The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-09

R9sAIN4KNs trSGfF8 Re @tIzusIE. and setCrEA E49sa being among the number. Bat Ter greatest woFh ia Florence was her Wander oilt group. whjeh required i've reass for cutting At tiaes ssyenteen H8ea wsre employed spon # in diFszens capacities. Tf ie ezt fa fhe hnest quality of Italian marble, sDperior evsn ts the fanea Car rasz
 Tais Easuans group m a stady iu issslf. and an sntiTelY new de- psarsurein sen pfvre, as no otbe4 artist ever attempted b group family on saything bnt canvas. # is the only work of the hnd iu sxisse1ee, and attracts ssseaticn svsn before tae name of gsoap os sculptor ia known, fer fae idea of domestic unity and f@Uiiy sympathy rssiAtes from f. There szs i've 1gurss in tbe greap. Mg Walter, Misses Lillian, Edith and Bertha and the mother Mrs. Labsa- The mother sits in the ssntsr of the group while the children aTe gathered about her like buda around a rose. Indeed, Ia Rosas is the usGe of the group. All the figures ars faIi length. are straight witheat zn air os gsiE- neas, and free from the mere os5se ts0nsble id7a of stndisd and unnatural yoses. While ths sentiment q the family is strong eaeA Hgnns has au individuality and 8n st-
 
 pleasing and beautiful. The mother has an open Bible on the balcony upon wkien she rests one arm, and which is half covered with 8 bank of elustering vines She has the appearance of teaching, but not of en- forced instruetion Considered aside from its merit as a creation oE art, its workman ship is exquisite. Every part of it was co0e with tool. sua 8 r2sp w&s never sE .-H. Eight even the nature of toe fabrics worn Dy the figures rnay be distinguished, The sheen of velvet, the shimmeE of silk, and the eoaFssr texture of the linen being plainly apparent. And the mgseing Of the figures is wonderfaL There is 10 appearance of erowding that when it was completed the group was swung on a pivot placed underneath 1t in the center.
 Another paculiarity Of this wonderful group is one that has gained for 1t the name Of f'Group of Mysterious Music. z The different figures, when struck lightly, give forth tones than which the finest mus teal instrument cannot produce sweetsr, so that # is possible by little study to play any air upon them in the same manner that music is made on stslactite formations in caves. When properly handled the group would fI room with melody.
 All Italian scuIpfors who saw it pro nounesd it wonderful and very arfiS- tie, and when the committee was in search of art work for the Worlds Fair at Chicago they passed upon t and her other works ss first class, which entitled them to passage on the United States man-of war Constellation. h January, 1893, the sculptor and her creations landed in Chicago, after seven years in Florence, only to find herself dead according to published report and popular belief.
 Iv.--AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
 Mrs. Brooks was handicapped in various ways in her work at the World Fair, but still her sueeess was something of which 10 be proud Her studio was first esiab- liahed in old Fort Marion, Florida's home at the fair, and there she modelled her frat piece in the Columbian Memorial described below. II was a heroic alto relieve of Queen Isabella, completed July l, five days having been required for it's pro duetion, and dedicated, July 4 That the people might realize the importance and genuineness of her work, such ladies az Mime. Demorest, Miss Helen Gould and Mrs. Governor Mckinley came every day to watch her. On the fourth she also modelled the bust of Uncle Sam, but has never looked at it since HI cannot look at it" she said, Il cannot touch it again un- til 1 am in the mood for eommuning with the ideal. He is one of the figures in the memorial but resembles in no way the popular efiigy of Americas tuteiaF genius. It is an idealized impersonation of the old school country gentleman, a species of the genus homo now fast disappearing in the huFly burly of this progressive age"
 The light vas poor and the accoInodations unsatisfactory in the Florida building, so she erected an annex to the Arkansas build ing and removed her studio there August r, remaining there until after the close of the fair. There she did further work on her Columbian Memorial of which the following description will give an idea.
 IL is q grand and original conception, in tended to perpetuate the history of the Worlds Fair, and if the necessary funds can be raised it will be cast in bronze and left upon the site of the Arkansas building as a lasting memorial of our connection with the fair, and something to which Ar kansas might point with pride. A heroic bust of Isabella in high relief, forms the central piece giving it the name of the "Reverie of Queen Isabella" On one side is Columbus, on the other Yespucei. Arising from 6 cloud of heads of the gov ernors of all the states which suTmounts the bust of Isabella like a wreathing halo, will be Uncle Sam and Columbia,
 Mrs. Potter Palmer, as the genius of Chicago, will occupy the first position, followed by the governors of the states in the order of their importance. Around Isabella will be grouped 6 number of small medallious, representing different scenes connected with the discovery of America. At the left will be the history of the last fopr centuries, told by the portraits of all the great men who have made our nation the foremost of the world. The directors and officials of the exposition will appear on the right, making in all about TOO per traits on this novel statue, and with the other accessories will make it the grandest memorial of the grandest exposition the world has ever known.
 During the past Reason Mira. Brooks has been finishing a fine portrait in oil of Dr. Dunn, philanthropic dentist of Florence, and her daughter, Mrs. Mildesd Green, is painting full length, hAlf-size portrait of Mr. Maquayy florentlne banker of wide renown and one beloved of all Italians.
 v.-oTHER WORKS.
 ''The Resurrection occupies first place among her other works, for it was pro nounesd by Italian seuptors the greatest piece of work ever attempted in Florence. IL stands thirteen feet high with the pe- destal and is q llfe-size figure of the Saviour rising from the tomb, which is typifed by a erag jutting through banks of clouds on which the figure lightly rests. It is an entirely new ideal of the Christ, not the earthly Man of Sorrows" but the resurrected and re-incarnated Son of God The features are almost feminine in their supreme and angelic beauty, and in the upward glance of the eyes is an air of reverence and sweet peace that speaks of inspiration. The hands are folded gently over the wounded breast, and over all is an air of llghtness