The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18


Funk busily painted. asking no more
I questions
| 4 few weeks ago We mentioned Prof.
John Van Dykes new and admirable
volume OF stuuisis. What L. Arts' and
took occasion 10 u'Intc hls opinion OF
mOdnrn architecture as cxomplifsd IN
the American skyscraprr Naturally. tn"
chorus OF protest from the Old Ladies
Homo IL Architectural Criticism arose
upon the wintry air and Mr. Van Dyke
was called by some a barbarian without
taste. II" m"rrly pointed out we say
-Esorciy." bur il took courage 10 write
il down and publish u that America
must crrata or evolve Icr own Tyre OF
architecture. else r"mRin hopelessly IN
tho bCndaEr Of dad forms. beautiful
n they still ar. yet not fruCtifying forms
or forces for ,ts ,N'n are not quoting.
bur giving tho general sonse Of Tire Van
Dyk" mcssr g.
The other day we came across n passage
m a novel by Xola in which he makes
"A plea for modern ideas iii architecture.
Claude Iantier is discussing architecture
with Dubushe. The novel IL Il 'Guvre.'
No doubt that plan OF n museum gallery
which he exhibited was not bad. only
there was nothing new 10 1t. IL was all
So much patient maraustry Of the school
formulas Ought not all the arts TO
advance in one line of battle? Ought
not the evolution that was transforming
literature, painting. even music itself.
To renovat. architecture as well' II
ever the architecture OF period wns
To have a style of its own i; was assurcdly
- h.,.r
would be entering. IA new period in which
they would find the ground freshly swept.
ready for tn. rebuilding Of everything.
Down with The Greek temples. There
was no reason why they should continue
10 exist under our sky amid our society
Down with the Gothic c,thsdrals, siEcc
faith m legend Was dec,l' Down with
IN" d"ticltr cclonnades, the lacelike
work III IN. X ,IaIssancs-that revival
of the antique grated upon MEDIEVAL
,n; precious art jewelry. no doubt.
but in which democracy gbuld not dwell
trd he demanded he called with vio-
l"nI gestures. for an archite Ctiiral formula
suited TO democracy. such work in stone
az wnll ID cypress its tsnets: "siiiices wberc
II would be really at home; something
vast and strong great and sippie n the
same time the something that was al
ready Indicated IN the now railway sta
tons and markets. whose ironwork
displayed solid elegance purifie, and
raised 70 a standard Of beauty. proclaim
ing the grandeur II rho int eliectual CON
G'l-sts of tn. age.
Poor Claude Poor Zola who a. an art
critic. hespit. hi- figh, Tor Mane,. was
hardly profound, This notion o. = akins
81 all rivili.a alton 4 tlbrl rrsI was orig
inally tn. Russian Herzens ard prop
agatad in western Europe bv Bakounine.
A nice sight the world would be- IL such
y thing could ever De- put into practice.
Ne do not ~i-h TO father upon Prof
Van Disk. such an idea. but Xoia's vision
of vast democratic temples. modern
~ styl" - not so far away from the
American critics defence Of the sky
-crapers The new Pennsylvania Rail
road Station fulfls Zola's prophecy.
though vs. secretly nherish the theory
that To the average citizen II any republic.
b.. II situated where u will the ideal
aryhlt nCtura ia expressed by the symbol
Of the pork bari Art and democracy
are as vet not Oh terms Of intimacy
Al tho gallery Of Max Williams there
~ an exhibition Of old English rezzo- :
tintS and stippl" -ngravings printed in I
co!ors after Mor'and and others Mr. /,
r Hopkinson Smith is holding his annual
exhibition ~ water colors AZ the knocdler
Galleries Joseph Kratins, Paris ,
sculptor il showing a Dust Of Toistoy
al his studio The exhibition Of the
summer work Of Robert Reid at the
Montro-- Gallery will be- considered later ,
Their. are special exhibitions Of mexzo-
tint- in color by Edwards King Steven
-on Bird. Henderson a; the Braus Gal
lery and at the hlachner Gallery etchings +
and mezzotInts are on view
Iohn WladmirofF a Russian military
painter has been talking to the repre-
-antatives 81 the English press about
the aim and tendencies Of art in his native
land Wladimiror Is. with Constantin ,
Aiakovsky not unknown 10 ART amateurs
IN imerici a professor a tn. Imperial
Academy Of Fine Arts 80 Petersburg
According to The former every aspec, OF
modern art realist. naturalist symbolist
imrr.=-IonlsI and neo- Enpres sionist. ia
IN Russia az the present
But the significant fac, Ia a general re-
'urn 10 pronounced realism. with full
color. strong relief. distinctness cor
rectness Of form All Russian. are by
nature severely sef-cri'ical YOU must
r"rn"rnbe- that Russian - speaking
and thus faculty is highly developed
~ tn. Russian artis, The result IL thar
Russian art AT the moment IL a very full
expression ot Russian life II IL in pur-
pose and achievement becoming more
and more a national art As in tn. case
81 Russian literature the wave ~ modern
r.n chiefly from France while advancing