"A GREEK MADONNA."

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 169, 17 July 1894, Page 2

"A GREEK MADONNA."

It is seldom tbab there ia such a large attendance at the meetings of the Auckland Institute as there was lasb night, when bhe lecture hall of the Museum was crowded by ladies and gentlemen anxious to hear the lecture by Professor Tubbs upon ** A Greek Madonna." He first briefly spoke regarding arb in Italy, specially referring to the Madonna of Chinambui, in the Church of Santa Maria Novella, ab Florence, and alao Giobbo's Holy Family. Profesaor Tubbs poinbed oub tiab ib was tho humanity of those works that drew them toward Italian paintings. Joyouaneas waa, he considered, the keynote of the Greek character, and it found its natural expression in sculpbure. Beauby was a greab matter with the Greek, and no doubb Socrates' ugliness militated against his success, while the beauty of Alcibiades, probably caused hia countrymen to tolerate his tyranny ao long. Professor Tubbs also referred to the elfect of climate upon art, hence the flatness of Egytian pictures, and the precision of Greek arb, there being no ferial line. Ib was also pointed out bhab bhe Norbhern nations in bheir arb had an indetinibiness of outlino which was also attributable to climatic effect. A aeries of limelight views of Greek statues was shown, and thoir beaubies dilabed upon by Profeasor Tubbs, the earth mother, or Greek Madonna, boing the lasb shown. On the mobion of Dr. Campbell, seconded by Mr Peyton, a hearby vobe of thanks waa accorded the lecturer.