July 31, 1885.] 



♦ KNOWLEDGE 



said witli reason : " It 

 Bents power, nxiijc.sty, 



ifi,; 



thcE^yrli 



, l:n 



-f ifs r 



•aiid 



W r 





class of effeet 



of the Lomidless sea, the I- : ,^, ,: ■ ! il, 



rolling of the thunder. '' 



Also M. Charles Blam-. the reirliat.d art 



ColosBal statuary calls for faculucB >.f pecnliar power. It is an ( "' "" ' 

 art of an ciceptional character, whicli preeeuts considerable diffi- j to the 

 cutties. The artist who approaches these dilEculties enters a i passalil 

 sombre temple, peopled with mysteries. He is brought face to fixed u 

 face with struggles which few artists have experienced. No one | j^^* ,]j|. 

 can advise him, nothing can gtiide him except his instinct, his [ '' 

 faith, and his courage. Conception and execution are controlled ! T'J'-'try 



by rigid and difficult laws. Faults once committed can be hidden j eliaraeter uf I he f^ i m and tin ex| rr.-,sion of the "ivork ui 



whieh the desi-n iiself , .\ j ru.s.s, s, a Iter a fashion, infinity. 

 1 have slu.lnd h-Vl-lian art with the threat e.st atten- 

 ti.iii. AVhen 1 was t weiil v \ears old 1 travelled in Kl^ypt 

 with the ].aiuters Jeionu- "and Lielly, and .several other 

 friends, aii.L 1 may .say that this eouutrv had a very con- 

 siderable eil'eet upon n,y taste for Iseulpture of the 

 broad and decorative tviie. In K^ib 1 went back ^Nith 

 \ M. de Lessej.s and gazed a-aiu with the .same pleasure 

 I on all those mtirvcdlou,-, ruins, and my corvietious grew 

 i stronger up.iu the i rinei]iles which are there to be 



sculpture".! the tinest kind, only its effect 

 sink 111-, Le.-au.^e the fuu st remaining types of 



by no snbterfnge, and if the artist fails the depth of his fall is com- 

 mensurate with the immensity of his aspirations. Iiistead of pro- 

 ways, ho exhausts a larp.' pnrt of liia Iif,> upon a single task, on 



enthusiasm. With tlu'S« !..• must ivilli..iit pause keep up h'is ardour 

 during long years. | Charles Blanc in l.c Tcnps. 



These wov.ls se.'.n to me 1.. ansuer in a, la.-e measure 

 the rriticisms .f ,v 1,1,1, eolo^sa! art 1^ s.,metiu,es the 

 i.bject. 



certainh made its wav ini.i CIreece alonar with -manj 

 other artistic t ra. lit i,.ns' which ,ame f.vmi A.ssvria, asivcll 

 as from Kl-viH. .\ivhaM.],.-isis l,:ivc ,,ft,n a"-.s.fted tliis 

 rcl.-umnship. I'hi.lias .■x.,-ut,,l ins, I, .-s.il statu.'.s in 



true 



,f f,.r 





. ii'iiii the most couiph 

 ■'.'j\ ) t Ian colossal art wi 



illions of kil.i. 



, f .\1 mervu in 

 ,.-sl that of the 



.f :i female Fellah. 

 .■sintuo of Liberty 

 3 ignorant of what 

 uill cavillings, but 



