The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-31

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thin slight with his husky b sS r.. hH hnn sna
and Ills small featured face RucksSS9,d Am, ana
Wrnki with thought and mystic ntsdss nnd
sst sSipIl'aF n' pp5 t%o body above
Things the Shs snS AGENT 81 sn Of
viii viii. Vehsment and mystic, Antooolsky's
work : literary and Smpt IL rsM ssfRs mann
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tha The rsndsrins q tie thought i oit"n Q,
ef askins i IN nspye
yicor md In that scientific sEill Sh,ss
III in IL many Ssesors
present day. Once for ;.ll lot II bs said that
Ss w G S snsy IsSeS q:
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Wsh ts %a sr ARsF than With The lovers
Of plastic beauty for beauty's sake;
This being tho case we are not astonished TO
hnd that tho most ardent apostle of the gl9ry
OF Antocolsky. on the occasio OF this, exhibit
L. NJ de vognt. the lender Of the Neo Christian
movement In France and the author OF 9 RI.
mskaH9 srtc IL u that us SSs, IN the f.
thanks, 70 the initiative, Of NJ az yoene. thst
Antocolsky, hns seen, all Paris nock to his
time, outside Of his own, country. the sYeetn Of
a. s ssss as he Of A h enSsnh
manifestations of the new world that is
in course Of formation in, art music. and
in tho nnermost folds Of tho human con
science one Of the rays that riso from the
nS SW S 9T JON OF tS Sh1 tanys In ds Sls Il:
u Joyous thri Of expectation. but which will ho
words. NJ, do Vornt would look uron Antocol-
siys work as 81 the t asrI
nnformulated and vague. we are Obliged con
stantly to mention when srcaking OF the intel.
France.
Kntocolsky's work is full Of sorrowfnlness
am, roprroach and yGarning medit9tinn. In tho
case of Peter the Great and of Ermak. Con-
1ueror of Siberia. he has sculpturcd mighty
heroes with pulssant hand. and yet even il
controlling meditation that has, dim inished
the cXnberHnt expression 81 physlcai strength
nrS n 6 INK efG 6s aS s
the benelactor of humanity. Indeed. the key
note Of his, tendencies Is given I'M letter writ
ten to tho Russian critic Stnsson concerning
wrote as follows: Il shall make Christ re-
former who rose in revolt against the eXclu:
sireness and INJUSTICE of the Phnrisees and
Sadducecs. and proclaimed tho, Kingdom q
truth and brotherhood and freedom on earth
ness cried Cruelty Him! Cruelty Him" have
represented him standing before the people.
for whom no ufterward laid down HE life. for.
giving them for they know not what thoy do.
The creatures Of bronze and marble which
symbols Of mora IDEAS In Ivan tho Terrible
he sets forth tho conflicts OF the soul: in
Christ. the majesty Of divine confederation;
in his Christian Martyr. tho subj Unity OF
foot Of which doves are gathered picking
among fallen palm branches. the martyr sits.
her Dyes closed to this world. lost in an ecstary
Of resignation and mystic rapture. mot Of
this world" How impressive. too. his Death
ton. very different from anything that we
find in Greco Roman or even Italian sculp-
ture. How simple and touching his group OF
the historian Nestor seated ut his desk. with
its primitive ink horn. and writing with pious
enln mysteries Of historical truth. selecting
from the chaos Of facts ana events those which
humanity shall remember and thot Q which 1t
shall forget.
Antoco sky has surpassed himse! f.. This is IS
the sou ptor's favorte creation and the one in
which he has expressed his conception OF the
divine IN man. the power ofinlinite thought On
SpinoZa's brow in his eyes. in the expression
tinzed man and the universe is not recorded
with sorrow and bitterness. but with kindness
and gentleness. The face OF SpinOza seems.
rs it We're, ctherialiZed. The invalid is never
theless the image and symbol Of pensive and