The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-29

be looked upon for the wonders of It's
patent offices, Just as ancient Greece
and Rome to-day are the Meccas OF
the art worshiper. II so, In that after
light tho reopla ~ .he times hardly
viii be censured. They will have done
enough to preserve the Venus de Milo
and the Apollo Belvidere, 20 have
kept in print the PHILOSOPHERS Of the
ancients, to have preserved the muse
ums OF the antiquarians
AS late as 1915 in America the paint
er Trumbull turned from his canvas to
the ambitious Frazee to say that
sculpture will not be wanted here for
century" To some extent he was
prophetic, The statuary of the century
has been for critics rather than for ad-
mirers. The national capitol has been
styled a morgue for craven images that
should be buried without the service
of coroners' juriss
"It IL q generally conceded fact"
says BENJAMIN, "that since the death OF
Michael Angelo the art Of sculpture
has made little progress in the eI-
preston Of the ideal. II has rather In
dicated until recently a lack OF steadi-
ness OF purpose and a want Of fresh
the plastic art OF the last three CEN
turtles in a lower rank that that Of tho
| classic middle eyes. II Is true
that we have not yet produced any
masterpieces that rank with antiquity.
but. on the other hand, some Of our
| plastic art compares fayorably with
| the best that has been created In mod
| ern times"
Intn Af Ntn
| tury in great measure has lacked
| originality; has been content TO copy
that which has embalmed another age
J And II has been insisted that ut Is
| only by copying nature directly under
| the inspiration OF its own ago and
| country that a school OF art has the
slightest chance Of immortality"
| FRANCE THE WORLD OF ART.
| France has led the century for art,
as England has led II in letters. Paris
has been the capital OF art and the
Mecca for the worlds artists. Through
the period OF romanticlsm, realism and
impressionism 1t has held as the world
center, upon which Napoleon's impress
was made so early in the century.
| ENery nation has sent It's pupils TO
that capital and yet French artists
have led the world for the last one
hundred years. In Germany, Berlin
and Munich have stood as art centers.
All three of these have graduated the
worlds geniuses In the last one hum
dred years. OF the famous canvases,
however France has claim OF nation
ality upon those of Millet, Carrot, Msis-
sonier, Regnault, lngres, Bonheur.
Courbet, David, Gericault and Della
croix-an imposing number as COM
pared to England's Constable, Turner.
Leighton and Rosettis, and TO Amer
ica's Whistler Inness and Stuart.
In Benjamin West the United States
had It's first born artist. Copley, Trum-
bull, Allston, Stuart and Vanderlyn
followed. Cole. Doughty and Durand
laid tho foundation OF it's landscape
school. All these have been reviewed
and criticized by the masters.
In black and white. however, the
United States recently has produced q
school that is the wonder and delight
of the world. The American illustrator
Is unappruachable. while printing pro-
cesses, 80 largely perfected in America,
make the periodicals OF the country
the standards for the age.
In literature the Victorian age has
marked sharply the progress OF letters
When Victoria succeeded 70 the throne
in 1887 Scott, Byron, Coleridge an