International studio (20.1903)

conscious and not due to
a lack of acquaintance
with the canons of classical
sculpture. Whentheseat
was ready, the figure was
set up in plaster, to enable
the artist to judge of the
general effect, and several
alterations inspired by this
general view can be ob-
served by a comparison of
the two photographs. The
unveiling ceremony was
attended by representa-
tives from every veteran
society in southern
Germany.
STUDY OF A HAND FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. CADBY


offering to take charge of this money and accept
the whole responsibility for the design and erec-
tion of the monument, was enabled to carry out
a long-cherished scheme of doing honour to a
place endeared to him by such associations, and
Waal has been fortunate enough to secure thereby
a memorial second in artistic interest to none in
Germany. The monument takes the form of a
seat of red marble from quarries in Bavaria. This
seat is classical in design, and has in the centre a
large gilt bronze plaque, on which is an allegorical
figure of a Germania with the palm of peace in her
left hand, while with her right hand she holds up
the laurel wreath of victory to greet the rising sun.
The central idea thus set forth is that of the rise of
a united Germany, which was made possible by
these wars, whose influence largely neutralised the
results produced by the Thirty Years' War. The
figure is in bas-relief, and though semi-nude, is not
essentially "classical." The whole work is strongly
impressed with the individuality of the artist, since
his mannerisms have been cultivated and not
suppressed. His modelling work has all been in
miniature, and consequently he makes no claim to
be a sculptor ; this work should rather be judged
as that of a draughtsman. One strong effect to be
seen in the original, which does not appear in the
photograph, is afforded by the perspective of the
figure. Starting with five inches at the knee, the
relief is gradually reduced, until some of the laurel
leaves which wreathe the head are actually below
the general surface. Some of the lines in the
drapery would shock the classical sculptor, but
these f$.ults^ if thex are adjudged to be so, are
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PANEL IN THE SCREEN AT BY THE REV.
CHRIST CHURCH, WALI.INGTON J. M. BLAKE
"THE BURNING BUSH"