Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
eAreoNs OF THE SCULPTOR.
Ladies' Who Want Their Faces pup''''''''
I'm Marble or Terra Gotta

,s,ss who Want Their Faces Duplicated
in Marble or Terra Gotta
sculntors have at last become the rage
as well as painters. 1t Is all tne s'y,o
royv for a woman to have her bust made
Inv a sculptor of renown. II painting
renders the expression of eyes ana race
more faithfully, on the other hahu sI1
bnst shows plastic beauty, the graceiui
bend of the head, the curve OF the nevA
and the slope of the shoulders. Beside
there is a certain dignity OF bearing az
tached to bust that one IN vain tries 70
see in a nainting. Marble seems to hriiiS
ont all the austere virtues of the model'
II is cold; it is classical. a mundane VS.
itor entering a drawing room III whlch
he sees the bust of the lady he is ealing
upon is apt to be so impressed with her
cold dignity that however willing he was
on his entrance to engage in an innocent
Irritation. the sight of the bust will freeze
his intentions. How different it is with
a painting. The face is sure to have its
finest, most engaging smile, the dress the
most becoming shade and cut, the pose
most suggestive of amiabie sociapiLty'
the head SO tapering, soft and shakable'
the whole so charming, so fascinating
that every gentleman beholder cannot
but think: "How lovely that woman
must be in tete-a-tete.'
Some ladies prefer terra Gotta TO mar
BILE; it gives the bust a more life Ike ap-
pearance, the accentuation of the feat
ures is less austere and hard. But terra
Gotta is most fragile; climate and dust
affect it; besides, it is not considered
nearly as elegant as marble. 1t is much
more disagreeable to pose for bust than
a painting; the sculptor's studio rs gen
erally cold, bare, scantily draped and
Furnished the model must mount on a
hard bearing block, for she must be
raised a certain distance above the eyes
of the artist. The wet clay is first applied
on an iron apparatus; then the sculptor
with large strokes of the gauge, traces
the shape of the head and the outline OF
neck and shoulders, after which, with
the end of his thumb. he models the
face. forms the nose, digs out the eyes,
gives shape to the neck and cheek and
sketches the ears. How slovenly a
sculptor goes about to make works OF
AIT, " exclaimed lady, surprised to see
a great artist in his stained white blouse,
an old straw hat over his eyes, his face
full of splashes of clay and his hands
wrist deep in wet mud. The great sculp
tor Pajau, before the king and the whole
court at Versailles, used to take his coat
off and raise his shirt sleeves above the
elbows to work at his models.
Society women are as hard to please
with busts as with oil paintings. They
watch the progress on the bearing blocl
with feverish anxiety, for the artist may
accentuate features which ought to be di
minished, and lay no stress on thos'
which produce harmony in the ensemble
"My ears are little out of proportion
are they not?" remarks the Countess S.
whose rival in society is often compti
mented for her small, pink, shell lik
appendages. Small ears do not indi
cate intelligence, answers the sculptor
as he delicately molds the auricle. Blu
my eyes are certainly too small "Ah
madame, they are so full of expression.
"Oh, you are now paying me compli
ments; you know don't want to be flat
tered in the least want the bust to b,
a perfect likeness" REST assured
madame Let me seel" "Fo
Heavens sake do not move, madame
All is lost if you do" If you wish t.
read between the lines of this bit of dia
logue it means the following: She
hope he will make my ears smaller ant
my eyes larger. | hope he knows tina
in art notifications are admissible.
must look to it. He-She imagines
don't understand her. She can rest as
sured | shall make her ears small and he
eyes large. | don't care a snap whethe
it is good likeness or not. Brooklyr
EAGLE.