, 1875-08-08
AIT MUHAICS
III,

| 1o1 MUhAlCS
| III,
| CHA7EAunR1AHD, in Genie 6s Clrisfiunisme
Gays: The pleasing writers Of Greece relate
| that young female, perceiyirs the shadow ol
ner lover upon vail chalked the outline Of the
figure Thus, according to ant1ouity a transient
passion produced the art OF the 1anst perfect
illusions" The story ia vasiously rented. koaA
daughter Of D1nurAnca OF Corinth, assisted he,
father in modelling in ela9 various articlea
ther's patrons, handsome G1ecian youth, tall i,
lore With the daughter, and when. after ths4,
| betro.hal, it became necessary tor him to leave
the city. KonA, seeing his shadow on the wall
traced it there With piece Of pointed charcoal
Her father Immediately filed the outline with
clay, and thus, il the legend be veil founded,
was produced tbe hrse medallion.
D1nurADEs. however, lived about the seyeutt
century before CHRIST; buF the Egyptians prac-
tlced sculpture for hundreds OF years previously,
and the culmlna.ion Of the rational style was
reached in the colossi Of Thebes. 1850 B. G.
They are four in number, each 81 feet high, in 4
sitting posture, the hands resting upon the
knees the faces characterized BY tranquility and
vigilance combined. Tue finest specimen Of
Egyptian colossal sculpture ia the original head
Of Young MEMN0N, the material Of which ia gran
ite; 3 recovered portion is now in the British
Muaaum,-About one-third the height Of the
statue. Granite is the hardest substance
used in the sculptors art; and the cutting OF the
mouth, the nostril and the ear Of the MEASoN
proves the possession OF admirable Bai!1 on the
part Of the unknown artist. In the numerous
sculptured groups found among the bas-rellefs
OF the tomos in Memphis, the beauty Of the
carving ID marred by the sculptor's ignorance Of
perspective. In their wooden statues the EGyp-
tans were accustomed to insert In eye-balls Of
quartz rounded bits Of rock crystal for the pupils,
and bright nail indicated the visual point un-
der brouze eyelida. The entire ignorance of
perspective shown IN Egyptian art is accounted
for by natural defect in the eye Of Eastern
rzcea- The great Sphinx Of Memphis dating
from an unknown period, and hewn flou spur
Of living rock, is 172 feet long and 56 feet high.
The head of the Sphinx ls human, representing
intelligence, and the boiy that OF lion. typify-
ing power; but other combinations were fre-
quentiy formed as the Criosphinx. having the
head Of ram; the Hieracosphinx, with the
head OF hawk. Some of the later Sphinxes
have sn additional feature in the form Of wings.
Avenues of Sphinxes were commonly employed
"s a''u1on' VI ~pp'uA'a ~ suo "e'p.'"a 'eA-
p'9,TA"tu1 g., sene1o",s u eloomy sHcflNse'
Ano csypt4au' ~" sonp471o ssuoo'n!,
souno&aas n'l1@"'eo ~ Iue'' efo"i'ec'u'o apo
ao'nes'e a'''c1es. ano 1ui u culaous suesese!oo.
Ne1' ~ 'ho opaln1' "n'cn sspAheo "'Saon ano
stfene1n' was tue 1an. "n'cn represented An"
mon' 1ne 1upltef o1 heVp'; too 'caoennon:
strangely enough "as INC symooi o1 tne goa OF
Force Tue l'on. or Tue god OF flre the cow OF
the goodess OF besa!y'-a singular choice the
gazeue' OF the DeV11 ana MUMMY wearing
con'cal csp' "as tue representative OF PLUTO :;
while 1ema1e 1oFn' wearing cFo~n' Indicated
is1s'-tne Egypt'an cEAEss All these symbols,
Faf1ooslY e1eca1eo. afe 1ouna ID sae temples ann
Eombs.--tne e1seflors and interiors OF tue latter
beng covered WITH oas-rene1s' scu4ptu1ed with
remarkable sk'u' representing s'eges' battles
pfoceae'ons, 1eastS. ione1ais' ene1nety oa war
aofses' eolo'ers' ana nat'onaa cos1o"a*
Many curious specimens OF Egyptian sculo~ |
.ure are to be seen IN the berlin and British Iu-
'eums and the Louvre. They are chiefly, as re-
:ordeo' Colossal statues, IN which the arms
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