New-York tribune., 1875-03-08
THE YALE ART LECTURES.

u,cuIrI ANGrrO's YOUTH - HIS STUDIES UNDER
novrSIco Observation-Disclosures BY THE
MEprci FAMILY
,vRon A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE TRipuSEl
NEW HAVEN, March 3.-Prof. Eatons eighth iec-
tnre WAS review of Michael Angeles early studies
md his works under the commissions OF the heoi'i
family
This great artist said the Professor was one whose
strength OF genius was such that ne sceus !" e ,
.lone IN the history OF Art He is a school by himself
He shows no traces of the pupil IN his WORK. anu Nv
puns can catch his spirit lie is one OF those men "o
seem indepe ndent OF systems and laws who uo
with the conviction that they would have been .he o
under any circumstances and at any peru" VI Wv
worlds history men who upset all our theories aOo"'
necessary limitations human activity or inc co"u'
tons requisite for the attainment OF spee"i
Hewas equally erest as painter sculptor ana arcD'ee'
and all these three branches OF arr are 80
ieated In him that We must not specialy res"'u '"0
ofer rent phases OF his artistic manifestation ou' WV
s,oer him simply as artist selecting at VIII the iofn
of art In which give expression 10 MS conceptiohS
u,ohaol Anpco lived during an important period OF
italian history lie was born in Florence In l'i wheh
,he cty under the Leadership Of Lorenzo the Magnh
cent was az the apex OF her glory In art literature anu
politics His life reached through the pontihcites o1
thirteen popes II began amid the glores OF Fiorehhe
liberty; ended when all traces OF hoerty had u'sap
peared when the Medci family had established them
selves as Grand Dukes Tuscany, when the arts had
pershed and Italy had entered on that period OF De
basement, servtude, and gloom which has continue" "
own day
At the age OF "A he was apprenticed to Domenico
GSiraudaio, then engaged on the Tesc0es III 0"n,"
Marin Noycla Little that is authentic is known OF us
early youtb His biographies speak OF his extiaoon"S
mower and precociOusness OF his leading all MS ic"o"
pupils and even correcting the drawings OF ns "''e'
IL WAS while pupil of Ghirlanduo that he drew uPo"
himself the notice OF Loreuzo. who became deepB
horr tvad into his family, ana
10 the day of his deatn regarded him as son. ""en
Iore, 20 ied In 1872 Angelo lost bis beat friend fero
de- siel.c who succeeded TO his fathers dlSniUes,
lacked both hs ability and his polite aud wei-oai'hceu
mind In two years the Forentncs tired OF hiul' "nd
drove I'M and his family into exile. Daring these years
Michael Angelo had been studying all the brahcnes
OF art and especially anatomy, with the grea1esl
sppication. His earliest authentic work, mask
adapted from the antique. executed Of IL years OF age
still preserved. and suows power ana o.eantn oI ia La
ling. We also an AiOuis wlch is suppose w., w o
of his earliest productions II j. OF no gIta ig
tut show. bow early he snS IN so maserns a
stomy makei completely su6servept 20 us So be
ne executed "a wcrk which at once placed hin anong v
the artists of the day It represents the NIIsin
ert as Tie Pieta" Michael Al geo's Pieta has Deea
variously criticised. The hEnre Of me evor Is TOO 81 ~
the Virgin Is too Young and too iarSe 'ne groupuS -
defective etc. And doubtless many or tnese sillc w.
arc iustfable All Of AugeO's works reflect MS own
character. His early works show him struggllng w WIN n
something WITHIN hin, 20 which he was determined 10
fu They are tne tDOTte VI NV
Vet m complete possession OF his strength, bat whose
energies inspired bv. faith In his future powers
1here little Of beauty OF grace and decacy IN
sny Of his conceptions His Madonnes for instance are
unsatisfactory in the extreme. His mind occupied ltsei
with the grand the heroic, the masculine uDt c couu
bend, twist aud articulate the marOle Win tue case
win which he communicated his will to his own limbs.
lls works have appearance OF studies In when Inc
artist has set himself Ia portray certain ileas or " mas
Ter certain positions On tue complexion OF the fela
he returned to Florence and executed one OF hls most
celebrated statutes, the David Immediately altef
huIshiDg this work he entered ON ms men0rdOIe com
petition with Leonardo ia Vnei Though the original
cartoon lost, compelled 10 judge Is from
inferior copy its superiority TO ia Nincis cartoon
apparent. It's exhibition occasioned the Wltdest az
niTdtiCn and lifted the autlOr " HAut W nIInee4
In ait. ,,,.,-
he entered task OF great Importance 'Le uIeaIy
and disappointing history of Uhicn extends over many
years IL probably aOOut he year l5Oo tndt ulls
H. conceived the idea OF empiOyiDS im 10 construct
tomb 10 placed the Church OF ST. prtr, Whlch
should surpass in magnhcence any similar structure
that the world had ever seen. Inc tOmD Was 10 De
adorned with less than forty nkures, single or IN
E-Oups To the ACCOMPLISHMENT or Els almost super
human task-for sculpture those days was not the
easy matter Of hiring petent assistants when u 700
often is today Michael Angelo tarhGd an LIS ehersles
magnificent project of the Pope iailed )r various
reasons, and the artist mace rev OF tne, conteib-
plated figures. But such were executed snow now
world lost in the Abandonment or ths design
His Moses one Of the statues INTENDED Tor tue
second story the mausOlcuD cannot be compared 10
ANYTHING in ancient OF art Ii independent
creation OfmcOnpsrable majesty and grandeur stand
little church and facing us colossal sVaue
the mind surrenders itself silently and entirely We
cannot ise, cannot imagine how other arSls dt
oucr periods OF the world would have treated the same
subject cannot examine details OF technique me caA
only G. tl the eye is oppressed ana SIMS ana We
away There Is something pdnfu! IA the long con
aemplatiOn OF Michael AnCelOs wOrAs. Our enOuonsol
WOuderfut and sublime are OytIt4xCd We nave no
repose nothing Of the gener sentiments of hu-
manly ALI j. sever, III. estlc awful We long 10 re
the or Rtpha' hch We eau love VIII
cut fear, and admire without amazemeht