,,the ,,mentor #aiaf4jd4ja1 ,no4 #ajd1 ,the ,national ,gallery ,,learn ,,one ,,thing ,,every ,,day ,,april #a #aiaf ,,serial ,no4 #ajd ,,the ,,mentor ,,great ,,galleries ,,of ,,the ,,world ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,london ,by ,professor ,,john ,c4 ,,van ,,dyke ,,department ,,of ,,volume #d ,,fine ,,arts ,,number #d ,,fifteen ,,cents ,a ,,copy ,why ,knowledge8 8,knowledge gives power10 says the philosopher4 8,knowledge enriches10 says the scholar4 ,but the practical individual exclaims3 8,special expert knowledge is a personal asset1 but how does general knowledge enrich80 99 99 99 99 99 8,knowledge makes life fuller and more interesting40 ,and what does that mean8 ,it means that life1 through knowledge1 may be made a joy and a blessing in spite of what the cynics say4 ,it means that through knowledge we learn to appraise things at their true value4 ,our eyes are opened to see other colors than purple and gold1 our ears to hear understandingly other sounds than the roar of traffic1 the shriek of an automobile horn1 or syncopated music4 ,knowledge reveals to us the nicer shades of color that give us quiet satisfaction--the finer and gentler tones of ,nature and of human life that afford us a lasting enjoyment4 ,it teaches us that there are things more 8worth while0 than ourselves4 99 99 99 99 99 ,why do some of us ignore fine art1 dismiss good books with indifference1 yawn at good music1 speed through a ravishing landscape at sixty miles an hour1 and neglect a friendship that would bring us self-improvement8 ,the sky and mountains have a thousand messages for us1 if we pause to listen to them4 ,the sea is an oracle if we study it4 ,a good book is a mine of information if we search it4 ,a fine painting is an inspiration if we cherish it4 ,good music is a constant joy if we give attention to it4 ,and the voices of our fellow creatures are filled with precious confidences if we give our ears and hearts to them4 99 99 99 99 99 ,let us then seek knowledge with the eager mind of a child2 for indeed1 as ,robert ,louis ,stevenson sang3 ,the world is so full of a number of things1 ,i'm sure we should all be as happy as kings4 ,illustration3 ,,national ,,gallery1 ,,london ,,the ,,doge ,,loredano4 ,,by ,,giovanni ,,bellini ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,giovanni ,,bellini ,monograph ,number ,one in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,there were three famous painters in the ,bellini family4 ,jacopo ,bellini was the father1 and his two sons were ,gentile and ,giovanni 7,jo-van-nee71 the latter being the younger and the greater4 ,he is supposed to have been born at ,venice either in #adcj or #adca1 and was brought up in his father's house1 serving with his brother as his father's assistant until he was nearly thirty years old4 ,however1 ,giovanni seems to have been influenced more by his brother-in-law1 ,mantegna1 than by his father4 ,this influence lasted until ,mantegna departed for the ,court of ,mantua in #adfj4 ,in #adgj ,giovanni was commissioned to paint a ,deluge with ,noah's ,ark4 ,after this he painted many pictures1 among them the famous altar-piece for the ,church of ,s4 ,giovanni e ,paolo1 which was destroyed by a disastrous fire in #ahfg1 along with ,titian's 8,peter ,martyr0 and 8,the ,crucifixion0 by ,tintoretto4 ,after #adhj a great deal of ,giovanni's time and energy was taken up by his duties as conservator of the paintings in the great hall of the ,ducal ,palace at ,venice4 ,his duties were to repair and renew the works of his predecessors4 ,in addition1 he was commissioned to paint a number of new subjects himself4 ,these pictures illustrated the part played by ,venice in the wars of ,barbarossa4 ,the works were much admired1 but none of them survived the fire of #aegg4 ,about the end of the year #aeje ,giovanni painted the portrait of the ,doge ,loredano4 ,this is the only portrait of his which has been preserved4 ,it is one of the most masterly in the whole range of painting4 ,loredano was the man who carried the ,venetian republic through the most trying period of its existence4 ,he became the doge1 or ruler1 in #aeja4 ,france and ,spain combined in an attempt to destroy his power1 but in vain4 ,this firm man fought hard1 although ,venice was impoverished and deprived of many of its possessions4 ,the last ten or twelve years of ,bellini's life were filled with more commissions than he could handle4 ,albrecht ,drer1 the famous ,german painter1 visited ,venice for a second time in #aejf4 ,he reported that ,bellini was still the best painter in the city1 and he also spoke of the hospitality and courtesy of the artist4 ,bellini died in #aeaf4 ,as pupils he had many of the most famous artists of his time4 ,two of them1 in fact1 surpassed him later on--,giorgione and ,titian4 ,bellini may be called the true founder of ,venetian painting4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #d1 ,no4 #d1 ,,serial ,no4 #ajd ,,copyright1 #aiaf1 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,,national ,,gallery1 ,,london ,,ariosto4 ,,by ,,titian ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,titian ,monograph ,number ,two in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,one day a great emperor was watching an artist paint1 when one of the painter's brushes rolled to the floor4 ,the king stooped and picked up the brush1 saying as he did so1 8,it becomes ,caesar to serve ,titian40 ,it was in such esteem that the ,emperor ,charles ,v held the great artist4 8,there are many princes1 but there is only one ,titian10 he said4 ,during the ninety-nine years of the life of ,tiziano ,vecello1 or ,titian 7,tish-en71 as he is known today1 some of the greatest events in the history of mankind took place4 ,the year that he was born1 #adgg1 at ,cadore in ,italy1 the first dated ,english book was printed on the press of ,william ,caxton4 ,when ,titian was fifteen ,columbus discovered ,america4 ,hardly twenty-five years later ,charles ,v1 ,king of ,spain1 was crowned ,emperor of most of ,europe4 ,then came the ,reformation1 with ,luther as its leader1 and toward the end of the artist's life the great revolt of the ,netherlands which freed them forever from the dominion of ,spain4 ,living in such stirring times1 it was natural that ,titian gave to the world art that combined many truths of a universal nature4 ,titian first studied at ,venice4 ,giovanni ,bellini1 the great ,venetian master1 was one of his teachers4 ,later on ,titian formed a partnership with ,giorgione1 the famous ,italian painter4 ,albrecht ,drer1 who visited ,venice after ,giorgione died1 also made a great impression on ,titian4 ,titian's style formed itself early4 ,he was famous before the age of thirty4 ,from this time on he lived in princely style1 surrounded by friends1 and with honors and commissions from all sides4 ,he was considered the greatest portrait painter living2 and he never let up in his work--he was still a powerful artist when most men fail in strength4 ,lodovico ,ariosto1 the ,italian poet1 was one of ,titian's friends4 ,this man was born at ,reggio1 in ,lombardy1 on ,september #h1 #adgd4 ,he inclined strongly to poetry from his earliest years2 but his father made him study law4 ,at last1 however1 he was allowed to follow his inclination and overjoyed1 he threw himself heartily into the study of the classics4 ,he worked hard1 but when his father died he was compelled to give up literature to manage his family1 whose affairs were in a poor way4 ,but he managed to write at this time some comedies and prose1 and a few lyrical pieces4 ,later on he was more successful1 particularly when a brother of the ,cardinal ,ippolito d',este took him under his patronage4 ,he not only distinguished himself as a poet1 but also as a diplomatist4 ,there is a story told of ,ariosto that when walking one day in a deserted spot he fell in with bandits4 ,they took him captive1 but discovering that he was the author of 8,orlando ,furioso10 they humbly apologized for not having shown him the respect due him4 ,ariosto spent the last part of his life at ,ferrara1 writing comedies1 and correcting his 8,orlando ,furioso10 of which the complete edition was published only a year before his death1 which occurred on ,june #f1 #aecc4 ,this was ,titian's friend and the man whose portrait is reproduced herewith4 ,the great artist did not spend his last years in happiness4 ,he lost his daughter1 ,lavinia1 who had been his model for many beautiful pictures4 ,most of his companions had passed away4 ,his son1 ,pomponio1 was a worthless profligate2 his son1 ,orazio1 however1 attended his father with true affection4 ,in #aege the plague struck ,venice4 ,the following year ,titian was stricken4 ,he died on ,august #bg1 and was buried with great honor in the ,church of ,st4 ,maria dei ,frari1 for which he had painted his famous picture of the 8,assumption40 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #d1 ,no4 #d1 ,,serial ,no4 #ajd ,,copyright1 #aiaf1 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,,national ,,gallery1 ,,london ,,the ,,duchess ,,of ,,milan4 ,,by ,,hans ,,holbein ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,hans ,,holbein ,monograph ,number ,three in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,it was at the end of the fifteenth century1 about #adie1 that one of the greatest geniuses in ,german painting was born at ,augsburg4 ,he is known as ,hans ,holbein the ,younger1 as his father is called ,hans ,holbein the ,elder1 for he too was an excellent artist4 ,hans and his brother1 ,ambrosius1 worked under ,holbein the ,elder until #aeaf4 ,they undoubtedly helped their father on his pictures4 ,later the two brothers went to ,basel1 where ,hans met his powerful patron1 ,jacob ,meier1 who commissioned him to paint a picture which is now considered one of his greatest works1 8,the ,meier ,madonna40 ,in #aeag ,hans ,holbein left ,basel for two years4 ,he is supposed to have visited ,italy in his travels1 returning to ,basel in #aeai4 ,there he met the learned ,erasmus1 whose friendship he gained4 ,he also made a number of sketches for his book1 8,praise of ,folly40 ,jacob ,meier still continued to be his patron and turned many commissions his way4 ,the artist at this time designed stained glass1 decorated furniture1 and illustrated books4 ,his best illustrations were the drawings for the book 8,the ,dance of ,death40 ,these are supposed to have been made sometime before #aebg4 ,it is as a portrait painter that ,hans ,holbein is best known4 ,it was his fame as such that brought him to ,england in #aebf1 where he spent most of the last years of his life4 ,to ,england ,holbein had brought letters of introduction from ,erasmus to ,sir ,thomas ,more4 ,through this gentleman he received many commissions4 ,about #aecf he was appointed by ,henry ,,viii 8,king's ,painter0 with a salary of thirty-four pounds a year 7in value today about #hej7 and rooms in the palace4 ,the last part of ,hans ,holbein's life is enveloped in mystery4 ,in #aedc the dreaded plague broke out in ,london once more4 ,the city was still a dirty1 crowded town of the ,middle ,ages4 ,the streets were narrow and the houses and little shops were set close together4 ,consequently1 ,london was just the kind of a city in which the plague might take its terrible course unchecked4 ,on the #gth of ,october1 #aedc1 ,holbein made his will4 ,this was found some years ago in ,london4 ,not long after making his will the great artist died4 ,no one knows the details of his death1 nor the place of his burial4 ,but though ,holbein was dead1 his works lived on4 ,they are known and valued today as those of few other artists4 ,he belongs among the immortals of ,german art4 ,his portrait of the 8,duchess of ,milan0 is a marvel of beauty in its exquisite simplicity of rendering4 8,both paint and painter are forgotten in looking at a work like this2 you see only the incarnate spirit1 and feel its very sphere4 ,though the woman is really not beautiful1 her expression is fascinating in the highest degree4 ,the rich brown eyes1 with the yellow ring immediately around the pupil1 seem to admit you to the secrets of her thoughts1 and the full pouting lips irresistibly command admiration40 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #d1 ,no4 #d1 ,,serial ,no4 #ajd ,,copyright1 #aiaf1 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,,national ,,gallery1 ,,london ,,saint ,,george ,,and ,,the ,,dragon4 ,,by ,,tintoretto ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,tintoretto ,monograph ,number ,four in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,tintoretto was called by his contemporaries 8,il ,furioso10 or 8the furious40 ,this was because of the passionate1 fiery style which marked his work4 ,his real name was ,jacopo ,robusti4 ,he received his nickname from the fact that his father was a dyer1 or ,tintore4 ,jacopo used to help him1 and so they called him ,tintoretto1 or 8little dyer40 ,he was born in ,venice in #aeah4 ,even as a child he daubed pictures on the walls of his father's dye house4 ,his father soon noticed this1 and took him around to the studio of ,titian1 to see if he could be trained as an artist4 ,the famous old painter agreed to attempt it1 but ,jacopo had only been ten days in the studio when ,titian sent him home for good4 ,it is said that the great master did this out of jealousy1 believing that the boy might become his rival4 ,however1 it may be fairer to presume that ,titian really did not think that the young dyer would ever become an artist4 ,it is a well-known fact1 however1 that ,titian was a bad teacher4 ,then ,tintoretto began studying for himself4 ,he obtained small copies of ,michelangelo's sculptures and drew from them as models4 ,he worked night and day at this4 ,many disappointments blocked his path4 ,titian dictated the public work among the painters of ,venice1 and he invariably passed by ,tintoretto4 ,therefore1 the young artist in order to make himself known1 undertook to do great works without pay4 ,he neglected no order1 however humble1 and he chose his subjects from all sources4 ,it was not until he was thirty years old that he received a commission to paint in the ,ducal ,palace in ,venice--the desire of his heart4 ,hard times were then over for him4 ,he married ,faustina de',vescovi1 the daughter of a ,venetian nobleman4 ,she was a careful housewife and an excellent companion for her impetuous husband4 ,the next important event in ,tintoretto's life was the decoration of the ,scuola di ,st4 ,marco4 ,this was in #aefj4 ,about thirty years later he did the crowning production of his life4 ,this was the huge 8,paradise40 ,it is seventy-four feet by thirty feet1 and is said to be the largest painting ever done upon canvas4 ,after the completion of this picture ,tintoretto rested for awhile4 ,thereafter he never undertook any work of importance4 ,in #aeid he was seized with an attack of sickness1 and he died on ,may #ca4 ,his daughter1 ,marietta1 was also a portrait painter of some note4 ,she died at the age of thirty1 and ,tintoretto grieved for her greatly4 ,it is said that he painted her portrait as she lay dead4 ,tintoretto hardly ever traveled out of ,venice4 ,he liked music1 and as a youth played the lute and other instruments1 some of which he invented himself4 ,he liked to design theatrical costumes4 ,he was an agreeable companion1 but as he was a hard worker he lived a rather retired life1 hardly admitting any1 even his intimate friends1 to his presence4 ,it is said that when the artist left the house his wife wrapped up money for him in a handkerchief4 ,on his return she made him tell how it had been spent4 ,there are a number of ,tintoretto's works in ,england1 among them being the spirited work 8,st4 ,george and the ,dragon40 ,he had few pupils4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #d1 ,no4 #d1 ,,serial ,no4 #ajd ,,copyright1 #aiaf1 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,,national ,,gallery1 ,,london ,,the ,,guitar ,,lesson4 ,,by ,,gerard ,,ter ,,borch ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,gerard ,,ter ,,borch ,monograph ,number ,five in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,one of the most famous of the 8,little ,masters0 of ,holland was ,gerard ,ter ,borch1 or ,terburg1 as he is sometimes called4 ,this artist1 whose pictures are always full of color1 loved to paint brilliant cloths and dazzling jewelry4 ,his paintings are pictures pure and simple4 ,ter ,borch was born at ,zwolle1 ,holland1 in #afag4 ,his father1 who was also an artist1 gave him a good education and developed the youth's talent very early4 ,the boy evidently was in ,amsterdam in #afcb1 studying under ,c4 ,duyster or possibly ,p4 ,codde4 ,duyster's influence can be traced in a picture bearing the date of #afch4 ,before this picture was painted1 however1 in #afcd1 he studied under ,pieter ,molyn in ,haarlem4 ,about #afce ,ter ,borch went to ,london and later on he traveled extensively in ,germany1 ,france1 ,spain and ,italy4 ,in #afda he painted some small portraits on copper in ,rome4 ,seven years later he was at ,mnster during the meeting of the congress which ratified the treaty of peace between ,spain and the ,netherlands4 ,it was there that he did his famous little picture on copper of the assembled ministers4 ,this picture1 together with the 8,guitar ,lesson0 and a 8,portrait of a ,man ,standing10 is now in the ,national ,gallery4 ,the picture of the peace commissioners was bought by the ,marquess of ,hertford for #cf1djj1 and presented to the gallery by ,sir ,richard ,wallace4 ,about this time ,ter ,borch was invited to visit ,madrid in ,spain4 ,there ,king ,phillip ,,iv gave him employment and honored him with knighthood4 ,however1 the artist became involved in an intrigue and was forced to return to ,holland4 ,there he lived for a time at ,haarlem4 ,later on he finally settled in ,deventer1 where he became a member of the town council4 ,it is as a member of this body that he appears in the portrait now in the ,gallery of the ,hague4 ,ter ,borch died at ,deventer in #afha4 ,some critics rank this artist very close to ,rembrandt and ,franz ,hals4 ,he liked to portray the higher social circles of his day with all the stately pomp that distinguished them4 ,this took delicate technical skill in the representation of costly costumes1 and in addition to all this1 ,ter ,borch was able to give a poetic charm to the interior of the houses which he portrayed1 throwing romantic interest over anything4 ,the paintings of ,ter ,borch are quite rare4 ,only about eighty have been catalogued4 ,his work is free from the touch of grossness that characterized many of the ,dutch artists of the time4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #d1 ,no4 #d1 ,,serial ,no4 #ajd ,,copyright1 #aiaf1 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 ,illustration3 ,,national ,,gallery1 ,,london ,,lady ,,cockburn ,,and ,,children4 ,,by ,,sir ,,joshua ,,reynolds ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,sir ,,joshua ,,reynolds ,monograph ,number ,six in ,the ,mentor ,reading ,course ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds was one of the greatest of ,english portrait painters2 and as a painter of childhood he has no superior4 ,he was a rapid worker1 and it is estimated by some authorities that he finished as many as #c1jjj portraits4 ,his career was one long series of successes1 and he made an immense fortune by his painting4 ,reynolds was born in ,devonshire1 ,england1 on ,july #af1 #agbc4 ,thomas ,hudson was his first teacher4 ,then the young artist visited ,italy4 ,there he studied carefully the works of the old masters4 ,he returned to ,london and almost immediately was accorded first place among the portrait painters of the day4 ,at the same time he became one of the leading members of the famous ,literary ,club1 among whose members were ,doctor ,samuel ,johnson and ,oliver ,goldsmith1 the authors1 ,david ,garrick1 the leading actor of the time1 and other men prominent in the fields of art and letters4 ,the ,british ,royal ,academy was founded in #agfh1 and its first president was ,reynolds4 ,there he distinguished himself by delivering his famous 8,discourses0 on art4 ,with these he proved himself to be as much a master of words as of the brush4 ,reynolds' success and prosperity naturally made his less fortunate rivals jealous of him2 at the same time his attitude towards some of them was not altogether generous4 ,in particular his relations with ,gainsborough were not pleasant4 ,nevertheless1 ,reynolds went to ,gainsborough's deathbed1 and there was an apparent reconciliation4 ,in #aghd1 at the death of ,ramsay1 ,reynolds was appointed painter to the king4 ,two years before a stroke of paralysis had attacked him2 but he was able to resume his painting after a month of rest4 ,in the summer of #aghi1 however1 his sight began to fail4 ,nevertheless1 he continued to practise his art until about the end of #agij4 ,but from then on he began to sink gradually4 ,he suffered for only a few months1 and on ,february #bc1 #agib1 passed peacefully away4 ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds1 though a great artist1 lacked academic education1 and therefore he never could draw the human figure properly4 ,he sacrificed this ability to secure a thorough knowledge of the great paintings of the world1 their faults and their excellencies4 ,he also had a tendency to tamper with his pigments4 ,it is said that one day the famous ,american artist1 ,gilbert ,stuart1 was copying one of ,reynolds' fine heads in a very warm room4 ,suddenly he noticed that one eye on the painting seemed to be moving downward4 ,at first he thought his imagination was playing him false2 but finally he was convinced that the eye was moving4 ,he quickly removed the painting to a cold room1 and gradually worked the eye back in place4 ,it was then that he discovered that his great predecessor had used wax in his pigments4 ,this explained something that had baffled artists for years--the brilliant transparency of many of ,reynolds' colors4 ,,prepared ,,by ,,the ,,editorial ,,staff ,,of ,,the ,,mentor ,,association ,,illustration ,,for ,,the ,,mentor1 ,,vol4 #d1 ,no4 #d1 ,,serial ,no4 #ajd ,,copyright1 #aiaf1 ,,by ,,the ,,mentor ,,association1 ,,inc4 ,,great ,,galleries ,,of ,,the ,,world ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,,london ,by ,,john ,c4 ,,van ,,dyke1 ,professor of the ,history of ,art1 ,rutgers ,college ,,mentor ,,gravures ,,the ,,doge ,,loredano ,by ,giovanni ,bellini ,,ariosto ,by ,titian ,,the ,,duchess ,,of ,,milan ,by ,hans ,holbein ,,mentor ,,gravures ,,saint ,,george ,,and ,,the ,,dragon ,by ,tintoretto ,,the ,,guitar ,,lesson ,by ,gerard ,terborch ,,lady ,,cockburn ,,and ,,children ,by ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds ,illustration3 ,the ,national ,gallery ,entered at the postoffice at ,new ,york1 ,n4 ,y41 as second-class matter4 ,copyright1 #aiaf1 by ,the ,mentor ,association1 ,inc4 ,,the ,,mentor ,,department ,,of ,,fine ,,arts ,,april #a1 #aiaf ,the ,national ,gallery1 whether the tourist sees it first or last in his trip around ,europe1 is sure to make an impression4 ,it is one of the famous galleries of the world1 and has a rarefied atmosphere about it1 even to those who know the galleries by heart4 ,the walk up the wide stone steps approaching the first room excites a wonder that is almost amazement4 ,the pictures have a richness--a jewel quality about them--that seems preternaturally splendid4 ,you have not perhaps noticed such depth and mellowness of color in other galleries4 ,what does it mean8 ,well1 in some cases it may mean merely that the pictures are framed under glass1 and get a certain tone and richness from that2 but it more often means that you are looking at very unusual pictures4 ,the ,national ,gallery is full of masterpieces4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,virgin ,,and ,,child1 ,,saint ,,john ,,the ,,baptist ,,and ,,saint ,,nicholas ,,of ,,bari ,by ,raphael ,illustration3 ,,saint ,,helena--,,the ,,vision ,,of ,,the ,,cross ,by ,paolo ,veronese 7vay-ro-nay-zee7 ,where did they come from8 ,out of the famous private collections of ,england4 ,when nobility dies without an heir1 or the heir himself needs money1 then the pictures collected by the art-loving elders of perhaps a dozen generations come by bequest to the ,national ,gallery1 or find their way to the auction room and are purchased for the gallery4 ,thus it is that the ,national ,gallery has been the natural inheritor of the rich collections of ,england4 ,it started less than a hundred years ago 7in #ahbd7 with the ,angerstein collection1 and has been growing ever since with gifts of collections such as those of ,vernon1 ,wynn ,ellis1 ,vaughan1 ,salting4 ,if it is found necessary to bid for a picture at auction1 a government grant or the subscriptions of wealthy art patrons1 or both1 generally carries the day against any private collector4 ,thus such famous pictures as ,raphael's 8,ansidei ,madonna10 ,titian's 7tish-an7 8,ariosto10 ,holbein's 8,duchess of ,milan0 were bought for the gallery at enormous prices--the ,raphael bringing over #cej1jjj1 and the others some #aej1jjj each4 ,there are now about #cjjj pictures in the gallery1 though1 of course1 all of them are not hung at any one time4 ,there is not enough wall space for that1 though the building is in a chronic state of enlargement4 ,new rooms are added from year to year1 and new editions of the catalogue are being continually issued4 ,the gallery is very well arranged and lighted1 and very well managed4 ,management of a gallery seems very easy to the public because there is apparently no friction1 but the director has his trials4 ,and the pictures have their perils1 not only from accidents1 but from fanatical visitors4 ,the greatest perils however1 are from dust1 gas1 the tooth of time1 and the hand of the careless cleaner4 ,the pictures in the ,european galleries have suffered more from drastic scrubbing and reckless restoration than from all the other causes combined4 ,the cleaning room has been the graveyard of many a masterpiece4 ,,italian ,,masterpieces ,beyond doubt the ,italian pictures here are the most important1 both in quality and in quantity4 ,no gallery in ,europe quite equals that of ,london in its ,renaissance masterpieces4 ,and its ,pre-,renaissance pictures are not to be despised4 ,of their kind nothing could be finer than the altar-piece by ,orcagna 7or-can-ya7 and the panels of ,duccio 7doo-cho7 or ,monaco2 but they are not carried so far1 or so effectively1 as the works of the later men--the 8,doge ,loredano0 by ,bellini1 for example4 ,bellini is not the final word in art1 but how perfect of its kind is this portrait of the ,doge 7doje7 with its serene poise and supreme dignity6 ,how devoid of anything like ostentation or display6 ,and how direct it is in the revelation of the stern old warrior1 who1 when ,doge of ,venice1 did not hesitate to wage war against ,france1 ,germany1 and the ,papacy--all three together4 ,there are a number of attractive ,madonnas by ,bellini in the gallery1 and an 8,agony in the ,garden0 with a famous landscape at the back2 but none of them quite comes up to the ,doge in force or conviction of reality4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,annunciation ,by ,carlo ,crivelli ,in the same vein1 but with less nobility and more detail1 is the 8,portrait of a ,young ,man0 by ,antonello da ,messina and the 8,young ,venetian0 by ,basaiti--7ba-sa-ee-tee7 both contemporaries of ,bellini in ,venice4 ,they were not his equals1 however4 ,basaiti was his follower1 as was also ,catena1 who is represented here by a large 8,warrior ,adoring the ,infant ,christ0--a notable picture for ,catena4 ,among the early ,venetians in the gallery ,crivelli makes a distinct impression4 ,there are half a dozen altarpieces by him1 and one hesitates to say which is the best1 so very perfect in workmanship are all of them4 ,the 8,annunciation0 is perhaps the type1 and for pure decorative charm few pictures go beyond it4 ,the architecture of it1 the rugs1 curtains1 bedspread1 costumes1 even the peacock and the children1 are all put in for color effect and to carry out the scheme of making the picture beautiful to look at1 as well as interesting in story4 ,it fairly reeks with color4 ,crivelli's pictures are the most brilliant and the best preserved in surface of any of the early ,venetian works2 and1 oddly enough1 they are all painted1 not in oil1 but in distemper--the medium used before the introduction of oil4 ,it was the ,antonello da ,messina mentioned above who is credited with bringing oil-painting to ,venice about #adgj1 but ,crivelli declined to use it4 ,,great ,,venetians ,bellini was as famous for his pupils as for his work1 he having been the master1 or the influencer1 of almost all the great ,venetians4 ,giorgione 7,jor-jo-nee7 and ,titian were his direct pupils1 and the difference between the portrait of the 8,doge ,loredano0 and the portrait of 8,ariosto0 by ,titian is the difference between master and pupil4 ,both portraits are reproduced herewith in photogravure1 and the student has a good opportunity to compare them4 ,bellini belonged to the ,early and ,titian to the ,high ,renaissance1 and1 in a measure1 the portraits emphasize a difference in time1 though they may have been painted in the same year4 ,bellini lived to be old--lived into the ,high ,renaissance--and must have painted this portrait after #aeja1 when ,loredano became ,doge2 ,titian was young1 and probably painted the 8,ariosto0 about #aejh2 but the style of the one is early1 the style of the other late4 ,the 8,doge0 has great dignity1 but with it rigidity of poise1 sharpness of line1 paucity of light and shade1 thinness of color4 ,it is emphatic rather than insinuating1 and a little awkward in its positive truth4 ,the 8,ariosto10 on the contrary1 is superb in its easy graceful poise1 its inherent nobility of look1 its perfect repose4 ,the workmanship of it is infallibly right in its composition1 its full light and shade1 and its gamut of greys1 browns and flesh colors4 ,compare the drawings of the robes for the difference between the men1 and other differences will make themselves manifest4 ,both portraits are excellent1 but they are by no means alike in point of view or method4 ,illustration3 ,a ,,young ,,lady ,,at ,a ,,spinet ,by ,jan ,vermeer ,illustration3 ,,portrait ,,of ,a ,,tailor ,by ,giambattista ,moroni ,illustration3 ,a ,,man',s ,,portrait ,by ,jan ,van ,eyck ,titian was perhaps the master-painter of the craft in ,italy1 and the 8,ariosto0 is not his only masterpiece in the ,national ,gallery4 ,there is an early 8,madonna0 and a 8,christ and the ,magdalen10 both of them excellent1 and yet giving way in interest to his large 8,ariadne and ,bacchus10 the most considerable of his figure pictures north of the ,alps4 ,it is a little cold in its blue color1 but perfect in workmanship1 and a marvel of life and movement4 ,tintoretto's 8,st4 ,george and the ,dragon0 is a romantic canvas that in life and spirit presses the ,titian very hard4 ,it is not possible to pick flaws in it1 which cannot be said about every ,tintoretto4 ,the charging ,st4 ,george1 the hurrying princess1 the dead body1 the sea1 the sky1 the distance1 are quite as they should be4 ,and what a beautiful piece of color6 ,tintoretto was a genius of exalted rank1 as was also ,paolo ,veronese1 some of whose best canvases are here--notably the large 8,family of ,darius at the ,feet of ,alexander40 ,the 8,st4 ,helena0 7reproduced herewith7 is put down to ,paolo in the catalogue1 and1 though it may not be by him1 is1 nevertheless1 a fine picture in decorative arrangement and color4 ,lotto in a superb 8,family ,group0 and ,paris ,bordone 7bor-do-nee7 in the 8,portrait of a ,lady10 of a patrician type1 are both extremely well represented in the gallery2 but perhaps they do not attract so much attention as a more commonplace portraitist--,moroni4 ,the reason of this is that the ,national ,gallery has two of the very best works by ,moroni--the 8,tailor0 and the 8,lawyer40 ,the 8,tailor0 is very much admired1 and justly so4 ,he is shown standing at his cutting board1 shears in hand1 and as the door opens he looks up to see who has entered4 ,what a very natural action6 ,and what a serene1 even noble1 type of man6 ,the portrait is modern enough in method to have been done today1 only there is no painter of today who could do it4 ,it is not1 however1 in the class with the ,titian 8,ariosto40 ,compare them and you will see that intellectually the ,titian is the more profound1 as technically it is the more subtle4 ,,the ,,florentines ,illustration3 8,,chapeau ,,de ,,paille0 ,this portrait1 known as 8,the ,straw ,hat10 by ,peter ,paul ,rubens1 is of ,suzanne ,fourment1 his wife's sister ,the ,florentines never had the fine color sense of the ,venetians1 but from that you will not infer that they never painted fine pictures4 ,they were different from the ,venetians1 were more intellectual or romantic or pathetic1 cared more for linear drawing than for light1 shade or color4 ,the ,botticellis in the gallery illustrate this distinction4 ,there are a number of them1 and they all carry by pathetic sentiment or romance1 and exhibit linear drawing primarily4 ,the famous 8,mars and ,venus0 shows the drawing and the 8,nativity10 the sentiment4 ,the round picture of the 8,madonna1 ,child and ,st4 ,john10 shown in the illustrations1 is a school piece1 but gives the ,botticelli pathos in the girlish types and the sad faces4 ,do you notice how cleverly the circle is filled with lines and forms8 ,filippino1 contemporary of ,botticelli1 7botte-chl-lee7 and much influenced by him1 has here an altar-piece that is admired and copied by students as it deserves to be2 and put down to ,lorenzo di ,credi is a portrait of 8,costanza de ,medici0 that is supremely fine not only in color but in character4 ,an early ,florentine1 ,paolo ,uccello1 7,oo-chl-lo7 famous for his study of perspective1 is here shown in his masterpiece1 8,the ,rout of ,san ,romano10 and ,antonio and ,piero ,pollajuolo 7pol-la-you-oh-lo7 by the 8,st4 ,sebastian10 their most important work4 ,these are only the pictures that may justly be called great masterpieces4 ,it is astonishing what a list may be made4 ,the list should include the two wonderful panels by ,piero della ,francesca--the very noblest kind of fine art1--all the pictures by ,cosimo ,tura1 the 8,madonna0 by ,verrocchio1 7ver-ro-kee-o7 though it is merely a school piece1 the 8,agony in the ,garden0 by ,mantegna1 and many another panel by ,fra ,filippo1 or ,pisanello1 or ,benozzo4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,virgin ,,and ,,child ,by ,sandro ,botticelli ,the ,florentine trio--,michelangelo1 ,raphael and ,leonardo--are represented here in rather dubious examples4 ,the two ,michelangelos are school pieces1 though very good work1 and the genuineness of the ,leonardo da ,vinci 7vn-chee7 8,madonna of the ,rocks0 is disputed by a similar picture in the ,louvre4 ,the ,london picture has much beauty about it1 and no doubt ,leonardo had some hand in its production1 but he was probably assisted in it by a pupil4 ,as for ,raphael1 there are several pictures assigned to him1 but none of them gives much of an idea of that great artist4 ,the 8,ansidei ,madonna0 cost a great deal of money1 and has renown2 but it is a thin1 cold work of ,raphael's youth4 ,if you would see ,raphael and judge him justly1 you must go to ,florence and ,rome4 ,florence1 too1 is the proper place to see painters such as ,andrea del ,sarto1 while ,perugia is the spot for ,perugino1 and ,parma for ,correggio 7kor-red-jo74 ,one's opinion of an ,italian painter is not to be formed from seeing one or more isolated examples of him in the northern galleries4 ,,flemish ,,masters ,illustration3 ,,portrait ,,of ,,an ,,old ,,lady ,by ,rembrandt ,among the ,early ,flemish painters there is nothing finer than the ,arnolfini portraits by ,jan ,van ,eyck1 the pathetic 8,deposition0 by ,bouts1 or the two large panels by ,gerard ,david 7dah-veed74 ,work of a similar nature is shown by ,gerard of ,haarlem 7,geertgen tot ,sint ,jans7 in his 8,madonna and ,child40 ,it is delicate1 miniature-like work1 and not painting in any ,hals or ,velasquez sense2 but done with tremendous earnestness and sincerity and without a slip or flaw technically4 ,a much later man1 ,gossart 7or ,mabuse7 tried to elaborate the miniature method of the early men1 and apply it to large canvases4 ,the result is here shown in the large 8,adoration of ,kings10 wherein everything is so realized in surface appearance that you could pick up the tiles or hats or jewelled presents1 so deceptively are they portrayed4 ,this is1 of course1 considered a great feat in art1 and ever since the picture was added to the gallery there have been many admirers about it4 ,but art consists of something more than cats and fiddles to be picked up1 as ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds remarked many years ago4 ,illustration3 ,,christ ,,at ,,the ,,column ,by ,velasquez 7ve-las-keth7 ,the ,later ,flemings1 ,rubens and ,van ,dyck1 did not despise a surface realism1 but they spent no time on petty details4 ,they struck out with a large brush1 and sought to give also the body and bulk of things4 ,rubens1 all told1 had perhaps the most learned and facile brush of any of the great painters4 ,he was more sure than ,hals1 more swift than ,titian1 more learned than ,velasquez4 ,he was the master craftsman of them all4 ,his 8,drunken ,silenus10 8,judgment of ,paris0 and 8,chapeau de ,paille0 in this gallery will give you an excellent idea of his skill1 his color sense1 his ,flemish point of view4 ,his pupil1 ,van ,dyck1 never reached up to him1 and was not the greatest portrait painter of the world1 though he occasionally did a great portrait4 ,one of them is in this gallery1 the 8,portrait of ,cornelius ,van der ,geest10 a perfect head1 done in ,van ,dyck's early period2 and done so surely and truly that it will stand comparison with the best works of any period or country4 ,,the ,,dutchmen ,in ,dutch art the name of ,rembrandt usually leads all the rest1 and here in the ,london gallery are many examples put down to him4 ,the early 8,portrait of an ,old ,lady10 herewith reproduced1 is perhaps the most satisfactory of all1 not only because of its wonderful rendering of an aged face1 but because of the great humanity shown in it4 ,the tremulous line of the lips and chin1 the flabby cheeks of old age1 the eyes that seem filled with tears1 all suggest a life that has known sorrow4 ,that appealed to ,rembrandt very strongly4 ,he was always sympathetic with the suffering because1 perhaps1 he had suffered himself4 ,no painter could put more feeling or meaning into a face1 a hand1 an arm1 a bent form than he4 ,he was the great genius of ,netherland art4 ,hals was a mere tavern-roysterer with a gift for painting1 compared with him4 ,the ,national ,gallery1 however1 has no first-rate example of ,hals1 though several mediocre canvases are attributed to him4 ,nor is ,steen1 or ,vermeer of ,delft1 or ,de ,hooch seen here at his best4 ,by ,terborch there is a 8,guitar ,lesson0 showing a young woman in white and yellow satin that is attractive1 and a beautifully drawn 8,portrait of a ,gentleman40 ,cuyp 7kipe7 is shown1 in many examples1 and better than in any other ,european gallery4 ,this is also true of the sea-painter ,jan van de ,cappelle4 ,there is a whole wall devoted to examples by ,ruisdael1 7rise-dale7 and among the many ,hobbemas is one at least of commanding interest--8,the ,avenue1 ,middelharnis40 ,it is slate-grey in color1 but its linear perspective and atmosphere have made it very popular4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,graces ,,decorating ,a ,,figure ,,of ,,hymen ,by ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds ,illustration3 ,,marriage ,a ,,la ,,mode ,by ,william ,hogarth ,,spanish ,,and ,,german ,,pictures ,the ,national ,gallery is not by any means complete in its representations of the ,spanish painters1 though it has a number of excellent pictures4 ,by ,velasquez one bust portrait alone1 that of ,philip1 is worth a day's journey to see4 ,there probably never was a more perfect presentation4 ,it not only shows the physical but the moral and mental in the sitter in a most convincing way4 ,there are several full-length portraits here ascribed to ,velasquez1 but they are not entirely by his hand4 ,the 8,christ ,bound to the ,column0 is a great picture and the ,rokeby 8,venus0 is another masterpiece2 but neither of them can be attributed with certainty to ,velasquez4 ,he was the master-painter of ,spain1 and ,murillo1 with his 8,holy ,family0 and 8,st4 ,john and the ,lamb0 looks very weak and sentimental beside him4 ,ribalta who preceded ,velasquez1 and ,goya1 who came long after him1 were painters in the ,velasquez tradition if they were not of his class4 ,the ,german pictures in the gallery are quite as limited as the ,spanish with only one masterpiece of commanding importance4 ,the large 8,ambassadors0 by ,holbein is not that one1 it being a rather commonplace affair for all its vastness2 but the 8,portrait of ,christina of ,denmark1 ,duchess of ,milan10 makes amends for it4 ,here ,holbein is at his simplest and his noblest4 ,the lady is dressed in black velvet and silk with fur edgings1 and is shown against a blue background4 ,she stands there looking at us with a faint attempt at a smile1 with her beautiful hands crossed in front of her4 ,this is one of the ladies that ,henry ,,viii wished to marry4 ,he had this portrait of her painted by ,holbein1 but did not succeed in marrying her4 ,the portrait is a wonder of good drawing and good taste4 ,there is nothing of value by ,drer in the ,german collection1 and the only other notable picture there is a portrait of a young girl by ,lucidel4 ,illustration3 ,,head ,,of ,a ,,girl1 ,,looking ,,up ,by ,jean ,baptiste ,greuze ,illustration3 ,,portrait ,,of ,,mrs4 ,,siddons ,by ,sir ,thomas ,lawrence ,illustration3 ,,the ,,parson',s ,,daughter ,by ,george ,romney ,,english ,,masters ,naturally the ,english pictures loom large in the ,national ,gallery1 though many of them in recent years have been transferred to the ,tate ,gallery4 ,here one sees ,hogarth in his series 8,marriage a la ,mode0 and in several portraits4 ,he was the beginner in the school and one of its best painters4 ,he1 of course1 had not the court and society following of ,sir ,joshua ,reynolds who came after1 with many full-length portraits of nobility painted to look a trifle nobler than reality4 ,he was a famous master1 and never did a better group than the 8,lady ,cockburn 7co-burn7 ,children40 ,he signed his name on the edge of the dress at the bottom1 and told ,lady ,cockburn1 with a courtier's bow1 that he could not neglect the opportunity to go down to posterity on the hem of her ladyship's garment4 ,the saying pleased him quite as much as his painting1 for he repeated it to ,mrs4 ,siddons when painting her portrait4 ,it is not known whether the ladies compared notes1 but if they did it probably resulted in a bad quarter of an hour for ,sir ,joshua4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,avenue ,,at ,,middelharnis1 ,,holland ,by ,meindert ,hobbema ,illustration3 ,,pastoral ,,landscape ,by ,claude ,lorrain ,gainsborough1 the contemporary of ,reynolds1 also painted ,mrs4 ,siddons1 and made the more famous portrait of her4 ,the color is a trifle cold in blues1 and the surface is glassy2 but the portrait has dignity1 personality and style4 ,this is the picture that ,gainsborough had such difficulty in painting the nose that at last he exclaimed in a rage1 and it is said with some mild profanity1 8,madame1 there seems to be no end to your nose40 ,many excellent portraits by both ,reynolds and ,gainsborough1 with their contemporaries ,hoppner1 ,romney1 and others are here4 ,the best ,romney is the celebrated 8,parson's ,daughter10 and the best ,lawrence1 the sad-faced bust portrait of ,mrs4 ,siddons4 ,,the ,,turners ,the gallery some years ago had a very extensive collection of ,turners1 but many of them are now removed to the ,tate ,gallery4 ,the celebrated ones1 such as the 8,frosty ,morning10 8,crossing the ,brook10 and 8,rain1 ,steam and ,speed10 are still here4 ,when ,turner died he left many canvases and about #ai1jjj sketches and drawings to the ,national ,gallery4 ,among the canvases were a 8,dido ,building ,carthage0 and a 8,sun ,rising through ,vapor0 that ,turner in his will requested should be hung between two large pictures by ,claude ,lorrain--the thought being to show how far ,turner surpassed ,claude4 ,but the comparison is not wholly in ,turner's favor4 ,he is flushed1 hectic1 a little spectacular1 where ,claude is cool1 calm and serene4 ,the ,turners are more cunning in artifice1 but they lack ,claude's simplicity and sincerity4 ,claude and ,poussin 7poo-sang71 by whom there are plenty of canvases here1 were past masters in their time and it is somewhat dangerous for any modern to put himself in comparison with them4 ,art is not1 after all1 a thing that will bear comparisons so well as contrasts4 ,it is supposed to reveal the individuality of the man behind the brush1 and one great pleasure of the great galleries is that they show us these differing individualities--even as ,turner and ,claude4 ,illustration3 ,,river ,,scene ,by ,turner ,,supplementary ,,reading ,,new ,,guides ,,to ,,old ,,masters ,,london--,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,by ,john ,c4 ,van ,dyke ,,art ,,of ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,by ,j4 de,w4 ,addison ,,national ,,gallery ,by ,a4 ,a4 ,corkran ,,what ,,pictures ,,to ,,see ,,in ,,europe ,by ,lorinda ,m4 ,bryant ,containing chapters on ,the ,national ,gallery ,,national ,,gallery ,by ,p4 ,j4 ,konody ,,lectures ,,on ,,national ,,gallery ,by ,j4 ,p4 ,richter ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,by ,j4 ,e4 ,c4 ,flitch ,,masterpieces ,,in ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,reproductions from the paintings1 with an introduction by ,karl ,voll ,,german ,,and ,,flemish ,,masters ,,in ,,national ,,gallery ,by ,m4 ,h4 ,witt ,information concerning the above books may be had on application to the ,editor of ,the ,mentor ,,the ,,open ,,letter ,illustration3 ,,the ,,national ,,gallery ,the ,national ,gallery is situated on the north side of historic old ,trafalgar ,square4 ,it is a long1 low building more imposing in its proportions than beautiful4 ,it was designed by ,wilkins and is in the ,grecian style4 ,it was erected in the years between #ahcb and #ahch at a cost of nearly #dej1jjj4 ,since then it has been enlarged several times4 ,it is now #dfj feet in length1 and it contains one of the finest collections of paintings in the world4 ,the ,national ,gallery was established by an act of ,parliament in #ahbd1 and at first the collection consisted of only #ch pictures1 the gift of ,mr4 ,angerstein1 whose portrait by ,thomas ,lawrence hangs on the wall of the staircase in the entrance hall4 ,as years passed by rich and important collections were contributed until now the ,national ,gallery is composed of nearly #c1jjj pictures4 ,more than half of them1 however1 are not housed in the ,national ,gallery building4 ,about #a1ajj are there4 ,most of the others are in the ,tate ,gallery1 which is situated on ,grosvenor ,road4 ,the great old masterpieces are in the ,national ,gallery building1 and that is naturally the part of the collection that the art student visits first4 ,the ,tate ,gallery1 which is under the management of the trustees of the ,national ,gallery1 is regarded as a branch of that institute4 ,the ,tate ,gallery was built and presented to the nation by ,sir ,henry ,tate in #ahig1 and the paintings there are chiefly those of modern ,british artists4 ,if anyone wants to study the art work of ,english painters from the time of ,turner down to the present day1 he should go to the ,tate ,gallery4 ,if the visitor is particularly interested in what has been called the modern 8,pre-,raphaelite ,school10 he will find there a great wealth of representative work of ,g4 ,f4 ,watts1 ,dante ,gabriel ,rossetti1 ,ford ,madox ,brown1 ,sir ,edward ,burne-,jones1 ,holman ,hunt1 and ,sir ,john ,e4 ,millais4 ,these were the leaders of that circle of artists of fifty years ago which assumed the name of the 8,pre-,raphaelite ,brotherhood40 ,the members drew their title from the fact that their art was inspired by the simplicity and purity of feeling and the patient handiwork of the painters that preceded ,raphael4 ,this movement in art and the work of its brilliant leaders will receive attention later in ,the ,mentor4 ,the present number is devoted to the famous master works included in the collection in the ,national ,gallery building4 ,illustration3 ,w4 ,d4 ,moffat ,,editor ,,the ,,mentor 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