The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-07

ma, regarded by many critics as the firs
painting in the world. The Madonna
of heroic size, is represented as standinj
upon the clouds aud holding the child il
her arms, while she looks into the dis
tance with far.away expression a
though she would fathom the future. o.
the left is Pope st. Sixtus and Gu .h
right ST. Barbora, while below are tn,
two cherubs whose happy faces ar
familiar the world over. There is al
indescrihable charm about the picture
which draws one again aud again from
other parts Of the gallery, to gaze on tn,
wondrous beauty of the mother and tn,
divine solemn loveliness of the child
The gallery also contains Correggio'
Magdalens, Sassoferrato's Sleeping Venu
and many other masterpieces of th,
| worlds most famous artists.
After enjoying, as 'nanv American,
have, visit to these wonderful art col
lections which have been in process O
accumulation by these governments fol-
centuries, it is somewhat humilating T,
read, as we did, in telegraph dispatches
few days later that our wise (3) mer
assembled at Washington had refused BY
an overwhelming vote and in direct oppo
sition to the wishes Of American artists
both at home and abroad, to even re-
duce the duty on works of art thus cue
cessfully protecting" American painters
against one Of the best means Of improve
ment and rendering probable and Just the
immediate enforcement Of retaiatory
measures by the authorities in these
great centres Of art study.
Vienna, or "Wien," as the German
hath it, was our next stopping point, and
this also necessitated long wearisome
journey of nearly four hundred miles
from Dresden, with but little to beak ther
monotony Of the trip. This city, which
has population only q trifle smaller
than the Prussian capital, is not located
on the Danube river as is usually sup.
posed, but upon the Danube canal, q
small branch of the main stream. The
old Notifications, which entirely sur.
rounded the ancient city, were all ieveled
in 1857 and broad avenue, known as
the "Ring Strasse," constructed in their
place. This street which Is one of the
finest we have yet seen in Europe, sepa.
rates the ancient and modern portions of
the city, the former with crooked streets
and medieval aspect being within and
the latter, one of the most inviting on the
continent, without its borders. The prin.
cipal public buildings, governmental
offices, etc, are all located on the Ring
Strasse and here too was the famous Ring
theatre, the burning of which a few years
ago and the terrible loss of life in the
flames, sent such thrill Of horror
throughout Christepdom. Extensive
buildings are also being erected on the
Ring into which, when completed, the
o. ~ otn mil hn
The Belvedere gallery is the principal
valuable one. 1t is divided into two
schools, and each contains o large num-
ters. The Liechtenstein gallery, a private
specimens, together with many inferior
works, the total number being about /, 600.
Numerous statues adorn the parks and
being that of Prince Schwartzenburg,
who commanded at the three days. battle
OF Leipsic, which was the first step in
Napoleon. The unfavorable condition of
Austrian finances is evident, even to n
stranger, from the circulatio- OF q
W,
somewhat similar to the ''shiupIasters"
current in America during the Slate un.
Pleasantness." The German language
is almost universally spoken and the
Roman Catholic is the prevailing religion;
about twenty:eight of the thirty.seven
million population belonging to that
faith, the balance being divided among
Protestants, Jews, the Greek Church, etc.
The scenery Of the Danube at some
localities above Vienna is said to com.
pare favorably with that of the Rhine /;
but is not of sufficient interest to Justify
spending the time required for the trip,
consequently we take train snd are
whirled on to Munich, the ancient capi.
tai of the kingdom Of Bavaria, avoiding
Salzburg as one Of the humbugs Of
Europe: In its public buildings and It's
collections of art, Munich is one of the
richest cities Of Europe. It is located
upon the "Isar, flowing rapidly" and is
very irregular in its streets and general
plan. Like Vienna, it has broad boule.
ward occupying the place of its old forti.
fications and separating the ancient from
the modern city. The Royal Palace,
certain portions of which ara open to the
public each day, contains large mum.
ber of articles of interest, but the great.
eat attraction is series of halls, on the
walls of which are some Of the finest fres.
Goes of modern times illustrating events
in the lives of Charlemagne, and Fred.
erick Barbarossa and also giving scenes
from Nibelungen.lied. The old Pima.
ccthek, or picture gallery, contains about
1900 paintings, including 90 by Rubens
and largo representation of the other
famous masters.
Of course in these vast collections it is
impossible to give even passing glance
at large portion of the pictures, and
in many cases more would not be desra.
BILE; as even in the best galleries there
are many which, to the uncultivated eye
at least, are of but little interest, while
those which have become world famous
are sufficient to occupy all the time which
an ordinary tourist can command. The
frequent recurrence of the Virgin and
Child as q subject for painting also
becomes somewhat monotonous, We hay.
ing counted no less than thirty.two rep.
reservations Of tho virgin in g saloon
containing only fifty.eight pictures. The
new Pinacothek is devoted to modern art
and its 500 paintings include come of the
beat works of Piloty, Hess, Rottman,
Zimmerman and others, while the Glyp.
tothek, or gallery of ancient sculptures,
presents q remarkably we'll classified
collection, together with several magni6.
cent specimens from Canova, ThorHals.
den and others of our own day.
In the Northwestern portion of the city
Is the famous bronze foundry, formerly
the property of the Royal family, but