New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-07
FOREIGN ART TOPICS.

A TUSCAN EXHIBITIoN.-Amencan WHO
90 10 Italy next November will have an opportunity "
visit what promises to be the most extensive eAnpou
Of Italian art ever gathered in place It's proposed
10 hold ia Florence at the Pitt Palace an exhoilon III
the most representative possible, OF all the por
able art treasures OF Tuscany from the earnest ages
down 70 the seventeenth century. II VIII hciuc ho'
only paintings statues, drawings, canoes CONS an" III
taalOs. but also paintings On glass mosaoS' II"
ensmcls, carvings, pottery godsmi'hs ware 'N' Is,
silks carpets and laces, wlle among otter uinss VI"
be books manuscripts. musical Instruments CARRIAGES
cabinets watches ana objects in nieilo It's recre'eu
that frescoos which found in such great NUMBERS Ia
almost every town Of Tuscany, cannot be eXhnlt'o' o"'
an effort viii be made to compensate for inns wan. ny
making sketches OF the frescoeS for exhibition ana py
running special the various places Wh'ie Tue
ORIGINALS NAV be seen The general purpose OF tic eNecu
tive committee is TO gather IN Florence all tha' eau
trae the Of Tuscany Of ancient umes OF the huue
ages and the period OF the Renaissance inns WIZ o.
course include the art of ancient Etruria OF VIZ.
ecuiiys committee will be able to select from the s1s2
Ing quantity of art treasures now In Tuscany VIVA M
truly represent these three epochs ana get IL az
PHI Palace large ana ample its rooms are, Is ult!t
To see. IL does not seen &C all probable that an ~
ton OF such size can be held without using the
nzz as well as the Ptu Palace, and even then lack u
space might be ioit.
STATUES FOUND AT OLYMPIA.-EXcayatlohs
have recently brought to light at Olympia seVefal rag
ments sculptures which belonged to the leulie Vi
whose body lies in the rghthant corner Of the pedmeh
Of the female BY placing the head and body together
It is now possible TO understand the relative proper
tons each the other. The ype OF the figure Is &C.
scribed as that of the older statues OF Greek youths
their strength and suppeuess acquired In gymna9uc
exercises are depicted with uncompromisng reauefn'
and show no trace Of dreamy and soft OSCILLATIONS
OF nature which later and subtle PERIOD usod 10
adopt in portraviug river gods" With the head was
found the entire left leg OF bald old man who occupies
corner OF the eastern pediment and site there III All
attitude OF meditation. while in another place was dug
up the huge legs OF an Apollo and ms Hght manu.
but the fingers from the hands were wanting Al
enormous hand. showing that the soil still contains
somewhere marble colossus of rare woraan~hip vas
found Tue King OF Greece has Is SAD q
q wish that suitable museum might pc eIec,ou a.
Oympa for the reception Of these ana other treasures
found there. and two at least OF his ministers approve
the suggestion. Tacre Is feeling tuat me museum
should be located 1T Athens, instead OF olympia, Dn'
great obstacles IN the way OF placing 1t a Ahens
SINCE the cost OF transporting the marbles "ouia De
enormous
REMAINS OF A ROMAN VILLA.-Near small
village in Sussex England and about two miles from
railway station the road from London 10 Brighton
lie the remains Of a Roman vIlla said TO have been
large one but suffering for want of care in prese
walton. They are said TO be as remarkable as any
Roman remains In England and 10 he Of singular beauty
and mterestingness. They occupy the land or smai
farmer. who has done what he could to protect them
nom the weather ny Dmlhlng rough nuts hHouN
but these cannot protect them from injury during
the storms and frosts Of Winter What shall be done
with them9 asked. They ought not II is argued to 80
into the British Museum, for the grandeur and size OF
tie villa would then be lost So also would be lost the
evidence they give Of the Roman appreciation of land
scape. for lovelier site could hardly he found In
Sussex" We can do a great deal with money" writes
ardent advocate Of their preservation; . We can
build great palaces aud cathedrals which cost hundreds
Of thousands OF pounds, but there Is one thing which
millions cannot dove cannot bring back again
much square yard OF that perfect work, eTem-
pary for generations OF builders and architec $ which
is going to rum ~ the Bgm0r fields If oLce We are fool
- eB5uga 10 let II decay"
THE New EDINBURGH CATHEDRAL.-The
central spire Of ST. Mays Cathedral in Edinburgh.
garded as the most important Gothic church edihce
which has been erected in Scotland the Rcforms-
tion. was completed on June by placing there with
ceremony the tOpmOst stone and an iron cross Two
other spires be added to the structure, but the
erection them has for the been necessarily
delayed. The completed is 1873 feet above the
tower, which is itself ZAP feet high, making total
height of 275 feet which is 55 feet less than the spires
OF the new cathedral in this city will be. II is Of
prominent architectural features in picturesque
Edinburgh and can be seen from almost every point
Of view in and the city. At the place where the
tower and the spTe begins four inches intro
duced. each containing scuptured aTchaugel feet
inches height and alternating with these are many
Gothic windows, with gablets having crosses 10 sur
mount them.
SALES OF PICTUREs.-Line engiavings after
Turner were sold at good prices recently in London His
Grand Canal" engraved by G. W. Miller, an Iudia
proof before letter md etching OF the same, fetched
EC3 an artists proof Of DIDO and Eueas," Gl6; an
ertst proof on Iudia paper OF The Temple of Jupt
ter" engraved by Pye. $50; proofs Of Tiv-
oil" and "The Temple OF Jupiter" S105. and
Crossing the Brook" engraved by Brandard,
an artists proof and etching. $40. Land
eces Burnss iva Dogs" which represents the heads
lud shoulders OF a Newfoundland and " Tue Plough
mans Collie" was put ~ in recent London sale at
81 600 and rapidly 10 81 800, when the GuciOneeF
caused burst of laughter by saying: Gentlemen,
you are forgetting the copyright the picture has never
been engraved After this the bidding broke out aesh
and rapidly upv ards until the picture was Knocked
down at sS,767.
PoRTRAITs OF BRITISH WORTHLESS
esting and valuable acquisitions have recently been
made to the National Portrait Gallery of London
portrait Cranmer German artist is very STRIKING,
representing him does at the age of htyseven,
when in the plenitude OF his power. There Is of
the Irish preate Ussher who tainted the
of Charles l., two OF Oliver Cromwell, and each of
Pope Newton, Scott COlcrdge soutney, Keats, Burns
and Lamb. The one OF Lamb was painted by William
IIaZ and is said 10 be very interesting since t rep
the delightful Ella ~ earlier than the
portraits Of him usually known among men. IT be-
lDnged originally to Coley1dge, from whom II passed
into the possession of MS friend Mr. Gilman.
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LIFE OF MADAME BONAPARIE.
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