The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-12-11
pRorIss0a ClRR0LL's LECTURE.
The Exchanging Divine Lne""e"'S VI
Man Cut by the Ciiisel OF fhiu'"s'

Professor A. Mitchell Carroll dehVereu
an exceedingly happy address last night
IN The chapel of Richmond College Oh
THE Chisel OF Phldias. Ihcr9 ""9
quite a llige crowd present. Do
The lecturer WAS introduce" ~
lessor 5. {. Mitchell. chairman oi tiv
committee in cnargs OF the course Oh
lectures by the College facuIty lnis VIZ.
Ter. OF which the lecture last nlsnI Was
tho third. -.
Professor Mitchells speech was III
terruDted by the entrance OI inc llon-
rnoud College Greek club. when was
linaNoidably late But this interruStloh
served only TO call forth from tne rec
turer the public compliment upon t--e
members that they were the ulscipiea
OF Phidias' .
Professor Carroll traced the develop
rnent OF the Greek artistic spirit. Anu
of SCULPTURE particularly. Re discussed
briefly the nature ana clements VI creek
sculpture. calling attention 10 the iacl
that Greeks We're essentially arlla's' anu
that not only In sculpture. out thal
Greece was prominent in sculpture
in that sculpture which IS the einpodl-
rnent of the highest thoughts IN scnsuous
form.
With the Greeks. there were three
ideas; OD their conception OF humanity
REGARDING the union of soul ana BODY
% the physical perfection Of their own
men. CD their conception of beauty, lc-
suited in Greek art.
And the particular art of the Greeks
was sculpture. because of their regard
for the unchangins divine lncaments oil
man.
lie traced the rise of sculpture among
the Greeks. noticing that as ilenri.n
Tiunn has said. the Greeks. Just AS
they borrowed the PhOcmician's alpha
let. but spoke their own thoughts IN
their own language so they hOitu"tI
from their predecessors the alphabet OF
art. but spoke in their OVID artistic IAN
Sculpture had no place in the Myse-
naoan art. I'm the Archaic agc-irom 100
20 $50 Il. c. (abOuD Greek sculpture,
though severe. was marked by sincerity,
and showed dclicacy of outline. The best
example was the pcdimcnt figures OF
Athena on Aogina. of which Professor
Carroll has made a special study. The
Archaic sculptor was compared TO Chau-
Ger. in English literature.
I'm the transitional period. lived Myron,
whose fame spread throughout Greece,
and who IS known TO us as the sculptor
of THE DiscustnrOwer MyrOn mas
tered the expression Of movement.
But only In the age of Pcriclcs were
realized the conditions OF perfect Greek
art.
Of men fitted TO carry ont the plans OF
Pcricles Phidiaa. who stands by synecn-
dOckc. as the synonym Of Greek sculo-
turc. was not merely a great sculptor
or great artist. but had health of view.
and had had special training I'm painting
and l.srature and science of architcc-
turc.
% The renowned marble quarry near
by. 60 the wealth of Athens i'm this age.
and CD the genius of Phidias made won
dors possible.
Professor Carroll dwelt at length upon
- the numerous works of Phidas which
Elaborated the Acrouolis and i'm the Par
thcnOn. the erandest monument OF Greek
art, whore was the largest collection
o. Greek sculpture
ne indicated the history OF this monu-
r,ent lie followed Phidias 10 Ellis.
whore ne made the colossal statue OF
the Olympianzens which riVallcd that
Of Athena Promachos CIV the Acronohs.
lie followed phidias back 90 Athcu
where he suffered and died in shame.
The characteristic Of Greek sculptures
IS their ideal suhlimity.and modern sculp-
ture is good In proportion as it approach
- the Greek model.
re emphasized. I'm conclusion. me val ia
of the study of archaeology in colleges.
ir order TO develop the love for beauty.
which is an important element in edu-
cation.
He desired that Richmond College he
the apca of all cultural forces I'm Rich
mond. and the centre OF this culture
The next address I'm the cause will
he delivered next Thursday night. by
Professor John Pollard
The Philologian Literary Socletv's pub
lie debate has been postponed from Dec.
18th. 10 January 18TH
The Mu Sigma Rho Society Will give
q public debate February 2Sth.