48 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences^ Arts, and Letters. 



Next of the locomotive system and the ideal rules for its treat- 

 ment by the Greeks. 



Of the works of ancient art which have been preserved, the 

 Apollo Belvidere is conceded to possess the highest qualities. In 

 this statue we find all of these principles developed and combined. 

 The full intellectual brow, the thin, quivering nostril and fine yet 

 sensitive lips, the column-like throat, the well developed limbs 

 and trunk, but the last subordinated to the first, the higher facul- 

 ties of the intellect. 



The Antinous is unsurpassed among ancient statues for grace 

 and beauty. But in comparing the Antinous with the Apollo we 

 find, that, when the former fills us with admiration only, the Apollo 

 strikes us with surprise. To, at least, as much grace and beauty 

 as is found in the former, there is a superaddition of greatness, an 

 appearance of something more than human, which one is at a loss 

 to describe. This is the more surprising when we find, that the 

 le^s and thighs are too long and too large for the upper parts. 



Now, Hogarth suggests that this has been done with a purpose, 

 and that this greatness is really owing to what has been considered 

 a blemish. The Apollo is greater in size than the Antinous, but 

 if we consider a moment, we feel that were the Antinous enlarged 

 to the Apollo's height, this would not produce the superiority of 

 effect. Says Hogarth : " The Antinous being allowed to have the 

 justest proportion possible, let us see what addition, upon the prin- 

 ciple of quantity can be made to it, without taking away any of 

 its beauty. If we imagine an addition of dimension to the head, 

 we shall immediately conceive, that it would only deform. If to 

 the hands or feet we are sensible of something gross and ungen- 

 teel. If to the whole length of the arms, they would be dangling 

 and awkward. IE by an addition of length or breadth to the 

 body, we know it would appear heavy and clumsy. There re- 

 mains then only the neck with the legs and thighs to speak of. To 

 these, we find, that not only certain additions may be admitted 

 without causing any disagreeable effect, but that thereby, great- 

 ness, the last perfection as to proportion is given to the human 

 form, as is evidently expressed in the Apollo." 



This is well done by Hogarth (says Walker). It requires but 

 little anatomical knowledge to see the reason of this. The length 



