El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-26

~ entering the gardens Of the old
OEospigliosi palace in Rome We are al
once enveloped in an atmosphere that
hreathes Of ancient history and Of the
days Of Constantine. But today its
splendor has vanished and instead OF
being the luxurious home cf noble
man. fmbued with Italian romance. fl
IS the residence of the French
ambassador 10 the pope In the palace
are many valuable art treasures rep
resenting the renaissance in Italy.
Here in the beautiful gardens is
the casino. a sort OF summer house.
such as the mobiles Of Florence and
other Italian cities often had at a dis
lance from their ordinary residences
devoted 10 purposes Of social enjoy
ueur On the ceiling OF the Casino OF
The RoEpiEtiosi palace is painted one
Il the most beautiful at best pre-
served freEcoes in all italy As we
gaze into the mirror used 10 make
its inspection easier. we see the cels-
uraref fresco. uufaded BY time and
painted ia the most clear and har-
monious colors
The scene is Of Aurora the beauti-
fuI Young goddess OF dawn, speeding
above the golden clouds 20 usher 10
the sun god. Fhoeous. He stands In
eIg chariot drawn BIZ fiery steeds. the
torch Of Lucifer is blown BY the
sViftness Of his advance Lovely
maidens representing the hours that
rule the day draped in the most DELI
cate shades % blue and pink, encircle
The flaming car as DC takes IFS rapid
course over the Deecv clouds across
The heavens Above their heads
bowers the morning star. in the form
Of a cherub. bearing flaming torch
a golden halo about the head OF the
sun god meits into the blue sky. The
magical goddess Aurora is shedding
showers Of roses on the awakening
earth
Phoebus Principal Figure
Phoebul not Aurora, is the prin-
clule figure q the picture Charlotte
Eaton observes that the dusky figure
~ Phoe5us appears 10 great disad-
Fantlge amidst such youth and loTell-
ness. yet his noble air compensates in
some deEre his lack Of beauty. II Is
evident from this exquisite fresc0 that
the painting succeeded better in fem
mine than in masculine beauty.
This world picture by Guido REM
was executed as a fresco. that Is,
painting done on a wall, the color be-
ing put on while the plaster is still
fresh Il was during the 18TH century
when the Golden Age OF Art had
passed and the highly developed art
T
Michael Angelo had degeuerated into
empty uannerisms- Now arose a
group Of young artists who tried TO
redeem the fallen art OF Italy by re-
furni In style 20 the art in the g0l-
den age and copying its masters
Educafed as Musician
Into this period the young Guido
vas born he grew up 10 be one OF
its most brilliant masters His father,
q musician in the town OF Bologna,
educated his son 20 follow the art OF
his father but the boy showed such a
talent and a liking for painting that
he soon gave up his flute de first
came under the influence Of the art
lists who were realists In style Guido
did not CO his best work until he de-
reloped his own style. Like other
artists he was attracted 20 Rome
There ha made a home for himself
The atmosphere OF elegance influ-
enced him 10 paint ideal beauty in
=lead II his fiat realism In middle
life be showed a desire for delicacy
and grace This tendency reached a
high degree OF perfection in the IA
nous fresco Of Aurora and Phoebus
uith the OUTS He painted simply,