Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-16

On the Stn ui March at the vatican,
In the presence OF the pope, cardinals
ana court, was iAaugurated what may
without exaggeratiUn be called the
greatest artistic event OF the latte I
half Of the ceDtury--ihat 10, the open
ing OF the famous Borgia spartme n ID
OF the apostolic palace, inter exieusiv e
RESERVATIONS which have taken four
yenrs TO complete. The cost has beer
only 100000, great economy having
been observed. Until q comparatively
few years ago phaelite art was
held In little regarI In the vatica1, Us
| eisew here, 30 that Previous pOpss hsu
not Thought II worth while 10 Restore
the gorgeous frescoes OF PinluricohiJ
that adorned the walls Of the various
rooms, and were, until the other day,
entirely obscureu by whitewssh, while
the precious msjollca pavement had
bsen destroyed Ia part, anu in part
covered with bricks. Besides, walls
had to be- pulled down, windows until
then bricked up openei, all with toe
utmost care, for fear vi damaging the
rest OF the structure.
For this work Leo XIII nominated O
commit composed o. CounGVesplgn.
ani,architect, Sig. Sets, picture insptc.
| tor Of thei vatican,and Prof. TesorUne,
| director Of the artistic Industrial
museum OF Naples. With regard to
| the latter, IL Is worth noticing that he
is tue fret government official en-.
ployed by the vatican, anu he gained
nie charge through competition In
| which CautagaIli, OF the famous
majolica works OF Florence, WIS his
| opponent. However, to CansagaiIi
was given the restoration OF two OF the
rooms in the Borgia tower, which is
part OF the apartments, whicn consists,
| besides tho tower, OF three large hall
OF 100 square melers each and an i'm
mese SALON called lns hail OF the
pontifis, go square meters In ez,.
The rooms OF Tue tower, too, were
| painted by Biagio di Betto OF Parugis,
the companion Of Psrugino. Or the
| three large halle, one especially lie
from the hand OF Pinturicchio himself,
the priD cipai picture OF WHOM repre-
cents 81. Catherine with Emperor
MassaminO, the former being like
n.ss OF Lucrezla BOrgia anu tho latter
her brother, the famous Caesar L. T..
gia.
In the same hall Ia q portrait OF the
master painted by himself and In
another Pope Alexander vi, knesliu.
before resurtectiUu VI Christ. The
largest hall was destroy, Il Ia the sat X
OF Rome by the oDnstaDle OF BOURBON
In 1927. and was rspaiDted In tue m i'd
die OF the sixieentb century by the
well-known artistic, Giovanni da Udin.
anu Plerin del VAgo. Tue restoration
Of the pavemepis has been real
triumph, as 30 few traces remain to
give au Idea OF the designs. Prot,
Tssorone discovered that the ancient
majoiica tiles had been made in
Umbris, probably In Perusia, for
Pinturicchio from his designs. The
reproduction OF these IL 80 perfect tn, {
the TWO cannot be told one from The
other.
Iu the hall OF tho pontiffs there were
no traces OF pavement, but 1t was
thought that, as the hall was painted
by Giovanni da Uiiae, who also paint.
cd the logpia anu the little palace
OF Plus ~, In the vatican gar
deus, 1t would be best to reproduce
their pavemunts. which are alike.
Tue ell set Is extraordinarily rioh. Toe
bAse Is In terra.cotla mosaic OF dark
TO and grayish yellJw,tni which
run In derign ms small Spanish mSjolics
bricks III various cOiors. This KIND o.
pavement is specially OF thevatioau.
Ia this hall have been hung some
very precious tapestry anu some re.
Gently discovered armOr, which Ia mos
valuable; one suits IL Is raid, having
beiosgeu 10 the constable OF Bourbon,
anu the other to Juius III, tho lam IA,
pope warrior, who was msde pope in
1903. Ine pope has lelt that ms res
tolatiOn IL perhaps his most lastlna
work. He sad seveia times o Pro i.
TesoIoDe: "Wsrk a miracle, work "a
miracle; finish before uie." The
miracle = accomplished, and the AS