The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-07-19
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81 MONROE, La. JULY -. 1878. !
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jajH VIII regard to the Statue OF Fnx
RS So IL Is intact as far as the knees,
arffrflfoo9hs the arms are missing, the
sbAgd which was never broken OIL,
sd6eres closely to the neck, just as the
master fashioned It. tits never to be |
fof0otten that here we have an original |
work Of one of the first of Greek sculp-
-torB OF the best time, and not copy,
like those found in the, palaces and
villas Of Roman empeFOrs and mobiles.
The young Mercury stands before us,
his head covered with short, curly
hair, his cars small aud finely moulded;
the lines and features OF his, face are
.lovable In their beauty; the nose is in
orofile, q straight, sharply cut line, the
so-called Greek. profile; the forehead
above the eyebrows projects and indi-
RESOLUTION the upper lip is short, the
l4outhS is slightly open, the chin re-
cedes. The whole head y bent down
ward the eyes- arc directed with q
tA0Ightful and somewhat sentimental
but still charming and friendly glance
down tO9.the infant. The manner in
which the, head Is placed upon the
meek Has excited the greatest admira-
fipn among our sculptors. 1t may be
! compared in. this point with the
s'Apollo Sauroctonos' In the Vatican.
Moreover, this youthful botly-what a
picture it is Of beauty, health, strength,
agility; what elasticity in the limbs
what proportions and what lines. From
whatsoever side the figure is looked at,
the winning, roundish shape of the
head, the broad, sta1Wart breast, the
fine profile lines of the throat and back,
the quiet, harmonious attitude, fiji the
spectator, il he be dilettante, and
still, more II he be an artist, with de
light and enthusiasm. The left arm
reposes, on the elbow, which is sup
ported by. ~ trunk ). the body rests
freely .aftdr without bending, on the
slem. Veg, ssiiI6 the right is stretched
! forward. From the trunk hangs down
the drapery in rich folds upon the
arm sat the infant Bacchus, but only
the posterior part Of his figure remains.
E However, ON the shoulder still remains
the child's right hand, which he had
laid lovingly on the shoulder OF the
friendly god. Mercury carried the
caduceus in his left hand but what he
held In the uplifted right hand is still
uncertain. Professor 4C0rtius cOnjec-
lures that he he held q cluster of grapes
before Bacchus, and that the child
had clutclIed it with his little hand in
order TO play with it.. DIR. Treu, on
the contrary, writes that he believes
that Mercury carried in his right hand
n thyrsus, aud supported himself upon
it, and SO thore would be through the
.counterbalancfng Weight-on the left
the stump and tho drapery of the child,
on the right tho thyrsus-more pro-
portion and harmony in the whole
figure. Under all circumstances il
should be remembered that Mercury
gazed not at what he held in his right
) had, but Mt the child, ana TINT the
right hand of the child is'not clutchine
at bunch of grapes, hut rests on the
youths shoulder"