, 1875-08-01


School, he Will discern that the ain Of G1eei
Art VIA to realize perfect natural types. Ths
process was one Of selection aud combination
! They dlscsiminated between the essentials o
beauty and ita accidentals. Wherever, in tht
| models which previous Art had lett, OF in living
| men and women, they oisce1ned parts or fear
lures which were in unison with that Instinct o1
/ the soul which differenGates between the per
1nanent in natural sympathy and the graceful @,
| appropriate phases which beauty assumes undel
local causes and shifting conditions, they seized
the discovery, and applied it in their approxima-
ton toward perfect natural types.
The great artists Of modern times worked il
precisely the same manner, although they only
aspired FIRST to the formation Of correct ideals
then to their accurate reproduction, bnt not,
"a did the Greeks, to the creation OF perfect
] types. RAPHAEL deplored the raucty Of beau-
| tlful women, and confessed that, "to paint
y beauuful figure, be must see othets moro
beautiful; and that be had striyen hard to at
| tain within his mind certain ideal" The
] sculptor GIBSON chose three Of the finest male
models in nome when working upon his
BAccHra. He did not seek to reproduce
| the entirety Of any one Of tho three,
or that one would have been enough; but
to select the most symmetrical parts Of eaeh and
combine them in his cast. Then he engaged q
femaie model because the Greeks usually
threw into BAccHUs female traits" TuonwALp-
sES employed over thirty models during the
three years IN which be worked upon
hia VENUS. The individual beauties OF SO
many different forms nj more or less beau
dful are combined in the sculptor's unit and
the product of these common fractions is con-
sidered the finest Of modem Art DokATE1Lo,
the Florentins sculptor, experienced great diff
Guilty in getting favorable models for his JUDITH,
and suffered more weariness in examin-
ing the features and the capacity for poee
of his feminine visitors, with view to their
partial adaptability for the assassin Of HoLo-
FKRHEs, than in chisellng the reluctant marble.
So arduous was his toll that, upon giving the
final touch 70 the almost palpitating form,
he cried, "speak nov! am sure you
canf" This process OF sacrificing. 80
to speak, many human beings for the for
nation OF & single material being, had the
effect. naturally, OF angende1ing familiarity and
contempt in the artists mind for the person 50
employed: and the acquired habit is ikely to
grow 70 intense and involuntary IA to be no re-
specter of rank. NoI1EKESs the English
sculptor OF the middle Of tie last century, when
making bust Of the King, thrust q pair Of
compasses into the monascll'a nosa and ran
some risk Of putting his Majesty's eyes out,
while measuring the height and breadth Of his
forehead. Rounu1Ac, French sculptor, who
preceded EoI1EkEHs IN England. often startled
decorous company by e1claiming, Madam,
must have your hand!"-when he merely
meant to borrow it's shapelness. When be
made his statue OF HANDEL, he said that
80 exquisite sense Of hearing could only be
represented by small and elegant ear; and
Mss Rich became famous for 3 day because she
was abla to lend him her car, literally, for the
desired model. Was the artist justified in put
ting Miss R1cH's ear On H4xDK1's head
By the laws OF ideality. be certainly was.
He argued, probably, that in creating 80
great musician as HANDEL, Mature meant to
give him an external organ indicative, according
to natural harmony, OF the refined sense which
it contained. Accident thwarted Nature, aud
the artist corrected the mishap.
Tho two accepted models OF perfect hnman
beauty are tho VENUS De mEp1c1s aud the
APOLLO BE1yKpERE; and they illustrate, with
extraordinary miuutenass, the respective char-
acte1istics Of sex. ''This allotment OF several
"says Watt, was Iona OF, the irst
qualities of which the works Of the early
Greeks expressed singular appreciation. To
their representations Of the one Rex, they gave
swelling muscles, large and bony articulations,
vigorous expression, aud the appearance OF sln-
ewy elasticity, all indicative OF the highest de-
gree Of energy OF Life combined with Tesolnte |
Upon the other, they implanted |
the tenderest Rracea, the modest elegance, the |
rounded forms, the graceful action, the imid !
restraints which modesty imposes upon |
freedom Of movement in girlhood, the |
refnenents Of ornaments. costume, and that |
nalasless charm which hangs about the lovely |
Eozm OF WOMAN Even in their representations Of
he Goddess OF Wisdom md OF War, no unfeni- !
aine characteristic was aver introduced: = grace
md beauty distinguished no lees the M1SxnvA
han, in 4 different form, they adofn the /!
VENUE"
PaA1rTIEs, 264 years before CHRrsr, chiseled ]
no VEsusEs,-ons nude, the other draped-
The people OF the Island Of Cos preferred the
after On account Of it's assumed modesty, and |
purchased it-the same price being set On both.
Tbs citizens Of Cnidus bought the reject
ID figure, and afterwards refused It
o H1coMxDEs, Tho offered to c4n-
al an immense debt In exchange.
{ is this statue which is said to have been the |
riginal OF the VENUS DE MEn1c1s, which is the
Tork Of CLzoMESEs, about 200 years before
'HR1sr. The sculptor represents tho goddess
iing from the sea, on the ahore Of Cythe1ea- It
10 found in several pieces, in Rome, in the sew
nteenth century; and, after remaining for soma |
me in the MED1c1 palace, whence it acquires its |
Ame it WAS transferred to Florence.. It is nude.
feet IL inches in height without the plinth,
hich is .nodatn, and bears an inscription copied
rom the original, giving the artists name. The
ght sr1n, the lower half Of the left arm, and =
~ joininge. are also modern. Il
BxRoN's poem is but faint hint Of it, inde-
xibable beauty:
ppoAzsA'st thou not 70 PARp In thtz gnhs9
r 70 more dsepls- biess AHcH1sxa: Or
! ~ Thy t@~1ect goodess-ahip when lies
atore thss thy own sanqrished Lord Of Wr1
I'd gazing u ahy fAsa. u toward ssax,
Nd On thy lap hts sysA II k1s4 nptnrn, /
esdtDR On thy sxes4 eheekl vht}s thy fip1 41A
18th lava Hksss melting whi1s they aut1.,
aoxsFsd cn hi ~ ead& hzow and mouth, from IN
unit
The ApoE1o Bnv1pxKE wfs discovered in tho !
Tins Of Antiuu, in 1908, aud plAced in tho Bal
sdege of the Vatican 1ta original ia supposed
f.~p ] d,