New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-25
A S.ENE FROM rLAT0.



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on ol wa IAl.''''s n" 1858 philosophical
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Ia t--s naintias.' says tie artist. tn orief
memorandum. "taere mas hcea no strict intention
81 giving an adequate an6 therefor, Impossible
historical Ie"sestaiaiIcn % something which may
never base happened BVt t5erc has boon wish
To- convey. a typical manner, the serenity AID
good nature which is the mote o. The famous book
frd of Greek thought and philosophy" obviously
then. -a,re is Uo OCCASION for dwelling on The pei
ersl significance such az il is. q rhe figures with
WHOM. Socrates IS ronvereing Detail are noth.ng;
tae broad idea OF Socsates discoursinE ON The in
tar5epcIGsuce OF IE-.' - everything. Not in the
vers moment OF reading Ar Ia Farse'a dis,lainla.
Of anything ike pcdantically histoc al intention.
yve are struck. as raise our ,ye- 10 tn1 paint
irE with q sense e the familiar huuaa reality
he has given 10 somcthirc WHICH as he says may
l4
s-rne from Plato II is wildly. a scene from
Greek life Plato himself sketches the matter with
irt-7ifah.e realism WHOA We meet Socrates on
-te threshold Of The Republic he is simply
the rhirsorIc~ but the curious traveller. rsl-shns
Che fe-aht 20 the eve provided by The Ecudidean
e.e+f,..1 Tho incident OF his encounter with The
man WHO wished TO hold nlu in ak IS Iloto-
--sr-e5 for rs as with "a modern camera. Says
s,.-,-es i'm Jo7ve:r-s version
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ciry. ana IN that instant POlemarchus. the son OF
Cephalus- Glanced 10 eaten 9l=lt on Ls Il ..l ,5
lance - ~. -, nv, ma Ia ms gtaft for him
,~le -e.zarf took hold of mo by the cloak behind
and said: .'Folanarchus desires You 10 want
turned iol--o anu a-7>,1 -i'- W. ~. ',
..-rara he is ~ said the youth. coming after you
81 you viii only wait
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- z--- MS -,rez-af1o5 7l1,on 10 turn his steps
s~5 Tho house Of reI,b4l,ls we are carried into
49, --.-,. intimacy of Greek society we are con-
.,.--s ~ +-= sights and sounds and breathe its
$50 -.-- Fe,- r17, 7,ro.ess of art Ar Ia Fargo
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laI-.1 ..=,-,f+,- is not for him The cold szele-
s7 rr,. r-t5,l, sa-fe7as so many .arcbeeolosi-
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-a7a IS envero,ad an atn,osnbere borrowing much
IRON, rra ri-b lasfaeA in -be baa, ground and even
more from the s9perb landscape which Ills the
distant r1anes Between the spectator and those
far seen hills and waters Nj La FARCE has placed
a charioteer whose three spirited horses approach
the exhedra aforesaid from a lower level This
happy reference to the horses mentioned in the
text is not altogether happily executed The ground
seems 10 fall steeply away at this point. and the
relation Of the chariot 10 the road is not clearly
indicated But this may be remedied by Mr La
Fargo in going over the canvas, he may perhaps
remedy the excessive scale Of the wild roses
c!amberinE over the marble on the left. In the
mean time wa rejoice in the charioteer and his
horses. as We rejoice in the statue half revealed
amid the foliage Of the background, for the sake
Ct what they do 10 Increase, without unduy EN-.
PAaslzlIE' the classical significance Of the com
p's--'il- fSoih OF these touches ara very charac-
l7f-stic OF -lr La Fargo. He puts them in con
Il1-lorE 70 the Greek idea, ana at the same time
he puts thCm there I'm such a manner that they