ITALIAN ART LECTURE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 108, 7 May 1912, Page 2

ITALIAN ART LECTURE.

Tho second of the new wries of leutures on "Italian Art" was given by Mrs. Robert- Webster at the Girls' College last evening, Mr. A. Hamilton presiding. Mrs. Webster dealt with the art of Raphael, Perugino, and Michael Angelo, touching briefly ou the distinguishing characteristics of the great Italian musters. Perutsrino, the great man-, lev of a great. pupil, Raphael, had imparted to hi* pupil many of his ova; - distinguishing characteristics. Amongst Raphael's ' noblest paintings were (lie Madonna >of the Chair, the Sistine Madonna, and the Madonna of (he Gold finch, the, latter being, torn to pieces in an. earthquake, and afterwards wonderfully restored. Michael Angelo, who wuj. a giant, among painters and sculptors, regarded himself ac not the creator, but merely, l-he agent that released tho spirit from the marble. Ho stood aldne amongst the world's artists— the decorator of the Sistine Chapel, builder of St. Peter's, creator of the noblest sculptur»j and painter of wonderful picture*. During the evening a vote of thanks wn,s passed to Mi*. "Webster, whose next lee ture will be upon British painters—Tumor, Reynolds, Romney, etc.