Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-01-04
ART

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\ e n M Il ART. -
Mature seen through tho mcairIm
OF a temperament seems The best Of
all the short definitions of Art.
Il FRENCH ART. ~
II read some, months ago a criticism
GU the decadepce Of French Art writ
ten by a well'kDown critic He said
lii might be true tnat other nations ct
this day have not equaled the attain Z
men:s of France, but that the presenl
Art glory is mainly retrospective ano
fthat she is alread, far on the road thu
leads TO dccadence, and abdicntion o,
place and powe Is already beginning
to suggest itself to thonghlful men ii
| Arl AVID make. them regrc,iully looi
4 lor. the cause and origin OF the evili
he has encouraged bold and arrogaii
fads, which assail the prbic mine
from the. walR, oyt successive, salon I
year BY year dislfaetlny attention an
Snbyerting all true aud helpful crit
cism. BY. dire, sensalionalism. What
must we think of p country thai al
lowed Fleyre. pne Of the loveliest and
! purest painters the world has ever
known, TO starve 10 death and hir
name now almost forgotten, while the
inpudcnce. of the 30 called realistic
school is Haunted in our faces as the
highest of modern Art.
ENGLISH ART.
England is rising again in the Art
world and IL is IL perfect relief after
gazing. oil the monstrosities of the
French 10 look into cool. clear waters
bat reflect green meadows and fresh.
s!owped women Great artists they
ave, TOO, who paint with exquisite
.'urity such pictures as Love and
Life" by Watts.
GERMAN ART.
German Art is always strong and
vigorous, but infinitely touching
what else could their great, noble
souls give us?
,.l .AMERI CAN ART,
(. That we Americans have many faults
we are willing ito acknowledge, bui
let's hope that il is but the general ont
of youth, and that in the prime of our
Art life il may be one of glory and
wonder. a few .daysin tho gallery at
Atlanta will convince even n severe
critic that this day of triumph is
possibility for our nation. The pic
ture dearest to our American hearts
just now is Breaking Home Ties.n
BY Thomas Ilorenden. The picture
will always be,a memorial of his beau
tiful martvrdom., The mind that could
conceived picture with such infinite
pathos and sacrfice.in mothers face
belonged to q man wshus.. haa.. mas
noble enough to give his lie for
litte child..4ss=4. MI M
OF recent years here has been a
notable revival in y ,iniing in pas,els,
and under the impetus that this art
has received in Fra,ice. where lis prac-
lice is carried to II. degree OF perfec.
ton never realized IN old times, il has
asserted its. right to a pre- eminent
place equally with paipling in oils and
water ,colors. Pastel painting is sup.
posed to have originated in Italy
about the end of thel7ih century.
W.
Il may trutnfully be said that art.
lists gel inure- pleasure out OF portrail-
painting than almost any other line OF
ART YORK. In 'portrailpre they deal
VIII h character aud individuality.
Each sitter presents some new phase
of personality that 10 one has ever
done before, There is constant va
riely, constant study in the work,
The. Chief enjoyment consists in bring
ing oul The character OF the man as it
iss expressing his pdfsonali,y Oh can
va, "A, The. artist coneeiyes that per-
be. inlhe portraits of the
great Mastcrsslhat l,aye come down TO
us there are very few if any ideal
faces.
So
fins is the golden age for landscape
painting. AlIer porlraiture, il is the
Drahcn IL arr that il niosl prncliced al
tbs present day. t@
IVY |
The Importance OF Art as a vehicle
OF knowledge is but imperfcctly APP