, 1875-03-06
NUMBER. los.

20. neaofc ,, 100 Last Judgment and gazing up Al
nWcsas ~ c.nY o. ehe astne Chapel md viawing tho
like him. 'Ao' n"' %o's ao "o'
They have not looked long enough or eoen
o.sp avTp Enough, ana 80 havo failed to comprehend
atulied, learned by heart, drcstci na,m"tod truH
a'id thou they foed And rno1e ono to high arpirs.
ZION as natlilnR cl6o in a1t can do. lie In nbso.
n!oly without peer IN conception, originality,
iotcahostenane, grouping, aud, above Ill In tho
mora! character EXPRESSED sl.rousl, hjs wnrls ~
aud hl1 works arc but true tudex to btmaclf
lie never painted low subject; mover nyan cot,.
S'svoa Tnsnta r'',, sns ard althonE THAT aeanp len
hneaks Of Michel Angeto'a being in question.
alle socicty, and ho muas hare bccn Il Ceiiini
Was lte.oit-ho ii now proved to 10 not
M4ehel Angelo, but another sgtist of tho same
clared "'e'"f'et" o"'' oos
=. 1nis NOBILITY AND run,zY or CHARACTER
70 no aainmpeaeha1le, thus illustrating Cicsros
that no artist, however great jn co,,imH can Ia
leadlng master unless ''he bo good man"
:, Ills rdrhI sifo 10 noticeable; Komp. Fiorence.
e.iSot. ssIso ho!oS1s %9S5 al l.'lys1 indeed a liz
tb.tr c4lla,-clamod him. He mas AZ uniyeraai
a. Dnsinci, moro SO: but II aeeus a roookarv n
attempt 70 cnumeta asa trhat ho could do ar ho,n
Ae coald DO T. and 80 we must be content sitb
mentioninE bin nsaster-pleca in scnintnrc
- ,lohcs.' tho Bstne ceiling for paintinr. All
tho magnificent dome Of 1t. Fetes'a Tor nrehitcns
ta'e. and aafoy niaT NO asl. for another arint In
% brought forward WHO has approached ia tia
slightest degree any ono Of these marvellous
H0sRa.
We h.ve seen how At 1a, %, CO, TO- 70. On h.
was working on and on--dyiug almost viii, tho
c!iael IN lie hand-for love of btu a,t, Which
klndlod with bis increasing Industry.
't1s p1ox1Tr AND sELr.AEsfEcr
fTero - mafkod as his ability. He compelled
'txyn.f- Po,eu.stc., Popss and he lived thFonel,
J., :" ad@lnissrs!ion 9t niue Popoa; e 70
oes s 81 !se eh!st IL 0ts'15S u z
sss w e .te 9 It 4 tbe 'GSs,fo st Il f1ia, Ito
table, All haste va, .de 70 yeetiiy tho anna. rse
he stotisly refused to more. SAYING 10 bis broad
aud mellow Scotch: 4'1t IL the head Of tho tabio
tehtrvrcr Mac eits." Mteho1 Angelo created
superior atmosphere uherovor io iyod and
ho had hls fricnds naotn |,e appreciated, and by
whom NO was not only houorcd and respected,
but loved US few hnyo ever boon. FIe nsror mar.
Jed but devoted hiu1self to Ills rolatiyss mad Ets
beloved srt, which he ca'led Ills "spousc." Ills
acttons proved his loro for children and his al-
'nstasion for wo1lon Ia shown in tts poetry,
which is collected aud published in q volume.
Somo Of It In ex1uistely tendo1, coming {.ou,
ono 90 sslf-pol.ed and resolutc; but it is what
to tho wo1ld his graceful, beautiful I've, in
Judgment"
vrTronrA cotoAxA.
His poetry is chIcny eonnets. and many of
those arc Addressed to fittoriA Colonua His
friendship and love, 80 puro aud fervsnt for this
noble, gifted toyAblo woman, was fitting fruit
ase and csowninE Of hia declining tsys. Ono
knoHa not which to admire most.-tho stateiv,
courtiy, high-bscd, dorout woudcrfu. woman.
herscll poet and the csntro Of admiration for
Kings nobililJ, and Conrss, the equally atate-
n, hiEh-pted, lofty. knghtiy Mienel Angelo.
commanded the lore, heetn equally perfect In
thon,sel:es and their relations to each other.
'!storia died HAT, and tho great aoui OF tho
mighty artist was cnahrouded tn sadnces for the
1esoiute, strong to ondurc, And be worked on
and looked up, lighting the battle With tho world,
tho aceh aud tho deyil to tho end mud gaining
o. such natute muat, il it DO nodded Ia tha
IlEnt cnanhel. q triumphant victory over mental
Of soul.
Ono forsets willingly bis uarc.sn, his auto
cratic dnmeanor towa-d encroaohlng cauais, aud
remembers gladly
HIS usyAnMxa K1soSEes
70 interiors, helping struggling Artists; incon.
yenicnclnG himself tu profido for the family Of
which he was . menboT, but with nho.a he did
ne no. I11 enooso s g - sese M no; ouy
utblno, aud a: hts death mourning him "a :
friend, faithful and true. who had gone before
to tho Paradise, where he confidently expected
to Join him.
ia wc etand unon tho verge Of tho cloacly.ap-
proachine four hundredth anniversary OF Michel
Angeles birth. hia euloE!stic nufii's reasons Tor
writing his lite may DO looked upon In tho light
OF prophecy fulfilled. lie says "Le. no QUO
ho surprised that lsayo written the lifo Of
Michel Angelo. wo Is yet living. Siucs it is not
expected that Ito can cTeg o, It has appeared TO
mo Proper 10 DO him tlsia little honor; for when,
IN common with other 1ncn. Lis lito ehn! paas
awar, ho will be Immortal In bis Immortal works,
tho fA.no Of Which. "a long aa the world lasts.
will 1ivo NTH glory In tho mouths OF uen and ii
Their records, in conto,npt OF Envy md despite
of Dcnih." FRANCES Il. uuucE,