smaller turrctB at the side arc
almost entirely hidden BY tho facade aud its e1-
tcrior beauty spoiled by the olongation Of tho
centrM nave.
Still, oven Us it is, it il a monument OF glory
Which no other artis. has over boen equal i,
erecting and leaving ns an immortal record Of
most rare and wonderful geniua.