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International studio — 18.1902/​1903

DOI Heft:
No. 69 (November, 1902)
DOI Artikel:
Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.26228#0071

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H 'iLORENCE.—On June 23rd, Professor
[ ^ Guiseppe Cassioii's monument to Rossini
was unveiied in the church of Santa Croce,
before the civil and ecciesiastical authori-
ties. Professor Cassioli, as readers of TnE STUDto
wiil remember, is responsible for the south bronze
door in the facade of the CathedraL He is a
sculptor of great merit, but has been hampered
in both these great public works by the terms
imposed upon him by the Commissioners. In the
case of the door, he was obiiged to enciose his
deiicate fantasies in unsuitabie architectural set-
tings; and in that of the Rossini monument
he was obliged to force his inspiration along the
iines of hfteenth-century forms, in order, said the
Commissioners, that his work might harmonise
with that of Rosseliini in the neighbouring chapel.
Nothing could be more mistaken than the imposi-
tion of a superhcial harmony of this kind, especially
when united to a poverty of funds which has
rendered impossible the use of a high-class
marble, and the profuse ornamentation which this
style requires. _

him well out of his difhcul-
ties. Betweenthesculp-
tured side pilasters stands
the large sarcophagus, faced
with ancient Serravezza
rnarble (red with veins of
white) from the workshops
of the AY«/7-<; Z?//?-/', and in
front of it a well-conceived
and well-executed hgure of
Harmony mourns the death
of the Master, whose bust
stands in the niche above
the architrave. But the
most interesting detail for
readers of THE STUDio is
to be found in the orna-
mentation that runs along
thearchitrave. Here
Cassioli has been able to
work out his own fancies,
and has composed a highly
decorative frieze by the
unionoftheviolinbridge
and the soprano clef.
BY HANs LooscnEN Below runs a common
architecturalmotivewhich
suggests the pegs of the
violin, and the whole com-
bines most harmoniously. It is surely a pity that,
having found so good a decorative design for the
upper part of the monument, Cassioli should have
been content to retain the conventional garlands
below. I. M. A.

H RUSSELS.—In thegalleriesof the Musee
] de Bruxelles exhibitions " se suivent et
g ne se ressemblent pas." While the
^* **^ director of the Libre-Esthetique strives,
on the one hand, to "give a show" to the new
tendencies and the new artists, the management of
the Societe des Beaux-Arts, on the other hand,
seems devoted to retrospective methods and to
those artists who have " arrived."

A collection of twenty-six paintings at the Libre-
Esthetique revealed the fact that Willy Schlobach,
one of the founders of the " Cercle des XX," who
for ten years past has been quietly working unob-
served, has extraordinary gifts as a colourist.
M. F. J. Delvin exhibited a powerfully - drawn
pastel, representing a bull-fight scene. Mr. G.
Stevens showed distinct advance in a curiously
original work, styled Zw/<!7< a72</ 7j<?/</«.

Professor Cassioli's undoubted gifts have brought

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