The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
ROME or Ell AR7
CENT ER U II WORLD
Galleries and Museums Offer More Al1uring Than Ruins
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 81 the More @
. Notable COLLECTIONS.

car for tho public ID gnze ,ipoh. IT.
seems not gntto III Keeping Witii the
fcternai fitness or u u ihAsy anyway TO;
shnvA ones rnitialtis. whether In 8 tho
shape OF ashes for VI u AapiDg mummy
removed from theft final regtlng plnce
gar gazc OF tile curious crowd .8s 4 3ss
33 Near tlio AhiGuplingtis Of s5clpl1 In the
Vatican NJ lisellAi IL The cc,obrAtGd '".,llor-i
70 6f tfercGlrsA by "A pO1lonitis OF a til
ems, WHO n11tisled loo b. e. This is u
|{nhu piece 6f work as far us II goes,
but does not 30 "a Il enough. hero te:-i
tlhs neither head. ar ms nor legs To the
Stfunk. Enough OK Tie bod v remains. how.
ever. 10 show lint The statue was ex.
ecuted BY d tridstcr clllsel and even The
shatc turso 8hus been enthuHlhs tlcnlls' ad-s
H,mired by modern critics from WlneEef-5
mann dawn to tic trlerest haobliy co. 81
Tine prescnt day. ~ sgi III 81 70 q ri s5s
Another fine stntueS I'll ihls same room
Is the eeagerC, X. a product nn& OF the
8llnbolial period OF ancient Roman art.
fits work was discovered In the year
1900 5tcnr Rome and 1ins doiilt less HISS
Ell through many VI cias tudes. # Yet 1t ~
FIT IN excellent state OF preservation and
aWakeng no little admiration afnonE TIE
best art eri lles. :5. II Il 5l5
Vatican Paintings
1t Is High time to speak OF tho paint
ings, inE the VAtlcan gallery. I'hsl paint
ipgs III this gallery are not numerous,
itais triie, but they are eH tremoy select
az tliey make M III quail X Rha I they
lack Hi quantity Tie gallery - MT pig ],
dating only from 1915, ts1len " Iils GyI ~
began 10 collect The fplcll res 9 wen bh OK
by the French " Tho ftlsts whose cDn-j
vases are contain He'd In this col lectiOn ~
among the most famous Of the nenat6-5
gsatlce period and include FRI AnEelicol
$Mnrlllo; Pollssii, Pcrugihor n Dofnenlchlno
Titan and Raphael. WI hat more could
one desire 81 Il II 5
IN tllo slstine Chapel are seen N IS
5rfael "a Angeles celebrated wall Ad ecortl-3
tons, including the as s. y udg fnent.'''S
his grentcst achievement With the brush
The entire chapel IB decorit ed With fres-5
#eoes OF slrpasstig BEAUTY. inspired by
biblical history The ceiling and wallis
of this chapel have. Stirfortunnl ely. been
s6 dlBco1ored ana dmmed by sfl1k tsand
incense TINT the fill effeotof the artists
great triumph is yol1ie what INJURED. The
Fdetatis or the mural e decorations have
to be painfully studied ott 70 be appraea7-i9
se1hted Till
$$Efhe l'Apal apartments, now known as y
5Raphaei'a, stanzaH. show the gen ,ia and
Snrt 81 that great N asst The walls OF q
Fnfl11lDeTg
S1ished with various historical Il subjects.
III Isapbae l. III d masterly mar her. g liese
decorations extend from ceiling to floor.
and are OF very elabora to lgns, Worked
s0,ii wtti5an astonishing wealth 81 detail I;
through series al ter series Here Is tue
famous III. School & Of a tfens, sa 80 vel
known from the numerous cor'ie .s " ana az
sreproductions Iii existence. = rea ~ re-
Equires considerable mental effort 70 IN G11
vel the theme ID ttinnY Of h =
and m Michael Ang elo's wall decora tons ~
their Significance and synlbol Ism '1,ei 2 3
hard to cornpre hend us So Il VI. ~ AZ; 5
AZ length NE como to the picture gal
$tery proper. Here the la yran i e. not lutte
80 much i at sea, for the paintings g e g
blended and shaded into one another I. as
the mural decorations are: nnd, FOR this
rea son. the paintings q re- more IN telliGibie
10 the tIninitiated Personally we had to-
study out the symbolism and subject Of
the nitirni decorations SO trlt,cl, TIM ,fet
failed to md the igh degree Of 10y.
tnent III those masterpieces which soma
profess to flnd there. But we did cxpe-
sricnce genuine pleasure inScontenlplating
Rnphael's great 'sTrnns1guration'' and
madonna of FolEus'' and sDomenlchi-&
nos /" Communion OF ST. erome. Oth-5$3
3er paintings have also appea led to { us.
but we did not rave over them quite SO &
much ns over the three Just named.
FIJI Borghese Gallery.
Another fne art collection In Rome IS 4
the Borghese gallery. which contains
boil, statuary and paintings. It Is located
in the beautiful Borghese Villa, surround-
ed by the finest gard lens or park In Rome
IN this park stands the handsome monu-8
,nent Of Goethe, which the German IAN En-
peror presented TO the city OF Rome two
years ago. sss5 h: !, "a :.
In the sculpture gallery Of the B 1''o,l
CHEESE the work Of Bernin appears 70
be most conspicuous He Is repre e! q
here BY his David With the Sling II
"a eneas n d tAnchises'. and Apollo and
Daphne. 4 Y It is simply little short Of
marvellous that these charming works 'l 5 OF
art were produced by q mere boy. , the
he executed these marvels, Surely, Ike llt',
Michael Angelo. Bernni must nave peenH
born with the chisel In his hands.
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