. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph ; there is much of Bacchus and Ariadne, much ofVenus and Adonis, and Diana bathes a good deal with hernymphs—not to mention frequent representations of thetoilet of that beautiful monster which the lascivious artof the time loved to depict. One of the most pleasing ofall the scenes is that in one of the houses, of the Judg-ment of Paris, in which the shepherd sits upon a bank inan attitude of ineffable and flattered importance, with oneleg carelessly crossing the other, and both hands restinglig
. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph ; there is much of Bacchus and Ariadne, much ofVenus and Adonis, and Diana bathes a good deal with hernymphs—not to mention frequent representations of thetoilet of that beautiful monster which the lascivious artof the time loved to depict. One of the most pleasing ofall the scenes is that in one of the houses, of the Judg-ment of Paris, in which the shepherd sits upon a bank inan attitude of ineffable and flattered importance, with oneleg carelessly crossing the other, and both hands restinglightly on his shepherds crook, while the goddesses beforehim await his sentence. Naturally the painter has donehis best for the victress in this rivalry, and you see Idalian Aphrodite beautiful, as she should be, but with a warm and piquant spice ofgirlish resentment in her attitude, that Paris should pausefor an instant, which is altogether delicious. And I beheld great Heres angry eyes. Awful eyes! How did the painter make them ? Thewonder of all these pagan frescoes is the mystery of the 86. The Brindisi Gate, Pompeii Italian $ourneg6 eyes -still, beautiful, unhuman. You cannot believe that A Day init is wrong for those tranquil-eyed men and women to Pompeiido evil, they look so calm and so unconscious in it all; andin the presence of the celestials, as they bend upon youthose eternal orbs, in whose regard you are but a part ofspace, you feel that here art has achieved the know of no words in literature which give a sense(nothing gives the idea) of the .stare of these gods, exceptthat magnificent line of Kingsleys, describing the advanceover the sea toward Andromeda of the oblivious andunsympathising Nereids. That floated slowly up, andtheir eyes Stared on her, silent and still, like the eyes in the houseof the idols. The colours of this fresco of the Judgment of Paris arestill so fresh and bright, that it photographs very well, butthere are other frescoes wherei
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