♦ KNOWLEDGE 



n the character 

 ought to be in 

 iidly, in the suit- 



tin 



.ha, 



First, if t 



above the «a . ■, , , . ■/,:-, nv, ialiro«,i ,i ^^aalM laixa^ 



fallen into thi- «..;,.-..,:. 1 ilia ( aa v ■ •■ f.^ . .- , . . ,-,,. 



sembling caverns, of which l'liii\- s| i : \e 



been gotten out, leaving within tl- ,a s 



enormous, which he says he saw i , ila- 



result of my personal studies - > 



statue of this kind in an upri-li- :,;■.: i 



impossible, but that it woiil'i : ' 



were placed in the body, whirl, \Vi.,;M ivmi'Ii i,, hri!,a)!a- 



the centre of gravity too high. 



After the Grecian epoch we must pass on to modern 

 times to find examples of colossal statues. The Jupiter 

 Pluvius of the Pratolino Villa, executed by John of 

 Bologna, and the St. Charles Borromeo on the Banks of 

 Lake Maggiore, may be referred to. It cannot be said 

 that this last -work is properly included under the head 

 of colossal art. It is an ordinary statue enlarged, and 

 its volume gives it its principal interest. The jiede.stal is 

 deplorable, and nothing in the whole work shows either 

 research into the principles of colossal art or a eom; re- 

 fa ension of them. ^Nevertheless, this work of ::: 1 . a 

 peculiar interest in virtue of its mat, ■ , i ^ 1 • 



is, I think, the fir.st example of tko . 

 copper mounted on iron trusses. In ai aio, t , ,. ,, , , , ,,! 

 beaten out into sheets iiad already been used. But it 

 was used as a covering or was modelled on a solid form 

 of wood or stone. Gold, silver, and copper were thus 

 omployed in Grecian nn+iqnitv rvA in the extreme Orient. 

 The statue of St. Oaa' I; , ,., is tl,-' tir.^i kia.wn 

 example of a stattie of , ,■ , j ,-r, woi-ke,l with the 



hammer on the insi-lo ,a,.i . ,,■ mm-.' ;,a.l fr. oi-> ~,a: ; . iTed 



coarse style, but it is mtoresnii-, : • of 



being the result of a liol.l initiati\o , a 



little thin, measuring only a iiiillima:', , : . :;u.l 



yet the whole work hasVio,,,! until to-day— that is to 

 .-^ay, for two centuries. 



All the other colossal statues in existence are entirelv 



modem. That of Bavaria, i- -i i^'^st j*^ „....,.„,..:.; 



15-70 metres. Next was ex., ' 



the Vii-gin of Puy, which ; 



tinally, that of Arminius, in \\ a- 



the sword which he raises i.-,.,!- ■ ti,, .~ky, is I't^aju 



rafetres in height. 



The object of this review of the eolossal statues which 



Yet some of them seem to me 

 n a way which admits of no dis- 



without being 

 1 measurements 



,1 .study should be made 



' 1 '■: 



ive the 



should lend 



s of .stairs which 

 montimental 



•able 





whi( 



Lspe 



. [ 1 



. sSes should l.L .:.oid.a. Tl.a all..t , ,., 



his site in such a. way that the lines of the „ 



the colouring of the background will become his assistants 



in heightening the ]>roper aj 



]u 



nd and 



.,.^ ,.„ sistants 



■ of his w-ork and the 



:-ks of art, I 



.■iples 



a the 



, N, : _ ■ • ■ :' ■ '. ■■. ' ' '■ a aionof the 



I • ■ a'l-eat sim- 



iko ., ■■ : . .i a, tko a,,:, .a, rimes. The 



ge-, : lain Ly the profile to all the 



sti,-i " : I lines ought not to arrest the 



eye. , .,,,,> .-liould be bold, and such as 



are suL"_'e>ied liy iiii- u'eiieral desien. Beside, the work 

 should be as far as possible tilled ottt. and should not 

 present black spots or exaggerated recesses. The sur- 

 faces shotdd be broad and simjile, defined by a bold and 

 clear design, aaaant ,i,,ti..l ,■; tl,e ini],oi^(atit places. The 

 enl-argement , f ' : il , ir i: akij la-iiy is to be 



feared. By ex a ' j' tia f, ri ,s in oi-.kr to render 



thorn more ek r ;. 

 details, we would" , 



■O|o 



with 



irk. 



construction of the jiede.stal, for they e 

 tiu'e. I could, if I were not afraid of 1 



ment of ce: t, ■ 

 lines prevent 



sight the nr : 



^These are .-;.,,, 

 said. I thou-1,1 ;1 II 



....^at be much 

 , to touch lightly 

 of flaying down 



