, 1875-03-06
at It," Nothing more rcrm. to have como Of
thn, however, but NO learn of


wllicl, wero oft1orod by Jhcopo CALI. Roman
gentleman. Dacchun is sapresontcd by mixed
youth, crowned with wreath Of vine loAves, 4
tiger sktn aanging eyer s arm: VI h, lie reons to
grape, having just drainpl a crip which llo holds
in his right ita1l, and which han given an uncer.
tainty to tf,s polao OF bin figure, occasionally
aeon oven at the present day aMohx the mortala
grapcn is hcl,l In tho left HANDY fsom wI,ici, .
little salyr feeds Critcs object 70 clasa thts In
to1lcated yonth nmonR clanslca1 works, and tiers
ecemn 70 bo itslo Of tho ideal abnut 1t. pesl.ps
were 90 frequent ~ 10 mako Ii diilic,,l. to 70.
sLom ont OF portrait style into the ideal.
Ills Cupid il much moro highly praised. This
represents tho youthful .Eod rsating upon ono
knoo aud bonding etiRhtly forward, ~ II from a
height lie was watching tho cotrae Of an arrow
which hs Ind sped from his bow. Tic face ia
full of lfo-lko expression, while the ltmls show
low thoroughly the artiat had applied hia kuowl-
c1ge Of anatomy. An Adonla In tho Uthzi ai1o
bslOnEs 10 this pnTtou.
llo INV executed shat group Nh,ch a. onco
tlacsd lin above al his compositions and proved
lin 10 10 tile gteatcat Of artists. Ills was
THE r1ETA
which WAS ordered by the Cardinal d t;an Dioni-
II, the French Ambassador At 1aome II tepto.
asusa tie Madonna Hoased. aLilo the dead
body OF tie Christ lea upon her Ian.
it would aocm - II tic body wcre hardly vi
cold. tho llfeIcsancsa OF death being thcrc but
tllD GWtISJy HANkl1lHs aSOllliHH mora
hsausif ful ean we'll bo imagined tlisn tLls figure,
with ita lifeleeH arms and legs hanging s,l.
pineiy, with tho head fallen back TIC Nh
donua is too heavily drapod, perhaps, but tho
1gure Ia full Of expression.
TAis group raised Michel Angelo Al onca 10
tic position ho hha ever Hinca held in tho world
OF AT. La piota war first placed in side chanei
Of the old BAsilica Of St. re;or'A. md when tho
church was rebuilt was again placed In eiho
chapel, but in such vretched laht that Il Ig
INN nuE E{hla In nhf0 i.1nt r,f
The uo1e thing Of nots IL
HIS MADONNA AND CIfILn
at EotEe Dame de 1,rrgcs. This has been ths
causo Of much speculation, and certain crttcs have
uro Inequalities in It not usual 10 tho great Ar
ttat bat there arc beauties which could onfv
havo been his work. Perhaps the wlsost view is
to attribute 1t, as some Of the hrt~cri.cs do, to
liso-s'ze, The mothor rentod with tho CHILD lean
lng nEAinBt her left knee, and holding her hand
with lila right hand. reaching out tic other
toward a book Which tho Madouun holds TIC
derects III this work nrc q uispropoztiop-
f,e1 fteiy l lionS nee neck' .nsn IND .lortnsss ot
lis beauty consigts in d purity Of expression In
tho Madonna's faco, and an admirable manages
mont Of tho arapory, which has peculiar soft
ncsH about It.
lIe also painted after bis return to Florence A
picture Of the lioiy Family for Messcr Agno'o
Dpnt, which shows fncneBs Of detail usl1a1tv
applied only to mloiaturer.
THE DAVID.
order ior liz pasS hs vas to 1'sea So earyed sd
from stono 1s feet high upon which another
a.atuo had already boen dosignod Ho had M
dertaken to execute fifteen small slatucs for
the Ricolofnini .vault In tho Cathedral of
sssek tba boef Il na~sSSs m"ssls he he
put ns!de his siena statues aul da1o.ed
bimsclt to this work. Tho wax model which he
nodded 10 stil In tue Utizs.. lie worked 30 In
dustrotsly on thls that hc frequently slept With
once at the first dawn Of day. 1t was completed
in 1901. The Judith OF Donalo.ta waa removed
tlom tho 1lueltera In front Of the rniozzo Pub
leo to mako room for 1t. Tllis statue van gigau-
;le IN azo and as such scafccy realized ths ideal
Angelo was BY tho fact that another figure had
bcen outlined upon It, ho still succeeded In pro-
tlucing remarkable atatuo. The sling is held
In tho right hand, tho arm Of which falls
tbs sIaino Is nude, and pcrhapB mora remark.
able for its eizo than anything else, II compared
with Angelo'e otllor works. When 1t was fin
ished aud In position, tho Gnefaloniere, tiotrn
Sodetrtui. ono Of thoso mon WHO ara nothing II
Mounting upon ladder, Angelo apparently used
his clise1 for some tlu,o, lotting a quantity OF
marble dust which ho llnd taken up fall to tho
ground. IIo then asked, - How doc4 It look
nova" Drafol brayol Iou have given 1t
Tho yenr before his " David Was completed
Michel Angelo contracted to make tho statues Of
ti,o Tuo!ve Aroatlcs for tho Wool-Mer-
charts Guild, QUO Of which was to ho
two rc'iois Of the Madonna and chiId. shici.
were mover finished. Ono il III tho Royal Acad-
smy. London, tho otllor IN tho Ualzi. lIo also
painted uoly Family, which ia now in tho Ttib-
une Of tho Unlzi, but which lacks Boftness, and
IL scarcely pleasing.
Another work upon HAlo}l ho Wns cnlplotel
was hts wonderful cartoon OF
T4K BATTLE or PISA,
In Which 10 vtod with Leonardo da Vtnci, II hAa
beoa alluded 10 elacwhcse, but dcserros moro
lantry, bsthlng IN tho Arno, who have evidently
been warned Of the Appronch OF tAc eue.ny by d
seasad figure, who points In tho direction
by which they ITO approaching. Tho
alarm a., ias J., sptcad, and the ao1tets
a.rmcd, others seizlnG their clothes aud huE1ytns
them on !; atill otbesA droaHed aud grasping thoif
1rmH; aon,e Just emerged from thu river; otLora
lasltuE CUT, while Hono 1re clambcring up tho
nave alroady Ieaehcd the top. All is ilfo and
:o1nrnotion. Tho figures weFo tho stzc Of lfo.
mud the subject gave scopp for every variety uf
positton aud arrangement Of dzapery: Tho car
Loon WAS drawn In black chalk, the shadows be-
ng in brown and tho lights tu shaded white.
Colini Insists That not even III tho sstino Chapol
I'D Augclo again Bhow such force and origin
ality.
Willie 10 was still st work on this cartoon ho
VAS Summoned by julius r.. to ltolna. nt tha
nstigaton Of Giuli4no Sau Gallo. Julius de-
tired him to desigu
A ooLoss4L MACsoIEuA
@ b. placed In the Hasilioa Of 1t. Peters. To
.escriba tho old Uasilee would occupy too much !
pace. lio aelectol tho Tribune, which had boon !
by popo Nicholaa V. but noyar oom-
,lated 'rhiA f}oa ultimately led In tho leafr1,