. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. given to his figure of a bound slave. She writhesunder the burning bite; her face is drawn with the intolerablepain of it. And yet can it be the mere physical pain of theserpents sting which inspires that look of anguish ? Is it notperhaps memory, or jealousy, or disgust of life, or terror ofdeath ? Is not this mask an allegory of the Comedie Hu-maine, of the tragi-comedy of life? Another work by , called Fatalite, is enthroned in precious chis-elled bronze in the Luxembourg Museum. The figure is thatof a beautiful young woman—Fortune,
. Art and criticism : monographs and studies. given to his figure of a bound slave. She writhesunder the burning bite; her face is drawn with the intolerablepain of it. And yet can it be the mere physical pain of theserpents sting which inspires that look of anguish ? Is it notperhaps memory, or jealousy, or disgust of life, or terror ofdeath ? Is not this mask an allegory of the Comedie Hu-maine, of the tragi-comedy of life? Another work by , called Fatalite, is enthroned in precious chis-elled bronze in the Luxembourg Museum. The figure is thatof a beautiful young woman—Fortune, Destiny, or Fate—whoglides along on her ruthless wheel over the body of a childwith the legs of a faun, while another child laying near thehapless victim, amid flowers and grapes, reads tranquilly in abook, and heeds not the crushing wheel. There is a philo-sophical and symbolical idea of great interest in this pedestal, a monument in itself, indicates at once the sig-nification of the principal figure. The woman carries in one. GRIEF.—By M. Augustin Jean Moreau-Vauthier. MODERN FRENCH SCULPTURE. 255 hand a sword, and with the other hand she holds the longband of stuff which, passing across the body and mounting upthe back, terminates in the original and charming attitude of the figure is very picturesque, and has enabledthe sculptor to develop the elegant and grand lines and pureforms of the body. The head, motionless and impassible, com-pletes the impression of inexorable and blind Fatality. Thisfair creature is indifferent; she goes on her course withoutfeeling pleasure or pain; she crushes some without pity orgrief; she avoids crushing others without consciousness ofher mercy. Fortune, Fatality, Destiny, or the personification•of the Darwinian theory of natural selection, M. Christophesbronze expresses clearly a philosophical idea which will alwaysbe interesting. In drawing and modelling, Fatality is thework of a distinguished and strong art
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