The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-11-13


science and learning than Athens, the
birth place q men renowned in science
and ert, the home of women Of genius
and Learning, the ancient etruscan city
Of FelBina, ths Bononia Of the Romans,
the modem Bologna, impresses the
strnngeg with weird and ehastly feeling
Of aHo. IS though passages and ex-
psrsancss of anoihef existsnce were re-
called to the memory. We sat down in
the night ct The railway station outside
the walls. and passing through the mas
aiye gasewhys, wander along under the
interminnble corrodoFs through long and
marrow Streets dimly lighted by the
fiekering taper II many shrine Of the
holy virgin, and imagine ourselves in q
medimY1 city, peopled only with the dim
phantoms Of the past. Daylight scarcely
serves to diapel the illusions Of the
night Fln this quaint old city.
Donieilad II hotel entered from
the straee through an arched passage into
q spacious court. with fountain and stat
uary, filled with rars plants and flowers,
We walk abont Tor miles and miles under
stone areAdss built out over the side.
wasks. the fronta Of the tall and stately
palaces and other buildings of Roman
and LomhaxtLic architecture oYerhanging
the narrow streets. We pass the ce1e-
brRted leaning tower which has pre-
served Its frsf center OF gravity for SO
many centuries, and sepulchers and mon
umsnts Of heroes whose names are only
known 10 rs, and enter the churches of
San Dominica and San Petronio and
many others, filed with columns. stat
utes and ornaments, the spoil of early
struggles with the Saracen and the Turk,
with many pictures Of the ideal saints
and heroes, faithful teachers and holy
martyrs for conscience sake.
Passing the Pinacoteca, we find sue
csssion 81 tiell-lightsd galleries, better
adopted to the purpose of exhibiting
large picfur8s than any others IN Italy,
except The magnificent galleries Of Ven
ice. and although the collection Is not
large Il comprises some Of the finest ex-
amples of the works Of Cimu di Come
giiano; Vanrlueci called It Perugino: Ro-
busti called i Tinboreti; RoboIini called
il Frnneieca FEaneia, the friend OF
RaphsAl, and who painted his likeness in
Rome; Barbiera called il Gnerino, Fam
pisr called It Dominichino and Elizabetta
Sirami, the pupil and competitor of
Guide Reni RaphaeRe famous picture
Of st. Cecilia represents the Spanish
patron Of music IS 5 rather stout, and
even buxcm midd dse-aGed woman dressed
in . heavy bxoeade garment reaching up
close to the neck and covering the arms,
with no attempt at artistic nudity, in
company with four others saints, hsten-
ing with ecttaey to concert around the
aAk white throne. The yapt, intense
spizitni lsVsfy effective and
worthy Of the great msster. There are
no conventional tricks Of pious custume
and paIiid devotion, but the artist has
taken an ordinary, healthy wholesome
looking female and by his genius
transformed her into : beautiful
and spiritual devotee; even the
drapsry il full Of extatie emotion. The
representation Of various musical instru-
ments at her feet are beneath the dignity
Of Raphael. and were painted in by Jean
di Udine, one Of his pupils. This picture
alone draws many tourists to Bologna,
although not ecognized as equal to many
othea Of the great artists masterpieces,
for all Of his works are masterpieces.
There Is but one Raphael, and no other
artist approaches him as TO be worthy to
kiss the hem Of has garment. Here, also,
we see six great pictures OF Guido Reni,
the most striking and beautiful being the
AAAI0UEk4 "a NAaQ AA11C1AAoe mAkA AJNAAA11 1Cn
victorious over the PhiIistines. Here,
also. We see Guido's head of Christ
crowned with thorns, designed in paste
upon paper, which has been engraved so
often and is ssen everywhere, and which
has become the traditional and conven.
tionai representation Of our Savoir. These
pictures establish the reputation Of Guido
Reni and entitle him TO be ranked among
the great artists Of his age. Besides the
allegorioal fresco Of daybreak, the
Aurora Of the Raspigliosi palace in
Rome, there are no other pictures that so
fully exsmplify his great genius and JUS
tify his baing placed in The company Of
the great masters IN painting. His distin-
guished pupil, Elizabeth Sirani, daugh-
ter Of Andrea of that name, but for her
early death, haatened by partiality and
iniuatica, would have outatriped the mas
ter as many gifted scholars have done in
sli tfmes. Although her designs
and pntnkingB were approved
they we're afterwRrd rejected,
and hsr commission for an impor-
snnt work at Rome annulled, when it was
known that the artist was woman. It
was even reported that her strange death,
in her 9th year, was cansed by poison
administered by jealous and disappointed
rivals. About dozen Of the produc-
fions Of her brush, including her master
piece, ssThe Alteration Of Saint An
thony," are found in these galleries,
which ATTEST the prominence of her
genius. Some Of the smaller ones are
exquisitsly beautiful, especially "The
Apparition Of Saint Phillip Neri," and
ths ''Saint Mary Madelaius." Among
ether paintings by female artists we mo-
tice one by Caterina Vigri, painted in
1864, two hundred years before Sirani's
time. rspresentin9 the martyrdom of st.
Ursula; also, some fine portraits by La
vinia Fontana, daughter Of Prospero
Ecntana, the preoeptor Of Calaoci, paint
ed about the year 1900.
The University OF Bologna occupies
the palace Of Cardinal Poggi, which was
buils by Tibaldi and improved and en-
riched BY Abati and Terachiln about the
middle Of the sixth century, and thus
unveils to rs an epoch in the history Of
italian art It became the property Of
senate in the year It'll, and the astro-
nomical observatory was built in 1725
serninR the action of q former Pope in
r1ndemning the investigations of the
great Galileo. The library consists Of
enc hundred and fifty thousand bound
volumes and 5000 manuscripts. This in
6kitution has long been famous fer the ex-
Alted Learning Of its profession, and the
Superior character Of its instruction; and
Il maintAins its pss-eminence to the pres
eat day. It has kept pace with the
progress Of the age, and the investiga-
dons Of modern thonght; and the re-
eesrohea OF its professors, and the learned
s,hIIoantSbarn ~ RoioUna have axfanfiad