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Recent Studies in Art History and Criticism ^ Sheaf of Books Intended for the Layman as Well as for the Specialist?Architecture the Subject Chiefly to the Fore. By ROYAL CORTISSOZ. The entrent number of "Art in America" (F. K. Sherman) ^n?. v ? tes by Mr. Berenson mi Venetian painting-- in Z? United States, certain Bellinis in the Johnson and Davis col ,. and because they are allied with the subject he treats also ? the Gardner and Altman Mantegnas. The first article in "The Magazine" (J. B. Townsend) is written by Mr. Home ?i*the Altman Botticelli, the "Last Communion of St. Jerome." lent periodicals arc full of interesting matter rC ?ting to problems of ursthetic scholarship. They have felt the; iltiltirf of the war. It is difficult just now to obtain the usual -ch quota O? authoritative essays. But Somehow* the subject is -igt going. In London both the Arundel Club and the Walpole societv continue their ministrations. From Paris, where certain ?gssfljr . lions have had to suspend activity because the -en responsible for them have gone to the front, we have never sju)esi lately received a sumptuous volume on art, M. Vollard's ?Pial Cez< nne." All these facts arc decidedly comforting- and in ?piring. It i-- cheerfully to be noted, also, that the gift book" type ol ?jl publication is apparently as dead as Pharaoh. If it persist ?jnmere it ?'? ? not, at ..11 events, come to our attention. Oi the ;k.'r;v numei volumes which lie before us to-day there is but ^ne which, makes its appeal through picture*- alone. The text is what (?ounts, and it is text conscientiously prepared for the serious ?tader. The finest illustrated publication we have to record is, in the first t lace, a work of literature. This is Mr. Gaston De Veres translatiun of Vasari, issued in England by Philip Lee Warner and ? America by the Macmillan Company. The ninth of the ten! volumes in which it is to be completed has just appeared. The ?ve hnrvired superb plates made for this book give it, no doubt. ;i special interest. But it is to Mr. De Vere's merits that we would pay tribute now, as we have paid it before. This volume, by the iriv, includes the biographies of Michael Angelo, Titian and San ??vino, winch is to say that it is a little more ?'aK-inatin?*- than any I the golden series. Some Good Works by American Authors. In thii matter of th? literature of iri there It or.e agency at work in the Utit?d States which is perhaps more Kjniric?nt than any other and deserves til greatest nonor. It is the move jNDt ?t Prnceton L'niv?r?ity which csrii io much to the Initiative of Pro fMiorAliar. Mai-quad, which Pi Irtnk J. Mather 1?a? done so much to uilit, ?nd to which Mr. Charles Scrib jer rendere i so flee a service when he fsTt the Princeton Vniversity Pros? its jrtient bon - and plant. Three years i(0 Professor Marquand began a aeries of "Princeton Monographs in Art and '? illustrated cata of "Hella Rohhi-is in Aacnca." bringing together and clarl fyiaj the data on an important subject ? r.ich hi ?enliai I? hii >* i More recently his "Luca della Robbia," '9 the tame series, ha? supplied a ?tided gold? to the works of the prin? cipe member of a great family of ?cultor? ?nd he promises further volumes or AnJrea. Giovanni, and the Robbia Schooi. The second of the Princeton Monograph? i? Dr. G. W. "Problems in Periclean Building?., of special interest for the liftf it throws on the true meaning of ?& Erechth?UBi. Most connois?eur? of 'jrtek architecture prize that building It is hardly In the nature of things that a work of the sort should be readable. It is enough that it should supply the facts, when the latter are needed by the student, and in that respect the "History of Architecture" perfectly ful? fils its hum-drum function. A totally different kind of book is Mr. Samuel Howe's "American Country Houses of To-day" (The Architectural Book Publishing Company;, which as? sembles a quantity of brief rsRays on the works of some scores of our archi? tects. Mr. Howe ha? a technical knowl? edge of his subject, and observes it with a due sense of those elements of design, of thoughtful purpose, which lie beneath the surface. But his aim Is essentially to Interest the lay reader in the beautiful spectacle presented by a fine building and its Eetting, to rob a plan of its terrors, so that it will ex? press ideas of home as well as of con? struction, and W> interpret a fa?ade in popular terms. He has taste and fancy. His lightly touched chapters form pre? cisely the sort of introduction needed to his voluminous array of picturesque dwellings, photographed always at the right season of the year and thus por? trayed when their surroundings are at their best. There are also numerous drawings in the book, strengthening the . fountain and who designed it. She will even set down the figures dear to the tourist, noting how the central jets of the Acqua Paula ril ! to a height of sixty-four feet But, better than that. she will make you feel the indefinable enchantment of the Roman scene, 'he romantic fusion in it of th'- -pells of history and art, the pure loveliness which hang.- like a golden mist above al'. things Roman, even though they bo synonymous with tragic awe. When she reaches the great Fount.iin of the Tartarughe, the masterpiece of Ola* como d?lia Porta, she rises without artifice to the lyrical appeal of her theme. Her?, ai elsewhere, her ardor, like her judgment, is well reasoned. Mr. Rnzieka'l little wood cuts, though wanting the glamour of the fountains, have an artistic quality. It Is a wel? come book, a fact which long and in? timate acquaintance with the fountains of Rome only leads us to state with redoubled empha 1 THE FOUNTAIN OF THE TARTARUGHE IN ROME. (Fron a photograph.) ?or th? ?h?er loveline?? of the e?rya ':i ??-.-? ? mad? it famous, admir? er, them masterpieces of ?.r.nir? ou? ?r, thought to the cult Mr C 1 ??' rev, in hi? "Lost Mosaic? ?*?" Pre?- - of the Medi?**ral Nriod," publish?! ?'.me rare drawings ' ? r;,ry at Windsor Castle and ipt?Tf 'he hi?- ', fcry of ?,. ratten. "Medieval' v Professor Clar ????? War:, -e fifth and last roono ftjsb eel the preier.t ????.is i . which students *? ?faa??a .? and Gothic eonstruc .nterestir.g informa <ieas. Or. more ??ta c- . lies we rnlgbt but ???*. ?? ,. ,. , ,:? |j ., to not? at ?- ? rcumatar.ee of ash eiii - to a new '***?->' -udy m this country, * SS? ., book? wer? worth ?ngfla- ?. ..,.. r.h-.f Keen produced In ihem, we re -*?' '-.??<? -,- iniqu? promise of the **'?????- ? eriean ?cho!ar?hip ? SMttrt ol art ;\ a bail? hitherto *aW* 'or Its weighty, "*MgJ?g*.?g i-?rarter, 1? the Hi' ^e> cf Ar' ? .-. tl ."" Ix.ubleday, P?g? ?JCj> ', ??ch wa? begun ?om? year? 7?ty ti? .??.? Rq?m11 Sturrl? and ha? '.*'? M ,-i |,y ?rioth'-r hand i* th? fir?' ?r <\ ?aeond volume? Mr, ?*jt* e??r?ri d th? elaiiiee! ? J?; ?has?? ?f I In the ??M ?rd ?,,.,.. |mti r,;W j,, . gLsaSsV A ?' ^'?thlngham ?r?-?.u of ?^lettl.ir iir./i k?,.. ..?.r. pcriodi and ?r* *'-'?f tcrapp) '-?r.-'r on "Mod i? A[" ght a? will *? Uer. - bit te si seetj ? and ,'.**'-??:??'? ? ? w.n ' t"*? .'.'|j:r?-r v.? ?ppreciat? mor? ?wTv*' ,.*'*-'-? - arebit*rcU i_fcl*P*-r''>' ' poinl a an i "??-??Uor, If ti.??? j,??;?? ?r? ' *-"-lcc?rT/.,r,g of itlmulatif.g th? ?u ?"? ? ?. ,,.? ,?,v... ., ,, >,!,?,,,? I Bj practical side of a study which is ir tended, indeed, not only to give plea? ure, but to afford helpful suggestion to the prospective builder of a horn? fjJa would cordially commend it to th latter as an entertaining and Fcrvice able anthology. The anthological idea is well carrie out by Mr. Lawrence Weaver in hi "Memorials and Monuments, Old an? New" .Charles Scribner'e Son?\ i portly little octavo containing abou two hundred subjects chosen fron ?even centurie? Works of Continente origin are illustrated, but most of th? models are British. With notabl? good judgment the author pay? little attention to ?culnture a? ?uch and h? practically exclude? the monument oi heroic dimen?ions. His speciality ii th? comparatively modest memorial the ?mall tablet, the discreetly placed tl i -''?? ,??., in short, which make? more of lettering or heraldic bearing! than cf architectural decoration in the more ambitious sense. It Is one of the best books of the kind we have ever ???er., for if nom? of its examples art rtep.orably poor, the bulk of them have of one sort or another, and all are well calculated to ?et the reader tr.lnking when he ha? a memorial on bis mlrd. }1*t* he may compare many types and, perhaps, develop precisely the Idea he Is hoping for. , It Is difficult to speak with anything like critical dulnterestedness about Mr? ? berlee MacVeagh'? "Fountains or Papal Rome" '( bar?es Scribner'? Sons'. f'*r H happen? to be the book which ?*e bava be? r. waiting a long time for ?orne on? to write, and now that It turns up and prove? to be, into th. IB a beet as we had baped the adahed fei beat would be, art cas only ?entlmentally rejoice in It Imagine er, ?rrhrologist's book or. the fountain? ai Rome, the enidl"" valu? and bleak solemnity of thi thing' Mrs. MeeVeagt, aasasssa no ?? li simp: ? i erfermii ?c * labs ? I eve ei traaomlta through bei graceful page? '?- <?.? leate emetioa which Is abova ?: rrlnsx? u> be drawn from her sebjecl r,. give, eg d?t?s, she tell? u? who e?*w?vt?nd?^ ?i- arsatlaa of a iriven' The lithographs reprod teed In "Jo? seph Penn? Pictur? the I and of Temp: . : Th? J. i pincott CoroDany are cleverly drawn and m some cases <?.?? com ! posed. Mr. I rator and h? knows how ?? ... ? ira! moiiu-nent. Greece, bow? ? irdly th? lountry ? ?? to that ex ;' line whic . 1 the gl . lical archi? tecture. Thi temple looming against the sky ).< In i. v. , ativi way, set faithfully i.; . ..]><-r. The ? iir of a column, i"- ,;r..i i>"ir, and .? s supreme era He has occupied himaelf to much bet? ter purpose in ? nation with the aid of of "l.ithog ? ? "'acmil-l rat '. "ltirr.e in a , new ?eries on the graphic art?. It is I GOING TO WORK. BY J. F. MILLET. (From 'The Barbizon Painters."1) based upon the volume on the subject which the same authors published in hut is really a new book. The history of lithography is traversed, its leading Agurei In the different coun? tries are appreciatively celebrated, and are chapters on the instruments and technique of the art. This latter part of the book ought to prove of soli?1 benefit to the beginner. A collection or tpventy-nine iliuslrations serves ad? mirably in enforce what is said in the text about the salient lithographers in? troduced. A second volume to appear in this series will treat of etching. It is a good scheme, and the present pub? lication augur.s well for its succe.--. The 'Michael Angelo" , Duffield L Co.) of Romain Rolland, which appears in a smooth translation by Mr. Frederich Street, is the rather terse biography which this distinguished Frenchman wrote for a series of popular mono? graphs. It contains, therefore, a little less of that metaphysical analysis 'which one would ordinarily expect from the author of "Jean Christophe." But M, Rolland cannot shake off his natural traits, and his SWift recital of facts is interspersed with critical refl?. I r| s abundantly ?iisrlo.-unic his ,ns';;;ct lor ahilar, more mystic elementa in the grea? artist's character and career. It is a very winning bit of writing, the work of an arti?\ 1 or the layman who wishes an introduction to the subject, this book, with Vasari and Condi vi,. would be more profitable, perhaps, than one of the exhaustive memoirs, like that by Sjm.0 "The Barbi.ion Painters" .Frederick A. Btehi i Con mjr) was irritten by the lata Arthur Boebei out of an unusual fend of baowledg? and tnthu Himself an artist, bis fcsiling for Millet, Corot, RoUSSOaU and "he rest -va-- more that of the disciple than of the histo? rian. At the same time he took pro? digious pains to explore their biogra? phies, to collect anecdotes, and, with lively critical interest, to relate what they accomplished in the broad cur rentl of modern art. He was a man of worm sympathies and loved a romantic personality. He gave himself with a kind of happy devotion to the portrayal of masters whom he knew to be great artists, but frit also to be very simple. lovable human beings. This volume serves a double end. At a time when the vogue of the cubistic and other freakish painters is inimical to sound Itandards it recalls the reader to works of authentic genius. Also it is a hook framed to interest, te entertain, a book of friendly, vivacious talk. Ar? thur Hoeber had no patience with cnti eism of the grand, gloomy and peculiar tort He wrote with h simple, heart? felt fervor on the thenu-s hi- loved. In thoM vividly engugin;: chapter? he did hi.-i bes* work, and they will be cordial? ly received by readers who wish to be carried naturally and easily into the in? tim?t.' atmosphere of a memorable school. Random Impressions of Art I in Current Exhibitions Last winter one of thr- most interesting exhibitions of th? year was organized .it the Knoedler gallery by a committee of on< hundred American artists, brought together to render >ome ser vice to their French colleagues who had rone to the war. The families, of the latter needed assistance. The exhibition in ques tion was for their benefit. Pictures sold fetched $11,500, and since then, it may be added, subscriptions have raised the total for warded to Paris to about $19,000. The memhers of I.a Fraternit? des Artistes, "? which M. Leon Bonnat i- president, have shown tlieir gratitude in characteristically felicitous fashion. They have -?.?nt over to Mr. William A. Coffin, splendidly active in the labors ? ? the American committee, a collection of paintings and drawings to ho presented to the many contributors t>> last winter's exhibition. It will he shown at the Ritz-Carlton for a fortnight, rung January 2. and with it?it i?. to he hoped?the huge dec ? :? by Besnard which in la>t Thursdays pape:- was an? nounced t" have gone astray in transit. The exhibition of wm-ks by Cezanne ?at the Montrosg gallery will he opened on Monday, January ?>. At the Knoedler gallery, on January 5, there will bt '???cued an exhibition of paintings by Monet, l'i-^arr?'. Cezanne Gauguin, ?.'arri?re. Cottet, Gaston La Touche and other modem Frenchmen. < >u the evening of the same day the Association of Women Fainter-; and Sculptors will ? .pen, with a reception, at the Municipal Art Gallery, an exhibi of the debris receive?! in its post card competition. The drawings l'y Leon Bakst which are to follow the water colors by Mr. Haweis at the gallery of the F.erlin Photographic Company may he expected some time early in January. An exhibition of who?! engravings by Mr. Henry Wolf is announced by the Camera Club. ?Modern Paintings and Old Prints. The exhibitions of the MacDowell Clnb are u.-ually interesting and the preeont one is of tverngt merit Some of the most striking picture? an < n countered en the * by Christian M B. Dsnitfa origin, who believe, at Ithaca, brashold. They are Midjo, a painter of at present live*, we I N. V His "L'ght A BUNGALOW IN NORTH CAROLINA. (From "Amt-ricin Country HosjStl of Tr>d?y.") house Keeper" i? a large portrn I of the feeling of out-of-doors, well ceoee ? we Ked. M it naaga 'The s .. Nazarena," a trai p aette of a man aga il a L'uriou? quite ?. lerstanc it, bat saa likes it .some of r. ? ich he cah.? "Moods." are highly inter Mr. Midjo Bosaesses I stem! to be abe? ? of most of the present-da] strong and original ira Anna Milo Upjohr. or tributes, among ?there, a canvas called "A Spanish Por trsil :ve of a jroang bra with laughing face turne.i te the right. The prevailing color is black The '. bandied aecontlre. There are paintings by William E. B. StJ weather. Prom tha enormous " Musicians of Aragon." it ?..- pla the artist is one of those ?rhoee mind have been opened by Z'i!<.:.;.-.? H i subject is such as the Spaniard I might palr.t, three life-size cl? figure? ?.-an it h hilly backgroand, deaa in rather sombre colors. left of It is a itrong pertrait of a r rench-Algenar. aroman, and ' r.ght a well-handled nada in broken sunlight. fphine Paddock's "Cher:;, represents a girl with a posed against a Chlni I manner so much used by Lui.? Th" drawing an I sir* very laoso; sorn. ubs. i consider this a purody on Mr. composition?. picture, ? T &- ?... Portrait," ing if ien still ??h'iwn m a lesrerelr fronti?! p? with a ba of palm>, hy .?rangeas, and black and whir?, iti The reault Meat te Misa 1 ??ral chart'. Hoth. He ? ensa ;ion. They ? ? iious'-?. Alta W ni Sa . i s landsca] phare 'and'pain ; Perhaps l Sunnier" and "The Mountain Lake." Among the most nt ? .'?'i.'Ulj Ratch'i arerka are the "Need" and the ii.veiy nude, "Tl of the Stream." The former, a r of a peer aroman anth a ehild in her arm?, i? ambittoui and serioni !.. an idea bath of It, saggesting thai Hal ; may i-ome 'ine produce some? thing really big. The nude is decidedly above the av? rage picture of it^ kind. Ceaaoiaeeara of the carl) French Im pressionis** should by no mear: the peiatingi by Reno r and Monet, now at the Da rand-Rue) gallery, Thi , ten example? by the former and eight i by the latter, nnd every one of ther.i ; i? worth studying. Amone tl i beat or the Reaoirs are "Jeune femme a i ant son corsage" nr.d "Je peignant" I he col r of th? p'pecially good, the color of ' on the drei*, that of her hi of the background forming s charming harmony. ?here ll a larca B I The "Paysage." done In past*' shades of pink, bine and green, is. pe In effect, hu: the picture it charming, There il s landscape don? at N'oirmo trees ? which ap ? The three btoneta a* the end of th? lingly r'ne. Thi the i -*e of i ind, i loi color. On eithe: lid? bangt a soa-hoi-, picture foil | Phe "Matinee sur le Seine" thowt .1 harce ON tho stream an.! thick trees, The effeet . misty and fell of the feeling of earlv morning, btft t might ? . ? - carried almost to extremes. On the < . ? the rooms occupied r the 1 ? and Broth Clnb are hung a run*.'' ? : i enr?? an are r and few ttand out from th? nigh level ?n ? j ? ?>? be men i Jane Peterson's "Cilouc loring and i sphere; a tketeh of ilahing Aj Ein tr. The i Ita more 01 well known, l .?es painted in h f'r.e biond mann? r Next to v ? ?.. H Platt con . there ? ? ii . ttudj of Central , ? trd H ? I baa three paintings, o ? ork, of all, !?'. C. Matheweon, who i ? four rcaliy eharming '"nil of atmosphere and beau' i ted. Boston and itn vicinity seem to be at the pre ent time particularly inter ow two exhibition? of them. im of Fine Ari : tl the Fogg Art Museum of (..m bridge. The eatalogne of the lal wortl It has, by wi preface, nn appreciation of thi ? i Bullere as s print ? ?S "a? testimony | ..'?iory" that ?i is held, pri .; Included in the collection is illua ? rated in the catalogue. 1 i i ? ? the trti tt are arranged thron witb tn appn ? .presented. Kr. Pnnl J, Seel i, who compiled irly hanpy in .!' the quota! em] n< tes. H" render wil f?oir.< the door, two of the most inv entire i-olleo? tion. They are O pt:c tunics of thS \ '. ? . eoven wood and decorated w:tb They the most . tnnies now know i he . r..l of the roun? ad portions of tunica? as do h':. the great museums of EuropOj ? our knowledge of the way ig which thi i entirely through the few paintings of '.he ;. ving lull-length por? tra.'.s. [*hese f. n thS .*f the maei x u: .- before ? shewn. On : i!oo? are more txamploe 0 I optic weaving^ all Sne In color, High ... s ? of It? religious symbolism, having s creed ther si-ie by a peace? L Among i ?m the screen *. *. piece of ( i . ? ? com tie m ng. It dati tury. On the wi comet of ? me reteerk? ? ? can Mnaenn The large --'''awl ?mi thu body sf ? mummy. On , i i 01 Eg) ' '? ? 1'eautiful in . , and an OXl bit of By? Cell? ? , . .'.. |SJ ? | , lattes per Union. There i ? ? -'..ir and fifteenth eenturfi \ ?? thil enrlj ' intsn, s mo . In thi > ase ag . ??!l room is t1 . aerial of re.I an.l go d brocade. Watb ? ..f the BaMM ? ? ?? d 'he nal of that importmt family, It dates from the t:r?t half of the seventeenth century. Bel.nd ul piece of blue and brocade with a lnrge pu*'< rn, of ? the year l?MO thov? the case, Is a magnificent Spanish - ??j mi century. lent by Ml I unienthal. The . ?nong other things, a ' ? '..mal Hallan \t*l ai .I gold, and eetmen ol Spai ih fifteenth c?n tury i dark blue, pow ? I griffon's elaws. It tel) vf the on a dais. M mging almost the full length of the ' \ ??.. : ian Af? ola ?n crim? son ..? uTv worthy of note, I' i? of greal ?' to com . that of contem , The pat iiole is similar, hut the de ; ?BBeSeeeMaS wmC?&Mmammm<mimmmjmcmm~mwwr~***> ihn m .?? THE LIBYAN SIBYL. BY MICHAEL ANGELO. (Fruni "Michael A: ?elo.") bather dryinp herself. Like many of the models popular with the Impree aiunists, the woman is rather cnarse of body, but whep. oi.<- gel ? ? ? ? tl at 'he pattern, color and technique are suffi? ciently beguiling il? compositions there are thr in?,' landscape by th? -ary matter, but gives only such material as is directly to the point. The catalogue would make an unusual ood textbook on the subject of tl rj ? . ? ' iry Italian er.prav ? it contains excellent reproductions of the impi rtaat maeteri text which is always clear, inter ? -, and full of important informa a THE WEAVER'S ART \ Kemarkable Trilrute te II at the Metropolitan MuKcum. . .^?m of Art has the public i ten iri^r a ? ? rb. It ii. ? the ad textil? ,i room, the walls of which are .- ? ictioni depict 1 ? ' either i ? The ixhibltion ?'?;. '-veil arm of all tori cal periods, COmmS fourth c ? i ? ? e museum, but th. ,-?? v ? loans from Prat, . ? i ni on, th.' Aine.-.,-?:; Mu? ' i ::! History, l?verai private eoliectloaa of note. As one enters the main room one 1 ?ees f ral of all. In a ras,. Immediate!?, tails differ greatly. Amoi.g the pieces on the adjomirtg wall. ? Per r fr '.11 Asia -a square of Persian velvet with a del stripe? and three balls, imperia. nia 'Ar:ich ara m d te data from the time of Tamburlaine. The motif is u<*d over and over again in Pendan art On the opposite side of the doorway, one on the wail and one on the icreea, WO wonderfully beautiful Indian relvet hHt.- ned Ilka rue?. They date from '. ?M te l'""'". and are lent by Mr. Mortimer L. Schilf The nor.h wall exhibits t>.. ? i Mi? nor tev lea. In the arall * a cope w.th a design of ?' iys on a gold-colored ground The BOXt cor? ner uall La hun^ with bro . and were made during the seventeenth and eigh? teenth centuries. Chinese and Japan? ese eighteenth eentury t. \nl?-s are un the wall to the light of the entrance. Arlington Art Galleries I KADiaON 4VI I ? 4M I IM Exhibition of Pi il i?:s ol THE ARCTIC AM) ANT? ARCTIC ZONES Us r. ft. s roen JANUAKY 3 TO 15.