New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-18

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artist has jumped o. the conclusion thar r.
| is something taiisuanlc shout thar htaar.
that the truth as pictorialIy or Ilastiranv i
pressed IN India Is necessarily beautiful -
Western critic may need o. modify his pots, i,
| view in order % acquire Just notion % 3.
subject. but that IS no reason why be- 49,,
throw overheard every idea - arr that 10 ~.
I sesses. Mr. HavelI makes much % the a..
/ rnce between tho starting POINTS of the Cr..,-
and Tho HIndus. II H. am interesting ar
/ ence. and, once understanding 10. we are h,,.
/ TO look ruory symIatheticlTy at Indian art o..
1t does not seem 10 have occurred tu Mr. H.v,,
[ 90 ask n there Is not question here % ri,..
and wroUg-if II is not possible. after an a.,
/ the starting point oi the Greeks WIS cb.,--
/ with the greater wisdom Most reader
/ fancy. will ask that question. and tn arzg.-.-.
IL in favor Of the Greeks they wiE shox L
believe. not the Grass preiudi.- of d.'ettlnt b..
the good sense which refuses t1 Ia the a-s
OF discovery turn the long perspective u thi,-.
| upside down.
/ Rarely indeed does the lover ~ architect.
come upon a handbook So Thoroughly saft..-
] ing as the one which Professor Ma-1uaas A..
| just published. His Greek Ar.h.t-eture- a.
| model Of what book of tho sort should h. h
is tempting and very easy Co g.neraIrze In ts.
| field. 10 mix p,dantry with fine writing and d.
suggest To the bemuScd reader that h. M,
clinch the point in hand by referring OBJ the lI,,
| tration Of this or that famous monument An
the time the poor reader Is wishing that his s.
thor would show him the very comes u Gre,
architecture. and little hy little. uut than, "a.
| gether for him that hr may uud.-stard -,-,
detail FOR its own SAX. ana arprsr.rI it IN FL,
relation % the whole. 10 js this really fiui-e.
| guidance that Professor Mlrrglrd offers in t.,
book He begins at the beginning with NAT
rails and constructions. then passes 90 arrt.
tc-turaI forms. and proceeds ta rnafte-v 10
proportion and decoration and tu lie laws NJ
| composition and style which governed fs.
Greeks In his last chapter he surveys differ.
ent types Of buildings. sacred and secular. pub
! lie and private. incIudir also ships and r,--
bors and sepulchraI architecture The book "a,
very closely written. and though IL Is necesssrf,
full Of technical information Il Is HrnpidIy clear
| one may study Greek architecture here as an
organic growth. tracing IL ster By step as
though from the quarry to the finished temple
| For an author obviously So full Of his SUBJECT
il must have. been hard To refrain from those e1-
| cu-sons on the sheer beauty Of his theme wtla
| ar constantly invited. But Professor MarQuaai
/ IS faithful to his intensely practical Plan Ha
| sets ont to make an abstruse subject plain. AMI
he Is never for a moment diverted from ms jass
His Illustrations too Of which there are nearly
four hundred command the waru-st praiss
Like the text, they are meant % BE- useful n
line drawings are particularly welcome.
| 1t Is pleasant tn record the appearance Of ths
third OF the six volumes IN which Mr. Langtoa
Douglas IS bringing out the edition @.
Grove and CtvalcaseIle. published in Load.1
by Murray and in this country by tire Serb
ners This is the edition which. the edii5r
noted I'm the preface to his first volume Pos
sesscs in q great measure the character of a
new work For some time before hts death ST.
Joseph Grove had been engaged upon the ~
writing of the History OF Painting IN Itay@
| and he succeeded in thus OyerhaUling more than
| a third of the text Mr.. Douglas IN passing
the whole book through the press. is also En-
rfching II with the fruits OF his own rssearrh-s
and his notes likewise take account u the Etssi
conclusions Of other scholars His third volume
relates to the Sienese. Umbrian and North Ita-
| ian schools In the first OF thess. especially hs
is much ut home The pages on DuCcio. Sim0ue
Martini and the I>orenzetti are E-satIy strength
.ned BY his juficIous comments. He IS nOtasiy
serviceabIe in his additions % works unknown
20 his authors His investigate into re his
tory OF one painter. Andrea ii Eartolo the ST
Of BartOIo di Fredi. have produced such inter
esting matter that he has rightly embodied ~ I
an appendix instead OF printing % m a note he /
reproduCes by the way. an interesting ex11n7s /
of this master that is preserved In New foTA