Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-09

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PAINTER q Lesion wa had ras- c1upe.eI
miniature @ ire Eag ana gaeer o. Ems
and ana wn8 expects &C. maze pictures 1f
El -hs c1lef rulers q lbs Uar.a hzs Al
trBrIea cUasGs al . nueEtI 2 g. thIs uranc1
o. painting wzlra tllrts years aso tnruar-
snsd 10 became one q lrs -les1 arts, e.
rE -- -s H5raat % -pna-aE-aptg Fourier
or ffle-a years 49,. neuever Leers wHs a
REVIVAL o. this u1s1 delcats vera % the
amer ara rumr~1us s-sciertts Rave been
established fE tae prgngLua gf patlg
Interest 70 b.
The al q uuiat-rs painting pant
i-E u Llle o. -lruE az g = VETI0usy
called has been uaeed hAck 10 E1es1i
tlmss. far the vard miniature Is n1l De-
rived as u1s wound naturally suppose.
f-u- -bs Ian ulruEs nsE-lng lsas-
rlt comes from uluf-z meaning YER
ullar Wien E-lAls and 1a-de-s Tor
books and sz~cls we're E-s- u-Lu and
decorated TIE r--1r UEE Ez1st invariably
red and from mis- color EreW the ass 81 the
word mHG-rE ne szRl 5=c1-z-vs wcrk
which ~EaEuh-v expanded tuto sks111es
and fnB-v po~r-ars Fhe o-her tern
lining comes from --s Frerrh en-
hummer and from the Latin luuLnsrt
uea-1uE % pan The rv5 famous coSlces
u vrgE which are preserved IL he
library q the TaticAE- are the shr-ssl
examples q ZanuscrIprE Decorated win
lErr-Es They GATE back 10 the four-h
century
IRE career e Giuznu Cimabue bern
IN Flo-sues h LaM is usually taken as the
starting puIrt f5r the new birth % pir-
to-lsl Ar bet be Is caiefly
through MS famous pupL Giorto TIE
manner Al which Giorto vas discovered y
ms teacher has I II uoch O. tie element
o. chance. which TIE me6aaeral writer's
attribute 10 TIE Intervention O divine
power Tbe embryo artist wEsr a Ia OF
re- was tsnsng ms father sheep or the
hillside and WIS amusing himself s-ketcaas
un q smooth piece - rock WIKI g pointed
stone. He wAs drAvfaE the sheep as they
Erazsd. when Ciuabue came ID suddsnlv
and looked over the boys shoulder. He
fnmedsatelv saw TIRE latent talent q the
child and persuaded him 10 leave the pas
tire and 60 70 the CRY 10 srudy Giorto vas
an apt pUpl and n the succeeding Years
he had 3 greater influence over Italian ART
than Any other mE1 q his generation He
WIS a great persona friend Of Dante
AAE REAAAAAAA VA Ia R@AaA-AE a. q
finished z-1 Is usually assigned 10 the
period which marked the crvije q TIE
r-est German artist Hans HoIbetn VINO
Lived In the first EBf Of the sixteenth
century. H0lbsin name Is familiar &c
every reader Of English history as ths
painter Wb0 executed q remarkably Tat
rertuE portrait ~ Anne q CevsE. and
when kuE Henry VII saw IL ne a. once
selected Is subject as his bri5s-uo-bs
When Anne arrived Al Ire English eeur1
the king found that the artist mad mace
a - but not . true likeness q rhs
lady The anger Of the EmorUgs rulsl
knew no bounds Following HoIbein cams
\ long list q d-isrtnEaished miniature
painters. such names as Richard CosWzy
HITiard Oliver. samuel Cooper. john
smart EnEelheRr- EdridEs, Spencer an.
Humphrey being especially noteworthy.
Originally mfntartres were painted OF
copper plates or on vslum, preferably n.
lsu1er, but RosaIba IL supposed 10 har'
been the first artist % employ ivory
which has nov become practically the enl!
material used Is soft tiulE being al
mirRhly suited for the body wo-k Of
portrait over which 10 Use Transporter
culurE. EuRmsi was formerly much Use.
and is SIN % SONS extent. bur one Ct I'd
chief difficulties Is that there uust fol
lUW q process q burning IN OF firing
tus pigments and beat changes the color
% thE1 4 Uns wishes a brown effect, 70
example ne must Use an entirely dTfersn
color and then HHuw IL 70 he burned
Many OF HE best artists claim hat ia TIA
process q painting away from nGtur
much Of the accuracy O tones Is lost.
7 Ths use Of ivory however. presents uau
difficulties. In the firsr place the suppl
1 q elephants tasks is not inPxhausrihi
and In recent years the price has gore "
considerably. There Is also q Luzt 70 tn
size o. real ivory, fur me pieces must b
Cu1 WIN The gram As ruEks are houoI
FOR about haE thsr length. me minfHuur
ivory EzEE1 Re cut fran the tips. Whict
Of course, limits the size OF the thin shesrl
A piece OF ivory seven inches VIDE b
Twelve o. fourteen inches long has h-uugh
as much as H1. some clever mHuufHr
rurHrs have eadesvured 70 cut thtn Shoe
Of iv1Ty from around ths tusk. pairing q
: 50 10 SPEAK and then pressing out n
pieces into fsT Sheets but these hHv
proved unsatisfactory, as they are apt Z
curl - II damp atmosphere O. 0vsi
heated rooms The problem Of the sizs G
Z sheets o. ivory has had much TO 90 wit
hUirsrCn q the size OF miniatures. II