Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24

a.. 'hoHss ne IN the originator.
,nr creator OF all the Madonnas that
nave followed, and a BART OF th,... thnt
nave gone before are supposed 10 have
oecn followers OF him.
Raphael worked in Rome. WHORE r..
~, nus Madonnas, and their peculiar
~ nnve become to be recognized as
me MADONNA The one in the ma
uonnl gallery II the most CHARACTERIZE
We. II shows the peaceful. pure face OF
u ,c virgin. with the happy smiling
sniiu on her bosom. Ills hands arc
ncs,ing on hcr robe. Both have the
beautiful. joyful faces, which 10 many.
'ori., the true idea OF the Madonna.
Thero In true religion In the plc-
.urc' acceptable TO all religions. and
inspiration.
Inc ncxt Madonna painter was An
u .h gel Sarto. who lived from iisG to
1871. Browning calls him the faulticHs
painter and has him say In one OF his
poems:
= can do with my pencil what know.
Nhnt see. what at bottom of my heart
wish Tor, II ever wish no deep
10 easily, too-when I say, perfectly,
do not boast. perhaps.
And browning also makes him say
OF MS fellows who do Less"
them,
In their voxcd. beating, stuffed. and
Htoppcd-up brain.
Heart, or whate'cr else. than goes on
TO prompt
This low-pulsed fortnight craftsman's
hand OF mine.
Del Sarto's work II in the Pitt pals
ace. and " an cxamplS OF true art.
coftcgio lived from 1924 TO 1884.
only u short life. but long enough TO
make himself Immortal. Those who
nave seen hts work describe II ~ boz
inE delightful. smiling and graceful"
and hts Madonna IL n pretty woman.
one whom you could love.
Then came Hans IIoibcln. whose
HE dates from ite5 10 i5i1. His Ma
donna Is a tall. cold one. for he was a
court painter TO Henry VII. and he
strovc TO make his Madonnna NJ little
human M possible. There was not
much Inspiration In the Court OF Henry
VIII. and. therefore. Iiolbcin tried 10
mako his work OF the world. worldly
The Madonna ~ Peter Paul fsub.nr,
who lived from it1T 20 1910. took on
very dincrtnt shade from previous
ones. Che was joyful creature. de-
corativc md lovely. Another Of Ru-
bens'a masterpieces. which Il OF convcn-
tlonRl difference to the Madonna, IL
'"rhc Child Jesus with the Little 81.
John a.i Angels" where n qroup Of
healthy. aportivc children play toEcth.
or with a lamb. Kubcnn was "a lit
Tie bothered with the dlctatlons OF
Christianity. ana he managed some
times to get his pictures mixcc.
Murrillo lived from 1918 TO ies2, and
like RuhcnH he won His fame on n
Madonna scene. lie painted his fm-
mnculnte Conception 80 csqulsitciy that
II n felt by those who do not study art.
Tho Mndonnn'a upturncd face and
the aurcoln shed n glorious ilRht over
the canvas. Tho drnpcry Ia cXahlnltc
and Il IN said that the Dornns and
Kunanor and other great drapcry art
lists to-day study Murillo. Murlllo
turned OF paintings by the Wholesale.
and decorated all the churchoa OF the
Spanlards.
In those days the Madonna was
the only subject upon which a painter
could win a reputation. hut beginning
with 1900 painters discovered that there
were other scenes. and they began 90
depict great battles upon enormous
oanvascs. which they sold az mas,er-
pieces.
To-day there In a revival In Ma
donna painting ana there are Hpringing
up new masters. Perhaps 400 years
hence the artists who work faithfully
now viii be rewarded with the title
OF Masters OF the Nineteenth Gem
tury."