The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
On Exhibition at the Berlin Photographic ca
Persian Miniature.

Persian Miniature.
SALON. and 4 member Of the New So
clety. of which Rodiu is president The
| latter society sent an exhibit to several
/ American towns short time ago. which
included work 10y Miss Poupoulct."
Or. William Il. Nalentiners recent lee
ture upon Michael Angelo" at the Mu-
scum of Art proved. az WAS expected,
to be full OF scholarly research. !llumi-
| mating Ideas ANA charming English.
The lecture is sure tn be repeated or to
be published. In the meantime two
| quotations may be given:
while decorating the SistIne Chapel
he had made the discovery tina. in hat
composition h. could reproduce scu!p-
tural motives which were almost impos-
| sible of execution in marble and which
| his daring spirit longed 10 embody.
These were more particularly problems
OF dramatic action, OF flight. and of the
| grouping Of masses. the problem which
occupied the artist in his later drawings
and paintings. We remember Ms IN
comparable rendering Of the ascent and
descent. the soaring and retreating
through the air of the Last Judc-
ment. 1t is as though this artist. ever
I fascinated by the impossible. who once
dreamed Of hewing colossal figures from
the rocks Of Carrara harbor. had
stretched out his hand to grasp the
privileges of the gods. AS though he
longed, freed from the earthly laws OF
gravitation. TO reproduce In sculpture
the nebuious apparitious OF the heavens
II Is this longing for superhuman power
which, like his poetic musings on the
world TO come, gave wing 10 his fan
tasy In later years. For so far as works
in marble were concerned, Michael An
cello shared tho conviction common IN
all great sculptors of the preceding
ages. OF necessity OF q restraint and
reposc commensurate with the I'M
yielding quality of the medium In which
thcy worked. None of his statues. from
'hc David 10 the tomhs Of The Medi,i
and the monument to Pope Julius II.
reproduce any transient movement
least Of all that of flight.
one Is perhaps tempted 20 assume
'he existence Of a more Subtle and COM
ph'a'ed spirituality in the late works
Vi IN" masters In reality the exact op-
posite is the case. and those works
which seem rather to belong To n more
primitive era Of culture than To the
, 10y singular simplicity ana drertncss
os expression. Subt.ety !s not the ma
mas" idea. Of The great masters. Though
1t may be a midstation OF their d.yclnn-
ment Lyrically gifted mon of lesser
genius, whose work appeals 10 n small
circle of the ultra cultured. NAV confine
| themselves TO the dciineation of subtle
Ties OF those intermediate states of the
soul which are IN reality impcrmanent
ana III the long run wear!some. The
allegiance OF the really great artist re-
turns Ultimately 20 the PORTRAYAL ~
7 those simple and powerful emotions
whose appeal is universal Let us take
an example from the realm OF painting.
rembrandt twice depicted David PLAYING
the harp before Saul In the early work
Sauls expression betrays a complicated
ad'niNture OF feelings. anger. fear. a
growing emotion. In the late picture
the old man is found drying his ewes
with fold Of the curtain. a conccption
that Is found ridiculous by those in
clned to 'preciosity.'"
owing 10 the recent important add.
tons to the Metropolitan Museum nv
purchase. by the exhibition of the Nor
gan collection and the acquisition NJ the
Altman collection ii has been decided
to enlarge Or. George Kriehn's course
on the Art Of tho METROPOLITAN
Museum" into two courses Of equal
length. The subject treated during the
coming spring semester will be The
Paintings OF the Metropolitan Museum
or Art from the Originals in the
Museum" There Will he fifteen two
hour periods. The class will meet in
three sections: Section I Friday. .. TO a
j. NJ; section Saturday, 10 to ~ A
NJ; section Monday. 10 to IL A. NJ.
IN the classroom OF the Metropolitan
Museum, Eighty-third street and FIFTH
avenue, beginning February IS. IA and
10 respectively. During the autumn
ana winter semester the subject treated
Win be Sculpture and the Decorative
Arts These courses. which are offered
by tho department Of extension teach
Ing, Columbia University, are Intended
for al! who wish TO learn how TO fudge
and enjoy art and may be taken without
previous training. During the past two
years they have attracted wide atten-
ton, tho registration for the mast
semester alone being over one hundred.