The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-11
Sunken Gardens Recall 49,
GlOries Of Greece and Rome
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artists at work on these asures for -
Opposition realize that The occasion I i
enc which should inspire their bes, 4
forts. and thai Il u In the nature q q
patriotic duty. a. well a. an Artistic Priv
ilsge, that they should put Into their ooa-
trlbutions 70 the Adoramsnt Of the Fair
more than an equivalent In dollars ana
esntA
An Artist Wor0 lArEGly frOu n0Cfvss
Of Gnbltisn ana love Of his art, hsnos
when bs u ~ his best his uorR = more
valuable than The money paid for its s1S-
oution-
ARTISTIC RESULTS DUB TO
CAREFULLY SUPERVISED SYSTEM
In the second plaes the monumental EnA
architectural sculpture for the LouiIianA
Purchase Exposition Is being executed 90
eordinE 70 = well considered and carefully
supervised system. % that the msnsy sz-
pended upon this part Of the Fair y Afr
Ing made 70 60 much further than II OrnssN
wise would. and accomplish more In o.
way Of artistic results.
Instead Of commissions beng Efvoa %
this Or that sculptor IN haphazard man
ner, instead OF tho enlargement sf nsurs
being done In many different studios and
material for the plaster figures being pur-
chased BY different persons in small QuRn-
tities, everything Ia done As a weIl-orSan-
ised business corporation should carly %
such operations
/ Commissions for execution q nruua suA
I groups are awarded IN the hrst instAnOs
not By directors or other dHciaIs untz-
rniliar with artistic requirements, but hy
Chief Of Sculpture, Mr.. Kari Bitts1,
aided By an Advisory Committee Of Sculp-
/ tors consisting OF MessrA John q. \
/ Ward. Augustus st. Gaudens and DAnSA
c. French-nen whose names ara q quar-
antee that what meets with their approval
must measure up to q high standard.
The general SculpturG schsms and o.
figures and groups executed IN aecsrdAncs
with Il thus come before the public win
the approval Of qualified representative
Of the Soulptural profession. While tAS
mechanical work u placed on an eoOnous-
icAl haziA the enlargement OF figures being
done in enc large Workshop instead Il
several small onsA ana material for this
purpose being purchased IN carload lotA
Great improvements have been made n
recent years In methods Of enlargement
as the process Of building up figures N
plaster into a likeness OF the original clay
models Is called
BY these processes, mus improved. Il
possible with an expenditure Of the sane
sum OF money TO create . much IarEeT
number Of figures and groups than could
have been produced fer the sans amount
some years ago.
Not only so. but Il Is possible 70 mnks
better reproductions of the original nod
els. For all these reasons the stStuAyy
will be much more valuable from every
point OF view than might at nrst glanoS>
be supposed
II Is the fashion with some 70 sSSse4 a
the modern methods Of creating sta;uAyy
on a large scale. as though surnins out
such 4 vast number OF figures and groups
must involve q sacrifice In artistic char
acter.
But such = result need not follow.
The improved mechanical inventSo,s
merely do away with a great deal Of the
arduOus mechanical labor which formerly
was incident 10 the enlargement process,
and the artist who models the original
hgures from which the enlargements are
made must live IN the same artistic At
mosphere, must aspire 20 the SANE hiEh
ideals and must labor with the same
ardent desire 70 produce artistic and IN
spring creations a. In times gone By
when the old masters in this neId Of Grt
did their work.
Undoubtedly the seulptural ahornneat
OF the Columbian and the Pan-Ameriean
expos!tlons has had great influence IN
modelling public taste and creating a a.
sire for the use Of such decorations vne
generally on permanent structures and ha
public and private grounds.
All this gives Significance and egpactni
Interest to the work now going on in ths
production OF the figures and Eroups to b.
used IN embellishing the avenues and
courts OF the Worlds Fair and IN brinxtnU
out the significance and purpose OF thS
Exposition palaces
VAST NUMBER OF
ART OBJECTS TO BE SEEN.
Americans are great organizers and they
talent for doing things on a large scala
Tor the accomplishment OF wonderful re-
SUITS Is equalled nowhere else in thu
world.
II mas not generally been supposed that
'nls applied TO the productions OF works OF
art but even here, IN the present case AZ
least. II seems to have an application
by use OF the same principles which In.
captains Of Industry have employed in th.,
Industrial field the authorities Of tb.2
Worlds Fair are going to give the 100"
an example OF what can be done IN the
creation OF vast number OF objects Of
art without sacrifice OF merit.
Sculpture for the Worlds Fair xtu -
prise some 20 Ersups and about con ar