Paris (France) -- Description and travel; Paris (France) -- History
pediment sculpture on the Pantheon (p. 330) is here represented by
566, Philopoeman, the famous general of the Achaen League; busts of
Arago and of Beranger; 567 _bis_, Child and Grapes, and a series of
medals in the embrasures of the windows. Of Antoine Barye (1796-1875),
pupil of pere Rude and another victorious assailant of the "Bastille
of Classicism," this room exhibits three masterly works in bronze;
494, Centaur and Lapith; 495, Jaguar and Hare; and (no number), Tiger
and Crocodile. A later contemporary and excellent master was Jean
Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875), after whom Room VII. is named. Here
stand his models for the famous group, Dancing, which adorns the Opera
facade; and for The Four Quarters of the World, at the Fountain of the
Observatoire. Among others of his productions may be cited a bronze
group, Ugolino and his Children. In a new room (Salle Moderne) are
some more recent works transferred from the Luxembourg, among which is
Chapu's Joan of Arc.
[Footnote 201: _Copiez, copiez toujours et surtout copiez juste_ was
his favourite maxim.]
[Footnote 202: The best criticism passed on this facile artist was
uttered by Flaxman: "That man's hand is too great for his head."]
SECTION V
_The Louvre (continued)--Pictures: First Floor._
(_a_) FOREIGN SCHOOLS.
We enter by the Pavilion Denon, in the middle of the S. wing, opposite
the Squares du Louvre which are bounded on the W. by the Place du
Carrousel and the monument to Gambetta. Turning L. along the Galerie
Denon we mount the Escalier Daru to the first landing below the Winged
Victory (p. 341), turn R., ascend to a second landing, and on either
side find two charming frescoes from the Villa Lemmi, which was
decorated by Botticelli to celebrate the Nuptials of Lorenzo
Tornabuoni and Giovanna Albizzi.[203] To the L., 1297, The Three
Graces are presented to the bride; R., 1298, The Seven Liberal Arts to
the bridegroom. The latter fresco is generally believed to have been
the work of a pupil. On the wall that forms an angle with this is a
fresco, The Crucifixion, 1294, by Fra Angelico from the Dominican
monastery at Fiesole. A door L. of 1297 leads to
ROOM VII.
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