Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco — John Shaqi
Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San FranciscoJames, Juliet Helena Lumbard
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Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts: Descriptive Notes on the Art of the Statuary at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco
James, Juliet Helena Lumbard
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.); Sculpture
With perfect abandon come these maidens into the Court of the Universe,
carrying their festoons of wild roses. They bring to the great festival
joy and love of life - a telling addition to all that has been expressed
in the court. They savor of old Greek days, these maidens of archaic
hair and zigzag draperies. Paul Manship loves the classic which brings
with it much of free expression, and he has adopted the archaic style
that recalls the figures such as are seen on old Greek vases. No one is
more joyous among the sculptors than this man. He has a rarely beautiful
gift from the gods.
The Man With the Pick
Ralph Stackpole, Sculptor
An ordinary workman with his pick - and yet how impressed you are with
his sincerity. In him is asserted the dignity, the usefulness, the
nobility of all labor. He helps to turn the wheels of trade, to further
the interests of the world. He works patiently day by day,
notwithstanding the fact that those above him reap the benefits. Mr.
Stackpole has been most happy in his expression. The broad treatment is
thoroughly suitable to just such work as this. There are no accessories
employed. The work is absolutely direct.
The Kneeling Figure
Ralph Stackpole, Sculptor
With the love for all that is beautiful in life, in what God has made
and in what man has fashioned, the grateful devotee has mounted the
steps that lead to the altar at which she offers up her devotion. She
bows her head in humble reverence to her God for all that He has given
her to enjoy - all that is good, pure, true, beautiful, uplifting. And
we onlookers, too, would join the moving throng that bend the knees at
the altar of beauty and truth. Across the lagoon we gaze upon the great
stillness, and we with her murmur, "Father, I thank Thee."
The Pegasus Panel
Bruno Louis Zimm
There are no reliefs more classically inspiring than are these superb
reliefs by Bruno Zimm. The one on the opposite page is of great beauty.
The young artist has caught the inspiration of his art - he has bridled
Pegasus. Beside him march the Arts - Literature, holding aloft her
symbol, the lamp; Sculpture extending in front of her the statuette, a
devotee admiring, and Music leading the procession, stilling ever the
beasts - a veritable Orpheus. Mr. Zimm has been most successful in the
fine working out of his subject in a classical way, for the style of
relief work accords well in feeling with the superb classic architecture
it decorates.
Primitive Man
Albert Weinert, Sculptor
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