The Theosophical Path Illustrated Monthly Volume 1, July-December, 1911
Religion
The Theosophical Path Illustrated Monthly Volume 1, July-December, 1911
Theosophy -- Periodicals
The next seated figure is Jean Goujon, (1530-1572) one of the restorers
of French sculpture as an independent art; he is well known for his
decoration of the Louvre. Beside him is the martyr-artist Bernard
Palissy (1499?-1589), who after sixteen years of incessant and
unremunerated labor discovered a pure white enamel ground for pottery
which was suitable for the application of decorative art. He was
reduced to the extremity of poverty before he made his great discovery,
even having to burn his furniture to feed his furnaces. But as soon as
his animal sculpture in pottery became famous and prosperity began to
shine upon him, he became the victim of religious persecution. Charged
with being a Calvinistic preacher, it was only by the aid of powerful
friends who admired his genius that he escaped for some years, and
finally he was thrown into the Bastile, where he perished.
In our last illustration Michelangelo is at the extreme right. At
his left stands Donatello (1386-1468) the forerunner of the greatest
of the Florentines, and probably the next best known name in Italian
sculpture. His most famous works are in low relief, but several of his
full-sized statues, such as the St. George in Florence, are very fine.
Luca della Robbia, (seated,) and Ghiberti were almost contemporary
with Donatello, and, next to Michelangelo, these three are perhaps the
greatest glory of Florence in sculpture. Luca della Robbia invented the
process of enameling terra cotta; his groups of Singers at Florence are
his most famous work. Ghiberti is chiefly known by his wonderful bronze
gates to the Baptistery at Florence. Looking over Donatello's shoulder
is Andrea Verrocchio (1432-1488), painter and sculptor, a follower of
Donatello, and the teacher of the universal genius Leonardo da Vinci.
Niccolo Pisano, the third figure from the left is of earlier date than
those hitherto mentioned. He was architect, sculptor and painter;
under the inspiration of his genius sculpture was revived in Italy,
and every branch of art was influenced. Imitation of nature in place
of conventionalism was introduced. He is one of the few really great
sculptors of the Gothic period; he may be considered really to be the
forerunner of the Renascence. His most famous work, the marble pulpit
in the baptistery at Pisa, was finished in 1260.
THE TWO FAIRYLANDS--A Study in the Literature of Wonder: by Kenneth
Morris
I
One has been reading a fairy-tale of our own day, which has made a
great stir in literary and dramatic circles, and it has given rise to
certain ideas as to canons of criticism. Its name, and its author's, do
not matter; there will be more freedom if they remain unmentioned.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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