The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24

After this came the rotunda and annex
IA flames. from a photograph taken at
the time.
Professor Davis, when the picture
showing the front of the rotunda and the
old clock was thrown upon the canvass,
described how the ancient time-piece had
kept on running through the fierce heat
until the hands marked five minutes -
II. when il stopped forever FROM the
point where the hands stopped, Professor
Davis said. IL was argued by distin-
guished graduate OF the University OF
virginia that the institution had not
reached its zenith.
Many other pictures were thrown upon
the canvass, and were described by Pro-
fessor Davis, in his happy style, among
them the beautiful face OF Raphael, the
immortal painter Of the School OF
Athens" The school OF Athens" was
then thrown upon the screen, and was
described by the lecturer. as follows:
THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS"
In the year 1903 Pope julius II. invited
RaphaellO Sanzio, who was then twenty
five years OF age. from Florence to Rome,
10 take part i'm decorating the vatican
with frescos Here for twelve years. the
rest OF his life, ne was engaged, in rivalry
with Michael Angelo. the painter and
sculptor and architect of st. Peters;
When Raphael came to Rome the Pope
assigned him a wall in the Camera della
Segnatura" $50 called because the Papal
DEGREES were signed there on which 10
try his hand Here he painted La Dis
puta." The Discussion on the sacrament
The Pope was so delighted with this work
that he ordered the incomplete work OF
certain masters on the other walls or
these chambers TO be erased. and the
whole area TO he surrendered for decora-
ton to naphael. Hence these chambers
have ever since been known as me
Stanze of Raphael On the two side
walls Of the stanza In which the WORK was
begun he painted "Parnassus' and "Juris.,.
prudence" Opposite THE Discussion"
he produced The school OF Athens"
This stanza is therefore called The
Chamber OF Sciences"
\ commission of the French Govern
ment appointed In ISIS by NJ. Theirs, Sc
leCted 81 Balze as artist to make copies
Of kaphas paintings, TO preserve, as
FADING masterpieces. Among oinerS ne
copied Tine School of Athens which
cory is now in the Academic des BeauN
Arcs at Paris. some friend OF the Uni
versitv OF Virginia conceived the happy
thought of having another copy made 10
adon It's public nall, then building. Mr.
Daniel II. London, Of Richmond, Va,
Interested himself in carrying out the Sug-
gostlon, and with the aid OF Hon. Lewis
Cass, then our Minister to France, Sc
cured the services OF NJ Balze for TINS
work. He also obtained the requisite
funds. mainly by subscriptions OF the
alumni OF the University. and with the
assistance of other generous friends, ac-
:, complished the PROJECT, the total cost
! being between 5000 and 5000.
Ia the year 1870 Mr. William A. Pratt.
| employed by the University, went 10 Eu-
! rope received the painting, and exhibited
1 IL IN Paris, where II was warmly com
| mended by Horace Nernet. the chiefest OF
J then living painters Afterward, in Lon
| don. it was similarly endorsed by Sir
| Charles Eastlake, president OF the Royal
/ Polytechnic Society OF Art. IL was
| then brought home and set up i'm the pub
| lie hall ia the spring % 1871.
PRIDE OF THE UNIVERSITY
J For thirtv-eight years II was the pride
/ OF the University and the admiration OF
| thousands of visitors. It's striking and
| eminent proprety as the centrepiece Of
/ the institution and its practical educa-
/ tiondl value was universally approved,
/ and The good taste and generosity of the
/ donors universally appiauded. Aiasi on
/ Sunday. October 9th. 10 vanished In lame.
/ The painting was = feet long by 10 feet
| in height, and held sixty life-slze ilgures
/ IL represented the ancient Greek phtloso-
piers. assembled in a porticO or temple
/ OF imposing architecture and engaged in
! pni.o3Ophlc discussions. On the upper
| platform, as the centre of the compost
] ton. stand Plato and Aristotle cOnNerSlng.
/ Plato. as the representative of speculative
! and ideal philosophy, Is pointing upward
/ Aristotle. as the founder of physical and
!
/ toward the earth on the side Of ArlstO-
! tie are ranged his Successors IN the ~
/ ceum. on the side of Plato his successors
] i'm the academy all respectfully attentive
10 the great masters one figure, how
/ ever, on the side Of Plato, does not belong
J TO the academy II Is the one in front.
a beautiful, girlish, statuesque figure,
+ dreamiiy attentive to Aristotle, historical
| ~ his pupil Alexander the Great.
To our left, beyond Alexander, Is Il
group of the partial disciples OF Socrates,
/ listening 20 his discourse, which he Is
! Characters tically ticking of on his FIN
& gers. The youth IN armor is Alcibiades.
I who was historically a hearer or Socrates.
/ His careless attitude denotes the typical
Athenian, and he may be taken. 10 repre-
sent Athens listening 70 Socrates.
AND ZENO. THE STOIC.
Further on our left are the stoics.
/ the semi-nude figure being Ieno, the
founder OF stolcism, the philosophy OF
+ the porch. Below this group, on the
I lower platform. are the EDcureans. The
one crowned with ivy and writing In a
/ book at the pedestal is Epicurus. the
founder OF the philosophy Of the garden.
ST. Paul preached at Athens TO the de-
/ generate followers of these early masters.
/ ON the extreme right, on the upper plat
form. Is represented the earliest school
of philosophy with Thales at its head.
whom Aristotle desgnates as the Father
I OF Philosophy. On the extreme LETT. on
I the lower platform, is Pythagoras. seated.
I taking notes OF "A lecture by TerDander
standing before him, and surrounded by
/ Pvthagoreans. The figure seated behind
him is Empedocies. the one overlooking
+ him. In an Arabic dress Is Averroes.
GORGIAS AND EUCLID.
The statuesque figure in a white robe is
Gorgias the sOuhlst Euclid, the geome-
I trician. rs seated In front near the middle
/ meditatine The one lying on the front
/ steps Is Di0genes. the cynic, he of the
, tub
! Further 10 the right. on the lower floor.
! is a group of geOgraphers. mathematicians.
/ and astronomers. attending 10 geometri-
cal demonstration by Archimedes. the
+ mochanician who. with a pair OF dtviders,
/ Is bending over a tablet on the floor.
Behind this group, represented as COM