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| THE FIRST PAIR OF EARRINGS - This humorous
marble group of Cipriano Folguras stood in the Spanish Building on
the lake shore in Jackson Park, as was loaned by the National Museum
of Painting and Sculpture at Madrid. The practice of wearing rings
in the ears of males has long been abandoned in English speaking
countries, but obtains in Southern countries, where the bright sun is
more trying to the eyes. It is the common belief that the piercing
of the ears protects or strengthens the vision. Within a few years
fashion has earnestly striven to abolish the use of earrings, even by
women, but with little success. The earliest people know to history
wore these ornaments, and beautiful examples are found in the
Egyptian tombs.
THE FISHERS CAUGHT - This was a group in plaster by
Anicito Marinas y Garcia, of Segovia, Spain, and stood in the
Spanish Art Exhibit at the Art Palace, west court. The smaller of
the two brothers is represented as falling in the toils of a
devil-fish, from which the larger boy strives to effect a rescue.
The humorous statue pleases greater numbers of people than does more
reputable work in marble, but it may be questioned if marble should
be put to such use. Yet of the two groups here portrayed, the one at
the left has something very effective about it - something of dignity
goes with the resolute dames that Raphael secured for his peasant
madrones. |
