, 1875-03-06

"li!csgct md holy ia hc TINT hnt, part in tho
first rcAlrrccttDn; suc tho Hecund ilenlt hath
| no power, hut ttloy Bhal 10 rronta OF tod ht
of Christ, as'd hAail roign With him Thousand
years."
Tho poems OF Michel Angelo vcro t,rat collect
cd BY his nnpllow and her, LEONARDO 1lunnarotti,
and woru first published Mt Florence III lGl3, lv
his great-nophew, a1!cboI Angela, called the
younger. himself ranking nnong tho i've poets
which Flornnce has praducod. They wnro nfscr-
ward reprintes In t72e by hanni, nnsi haye afncn
Flls original autograph maurcsirt, clearly writ
ton, IL cut ofuly treasured III lho Fn,lcSli.
MICHEL ANCELo's LETTERS.
THE PRIVATE MAN.
from Michel AnGclo's lcttots $40 learn moro
| Of tho man and rot n elcarcr insight Into his
character thnm in any othcr n,annor. Many OF
tI1ou1 havo been published anl commented on,
especially that which ho addreaacd to his old
| aervAnt Urbinns widow. Tho following, how
over In regard to tho twin arts In both Of uhio1i
lo 1s nlnstor, may have moro general interest.
1Io thus writes TO VarclI, Tho historian. wl.o
| wrote asking his opinion upon tho then much
| discussed lnostion aa 10
WHICH WAS THE surr1ton AIT,
| painting or sculpture. While ho ,li,tlouht-
eaiY preferred hcaapturo. la seons Inclined In
this lot.er to uso language 10 disguise tl,onsh.:
" ~ nen.dtt.o va,rh. l1ayo received your t!stls
.ions. liouah fear That ii viii 10 iasi.clently
should say that painting IL considered 10 ne more per-
sas .ss 5 sue ss e.
IL ltolnr,ion "a i tAprroaches to lmnng. t1erc.
taste mlxhs Is ID sors r Difference q re,atlon st
r. rssssss ii rIish ysa =, thss: H. .ps.iing
he aVs he ln;' epnsn, I ead
Waahl ~ tat; t Greaef lulqaent, dlinoalty, ni-
ans aa scs .ps s sns mi ss ,so
thing; an that, Il such 10 Tie case, 60 raner should
sf; xsy usftat n1ss 70 p,na a mn :s; "
ssaptnso tlat whlsh produces IT, H. eeet ~ Renewing
since. .thsa; to samo species Of intelligence preside.
over both sculpture aud painting, Why not make peace
tins consumed IN which would 10 much besscr cn-
uncs upon ot'er subjects 10 docs mon .his, my
tiinss mgr, is stated marl, to ill., aa,ns ,naDnsT
upon similar tc!encca: b1t they would Consume =.
re- T Ut 20 no Ss rs.ofs
for tic too great hunor you have done me. which
little mnrlt. MA. II.
Tho following letter upon
ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
must carry weight with II, oven at tue prosont
day, coming as II did from 30 great an nrcAisoct
as bftchol Angelo certainly WAS. In Lis daya
architecture and sculpture went hand in hand.
Men who dovoted thcmaolsos to tho former were
not moro builders, but they applied tllor genius
TO tho!r work, md eavo to tho world eomo OF its
''oo',ss e''''oa1. 1Ae 6oauo o. a'eu'soetu,'
nalaco. tomb. or br,lco. and ,n.ao Il n 1tiioo
,on,'r,snt ~ ~ rns,,,s ~ .a,int.o - .ssa1
,lst. In reepoct to architecture, Ilcucl Anrelo
wr,tos to Cosmo: --~.-~.-,,>.
When rlsn Tor elevation, h,, dtnereot par,,. Al,
ty o'sas to- TO- W decorated . IN the anna syie 1sat
a;ss 9se s:e q ,; 4. gss,, s
tsst A., io5 example, thu hose planted II tho middle
e. sho fseo dsprnds not on ono Or e other eyo has
yeiy to 10 eerre.iosias part. Of Il. fsee 10 Which
l. .aia e iesa ia m ssstaa soa.s o. tess q
sho human body. 10 who II not good master u the
n%fe , nH ginefn s., 81 auaoy ean1o
| dol Nlccio oontains much 10 intorcs. fron lii
me y on II uIgs 1,a,s eoorS G " w. inc Troubles
sa. tI' m aol.us II s tan0is PEI ana sG aahef III
rre%i.inF thss ho dld 1 not Sis to pant sae
tsnturo o ctar J las doa n IT{e nteres Fl.
nII".;nn -, r.. fnct tint H." ,io. ha,st. ,nve ,,e
spout his l!fo in making matches is . very hu,nar
Gne ana por!!apa uraWa I'm noatar TO hla Kin tbnr
my otlser. It shows That grand old artist rs liz
was. H6 too folt "tla alluEB aud 9rruKs Oi
outrageous fortune" I1e titus writes:
70 l!t*Ar Lutgi del Eieefo: o:-afssser kutai:-hI,
yann1 to commence painting npon Tho I.a,t Julg
VT. Il not yo y Eli tsers osna @c St sn
nuys ma mars s,, tho rnl,aE csstino. Which mt on1,