Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-21

This room "a a delight 10 was said of
the great architect. by one of his riyait
that hp could not paint which caused
him 90 request the privilege Of uolng
that chapel For -FOUR years be smut
himself up there. producing what nus
helped o. make him famous me ccl-
Ink "a Biblical history aad 10 Is salu
that the Eve face is the finest one cN-
tant. BE spent many years more on
the room. HIs Last Judgment covering
the extreme end is conflieiably cru.
cispi. but was very entertaining 10 us
An amusing feature VI this last iH an
item showing how an artist may take
revenge. one 0f the cardinals had OF
Tended the great artist Who proceeded
90 nut uumistaknbly the face of the
cardinal on % figure In the lowest part
of hell cntVIucd hy great ugly snake
The cardinal appealed 10 the pope, De.
inc opposed t0 such a location Tor him
self but received the reply. Were II
Doc pergat0ry. ] might do something Tor
YOU. but / have no power in nell ~
the art galleries 90 the vatican are
many masterpieces In sculpture ana
painting and one may De entertained
Tor days by iha creations Of the old
masters. and new. We also saw the
pope's carriages, coaches Of state-mod-
els OF luxury. elegance and easc-somo
OF them have not been used Tor many
years
Another item OF great interest 20 us
ls that OF the CatacOmbs OF 81 hebas-
tan. whore among the graves " their
dead so many Of the early saints took
refuge from the cruel hand OF persecu-
ton when Christianity was go un.
popular These tortuOus underground
passages. some twelve miles IN length.
are not the largest or most extensive,
but have the distinction OF being the
original. on first ones built Thickly
along each side. the burial inches. large
ana small. are found, some being large
enough only fUr the reception of small
babe. Thousands Of the early saints
were there buried. A small chapel Ia
found near the entrance. where. under
pretense OF burying their dead, they
secretly met for worship.
As Z have told you, Rome ab0unds In
churches, and IN each Is 10 be found
some historic relic or masterpiece the
pOpes having taken pains 90 distribute
The treasures OF art for the ad0rnment
Of those churches IN ST. Peters VIM
coll we saw Michael Angeles famous
statue OF Moses His concept on Of that
worthy was pleasing Co ms and an arr
tistiC study. which. however more CONE
petent ones than We have often crlu-
Cised one painting that particularly
pleased me was Guido Renis Michael
the ArChangel' IN which, with drawn
sword uplifted In night hand, he stands,
one foot upon the PROSTATE form OF a
.FHHI
chains with which the prisoner isbound.
II represents the triumph over
and the binding Of Satan the Great
Dragon. It is truly pleasing idea
exquisitely executed But here again
let me mention the artists SHAFT the
face Of the PROSTATE Satan IL said 90
be n very correct picture " one who
the author. Peculiar revenge.
but amusing TO us. more perhaps than
10 the one earlCatured. and an Inspira-
ton 90 the Carto0nist Of our day /
might mention individually many more
gems that specially attract the visi.
tor as Salvatore's "Transhguration,'
Rents "CrucI0x.on.' GuOrdibassi's
Appearance OF Jesus, 90 the three
Marys "Dolu'a and others Mad0nuas."
and scores Of others. but time viii not
permit Again only win I say twas a
dream Of delight
on the Sunday that We were IN Rome,
FOR want OF a desirable English service.
we wandered. about 10 o'clock. into the
Jesuit lGesu) church. where services
were IN progress and whore for half
an hour we listened 10 the strains OF
good organ and a quartet OF mixed !
voices The words were Latin. but |
fortunately music is always In the one
tongue. though Of course. like English, |
more or less understood Sunday Is an |
open day mo payl at most places OF in |
terest and we Just wandered about az |
sweet pleasure I'm museum, ruined !
forum and palace. contemplating man |
as he has been and is
on that day we had the unexpected |
pleasure of meeting Brother and Sister |
I. O. Weber who drove up in car