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Fine Arts.
FINE ARTS .
Clemency of Cceur de Lion . —We have just had an opportunity of inspecting a proof of the new engraving lately completed for the Art Union by Bro . H . C . re Shenton . It must be allowed , that during the few past years the Art Union has scarcely answered the high expectations which were formed of its fostering influences on good and correct taste in the fine Arts , —more especially
of painting and engraving ; therefore the production this year of so higbclass an engraving as the Clemency of Cceur de Lion , becomes a feature of great importance . The subject is of the highest range , and portrays one of the noblest passages in history , which has always been regarded with pride by Englishmen . Cceur de Lion was Grand Master of Freemasons , and in the exercise
of clemency practised one of the richest of Masonic attributes . The celebrated picture from which the engraving has been taken is by Mr . John Cross , and won the prize at the Government competition in Westminster Hall , some years since . It caused great sensation at the time , was purchased by the Government , and now forms one of the finest specimens of painting adorning the House of Lords . In speaking of the engraving by Bro . H . C . Shenton , we only repeat the opinion
of more than one of the first authorities of the day , when we say that its rich and soft interpretation of the various textures and difficult lights and shades of the picture has been achieved with singular success , —such as only line engraving and the hand of a master could effect . There are three years of patient study and labour in the work , and its issue to the subscribers will form quite an era in the art-wrvrlr ?
The Freemasons' Girls School . —Bro . Hughes , of the Strand , has just produced a beautiful photographic view of the School , which will shortly be published . It is a work of great interest , and will form an appropriate ornament in the Lodgeroom , or in the private residences of the Brethren .
Cautious Secrecy.
CAUTIOUS SECRECY " .
The cautious secrecy of the Craft in early ages was used to prevent the great principles of science , by which their reputation was secured and main tain eel , from being publicly known . Even the inferior workmen were unacquainted with the secret and refined mechanism which cemented and imparted the treasure of wisdom . They were profoundly ignorant of the wisdom which planted , the beauty which designed , and knew only the strength and labour which executed the work . The doctrine of the pressure and counter-pressure of complicated arches was a
mystery which they never attempted to penetrate . They were blind instruments in the hands of intelligent Master Masons , and completed the most sublime undertakings by the effect of mere mechanical skill and physical power , without being able to comprehend the secret which produced them ; without understanding the nice adjustment of the members ! of a building to each other , so necessary to accomplish a striking and permanent effect ; or without being able to enter into the science exhibited in the complicated details which were necessary to form a harmonious and proportionate whole . —Canadian Masonic Pioneer . VOL . IT . 4 T
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Fine Arts.
FINE ARTS .
Clemency of Cceur de Lion . —We have just had an opportunity of inspecting a proof of the new engraving lately completed for the Art Union by Bro . H . C . re Shenton . It must be allowed , that during the few past years the Art Union has scarcely answered the high expectations which were formed of its fostering influences on good and correct taste in the fine Arts , —more especially
of painting and engraving ; therefore the production this year of so higbclass an engraving as the Clemency of Cceur de Lion , becomes a feature of great importance . The subject is of the highest range , and portrays one of the noblest passages in history , which has always been regarded with pride by Englishmen . Cceur de Lion was Grand Master of Freemasons , and in the exercise
of clemency practised one of the richest of Masonic attributes . The celebrated picture from which the engraving has been taken is by Mr . John Cross , and won the prize at the Government competition in Westminster Hall , some years since . It caused great sensation at the time , was purchased by the Government , and now forms one of the finest specimens of painting adorning the House of Lords . In speaking of the engraving by Bro . H . C . Shenton , we only repeat the opinion
of more than one of the first authorities of the day , when we say that its rich and soft interpretation of the various textures and difficult lights and shades of the picture has been achieved with singular success , —such as only line engraving and the hand of a master could effect . There are three years of patient study and labour in the work , and its issue to the subscribers will form quite an era in the art-wrvrlr ?
The Freemasons' Girls School . —Bro . Hughes , of the Strand , has just produced a beautiful photographic view of the School , which will shortly be published . It is a work of great interest , and will form an appropriate ornament in the Lodgeroom , or in the private residences of the Brethren .
Cautious Secrecy.
CAUTIOUS SECRECY " .
The cautious secrecy of the Craft in early ages was used to prevent the great principles of science , by which their reputation was secured and main tain eel , from being publicly known . Even the inferior workmen were unacquainted with the secret and refined mechanism which cemented and imparted the treasure of wisdom . They were profoundly ignorant of the wisdom which planted , the beauty which designed , and knew only the strength and labour which executed the work . The doctrine of the pressure and counter-pressure of complicated arches was a
mystery which they never attempted to penetrate . They were blind instruments in the hands of intelligent Master Masons , and completed the most sublime undertakings by the effect of mere mechanical skill and physical power , without being able to comprehend the secret which produced them ; without understanding the nice adjustment of the members ! of a building to each other , so necessary to accomplish a striking and permanent effect ; or without being able to enter into the science exhibited in the complicated details which were necessary to form a harmonious and proportionate whole . —Canadian Masonic Pioneer . VOL . IT . 4 T