The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1920-01-30
ANTIQUITY OF |
i. DECORATIVE ART
Strange Sources From Which
Pigments Used by Modern
Painters Are Derived.
PRESERVATION OF SURFACES
cFNdS bnt Effective Processes Employ
ed BY the EsyptIans and Greeks Of
PilRy's Day-Nsah PrudeatIy
interpreted the Ark.

swer to a need for q preservatiE0 or 70
meet . desire for beauty 10 4 question
falIy ss kAOtty as the ancient ere about
tAS relative time Of arrival Of the
cAlCksH Or the egg. 1t was ihvente1
tA0Hgh. and It serves both purposes
aGHally; - whether II 10 IN eKsprlAg
sf mother necessity or an adopted sen
Sf hOauty remains forever q dlsDutsd
S1Astien.
TAO Sra4 men, covering HndeF The
Asrcs aAd glaring suRs Of the DiblICa.
Countries, constructed rude AUts Of
weed to shelter them. The nerisAabIe
SatsrS Of these structures caused rapid
secaH and II 10 probable that the Oc-
c&pAnts. seeking some artiAcial means
- pEsssFvatien, hit upon the pigments
Ae tie earth il their search. II 10 per.
h&Ps AatHral 70 suppose that u was
the iRstinct sf preservation that led
nSR to the search, although the glOries
Of The sunsets aad the beauties Of the
FalnsOw naay have eTeatea 6esirO to
fsaisate tho0a WINTERS In their SWh
AWelllRea
! 1Na earliest RECORD se the apDlics-
klea Of O preaarvatiYs 70 q lweOaea
saEnetuEo dates from the ara, which
NHs. asCerding to the Bible. apitehed
G1thln aRG without" The pitch Was
lffumDh ef preservation whatever 1t
laEkOa asa thing Of beauty.
Decoration applied 70 buiidlaga arst
sanss to hight with ancient BGbylea.
@hess walls were covered With repre-
sentasi0AB Of hunting scenes and sf
CDabat. These were 6ons IN red and
ths neth06 followed was te paiAt the
sGeao On tAe bricks ct the fiAso 81
mGsafaetHre, assuring DermaRanca ~
bak1hg. Strictly speakiRg. thfs was
act pmintfnG 90 much 40 it was the
earliest ManifestatieA ef eur awa a.
Rl}EaR kalsOaalnIng.
rae hrRt Hebrew to nAoatIeE DaAAt.
lAa 10 Moses. In the thirty~thiHa eha1-
TAP ae ehs beck Of NaMD&fs he IT,
sAEnets Ne EsRaslstess s'aNsa ys hav@
Rnasea ever the JordAA iske tie laAa
81 CanaARs tAoa shall ye drive ieut aEl
the t6ha6fEamts Of the laRA fFem BE-
GOEs yss eMa asStrsg Ill eASlr pc,
tares.
At later Uerieds tAs Jews NasRsAA
maRy eusesuas Of the peoples We UseN
eesslvely ONtalA0A pewar ever tAeE
aBa in the apscFyphal beck ee. ths
MacCabees is found thls allsSesA -
the art Of decorating, "FeF ~ the MzS-
ter builder Of q new house HuSs care
fnP the whOIe building. but he that
und0PtaketA 10 set It eat snd paint Il,
must GEEK out things for the Gderning
thereof" -
Although Honsr gives credit TO q
Greek for ths discovery Of paint the
aIfuBioBs to IL In the books Of Noses,
the painted SUNNY cases Of the Egyp-
tlaHs aRd the decorated walls Of Baby-
lon anG Thebss Ak its origin st q
poEiad long antscadeAt to the Greeian
era. TAe walls Of TheNes were paint
ea 1890 years before the coming Of
Christ aad e96 years before "'Ganer
sasote his bleomin' Tyre"
The Greeks recognized the valrS ef
paiHt a. 9 preservativs ana Hads Iuse
OF something axis 10 It on theGY ships.
PlIny writes Of the mode Of belIlng
wax and paIating ships vita IL. after
which, ne continues, "neither the 4ea.
aOs the wind, nor the sun can destroy
the weed thus protected"
The Romans, being essentially q
warlihe people. never brought the dec
aEatIon OF buildings to the high plaaDs
u had reached with the Greeks. Fer
All that the ruins Of Pompeil shew
maay structures whose Wural decOra.
tions are tR fair shape to-day. Fhe
csaors used were glariBg. A black
background was the usual ere and tie
eomAinations worked thereon red, yell
low ane blue.
In the early Christian era the uss ef
nnssalcs fer churches somewhat SUP
plahkeA mHral painting. Still. during
the reiea ek Justiniah the Church 0f
gmsnt sOphla was built at Constantine
pls aad Ito walls were adorned vita
paintings,
In moderR times the uses Of palHt
have cene to be as numerous a. its
msrtad shades and tiAts. PsiRt 70
uniaue ID that fts nams aas ne syae-.
Myss and fer Il therv 10 40 sAbstk ai0
material. Bread II the star Of .iSe. but
paEnt 4 the life Of the. staR.
Ne enc thinks OF the extesfOr Of =
wooden building now except in terms
Of paint coated. Interiors, toe, froiSf
painted walls and stained furniture
dcwn to the lOwlIest kitchen utensiE,
all receive their protective covering.
Steel, so often associated with cemoEt
reinforcing, Is painted before II goes
TO give soiIdlty to the manufactures
stone. The huge gIrders OF the sky
scrapers are daubed an ugly but Ell
clenl red underneath the surface cost
OF black. Perhaps the best example
OF the value Of patht on steel Is found
In the venerable Brooklyn bridge. %
. which gang of painters Is kept GO
Iag continually II Is scarce possible
10 thInk OF a single manufactured az
tIcIe which docs not meet paint some
where m course Of its cCngtYu0.