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Arts and Sciences.
Of Panning upon Glass, and of Mosaick
work in France.
We have observed that the enamel is at
tended with the inconvenience ot p**rlipp
of when rubbed, and that by this means
the painting rn a/i/irtC, or that which has
been simply fixed upon the surface of the
ghtss, may be destroyed by a strong acid ;
this is an experiment which we have made
to be convinced of the fact. No colours
therefore but those that are amalgamated
wnh the glass c*.n bs considered as indes
tructible.
The most ancient painted windows which
we (>ossess in the museum of French
monuments, belong to the twelfth century;
we are far frum - praising tlic~design ofr
these, but w: may say thai upon the whole
they possess a character of grandeur ; bfct
the colours as fine as those of Jean Cou
sin, whose design isj admirable, and may
be justly compared to the finest cartoon* of
the great Italian masters. We say, car -
toon * because the ancient painted windows
in general, resemble mote a coloured de
sign than a picture painted in oil ; but they
a re not less precious on t h at account. The
cartoons of Juiius Komain. in the Naoo
leon Museum are as fine and as interesting
as any of his in oil. Ji be genius of Ka
phael is as grand in his Irtco paintings as
-m his oil pictures. Invention, expre.sston~
and purity of design alofic consitute the
grea painter, the manipulation of colours
is but a secoiicnn y aid to the establishment
of ihe work : it spreads agreeabl flowers
around the figures, mellows the style, and
seduces the spectator.
When we si e, in the celebrated school of
Athens by Raphael. lue sage Solon giving
his laws to Grvi cc ; when we admiie, in
the superb vaults of the Vatican, a God
_tlie creator of aii things, by Michael Ao
gelo, our whole soul is occupied in the
grand conception of these masterpieces of
art; we do not slop to injure by what
v mean* the artis is thus enabled to fix our
\ attention ; it is of no importance to us
, whether the sublime woks which surround
;us were painted :n o 1 or al /rc?coy whe
ther they are in enamel or Mosaick ; paint*
ed upon glass, or mete coloured design.
The modern artists 'nave cei tainly a great
> advantage of ovt r the ancients, in glass
paintings ; but they owe this advantage
entirely to the modern discoveries in the
art of making glass, and not to any im
provement in that of painting upon it.
Our ancient masters made use of leaden
groove** as we have before remarked, to
connect their pieces together, for two rea
sons .* 1st. Because in their time the art
of making large plates of glass was
known : and 2d. because in incorporating
the colour in the class by the action of a
strong heat they were unable to obtain two
lints upon the same piece.
It is certain that t^e ancient painting
glass dt serves to be admired, when we
take in'.o consideration the many difficul
ties which thvy had to overcome, to pro
duce the eflectfc^which we perceive.
Thf ancient manner of proceeding was
as flbllAps S a cartoon Was designed in which
the suSject was colon rid upon jfl^er, such
. us it was intended to be on the glass. They
then took pieces rrf glass which were .cut
exactly according to patterns taken from
the drawing, and on which the various parts
of the figures were painted, so that when
the pieces were joined together, they pre
sented the whole picture, in such a way
that the lead which connected thera toge
ther did not interfere with any part of the
? figures o? drapery. When all the pieces
are cut according to the drawing and size
of the work, they are marked by notches
or letters, that their proper places may be
known ; and tb*n each piece is coloured,
after the manner of the design. When
the whole is finished, it is put into a fur*
nance, where by a red heat, the colours are
fixed, and rendered unchangeable by any
i spfcies of agent.
V The siibslar.ee* generally used for co
louring the largest squares of glass, and
Which are thrown into the crucibles before
the glass is withdrawn, arc all derived from
the metalttck kingdom. Cobalt is used
for the blue. The different shades of red
ami brown are produced by the oxide of
iron of different degrees. The brown-red
is given by the oxide of copper, as it is
obtained ftom the bars of copper plunged
red hot into water. The green is in like
manner produced by copper dissolved in
vegetable acids, or in other acids and pre
cipitated by the fixed alkali. Glasses ot a
purple colour are made with the ox.de of
gold. One grain of gold will give a bril
liant colour to lour hundred parts of glass.
1 heyettowis in tike manner prodflted by
. aiijer, or by lead combined with antimony.
|Ky Violet is obtained from a mineral
substance, called Manganese. The gta?s
e*Hhus prepared are ready 10 receive the
designs ol the artists, the shades and dt
mhinis, and ^re~ then again submitted to
the fire.
Painters upon class were for a long time
confined in the execution of ornaments to
the embroidery of their draperies which
they found it imposible to obtain on a sin
gle piece of glass, when John de Bruges,
as able a Chemist as he was askiful point
er, struck out a new advantage to this spe
cies of pii n ti rig . TIfis arUaCTo whom We
are indebud for the invention of oil paint
ing, f Mind the means of fixing the colour
ing matter at a ceitain thickness of the
glass ; that is to say he had the art, by a
proper direction of the fire, to arrest the
progress of the colour at about one fourth
the thickness of the glass, instead of suf
fering it to penetrate through, so that the
surface only whs coloured, while the bot
tom of the glass remained pure and un
touched. After having designed upon his
pieces the ornaments with which he wish
ed to enrich his draperies, he hollowed
then out by means of emery and water,
after the manner of engraving, ^intil he
came to the white glass and took off the
colouring ; he then formed his embrodery,
either by introducing into the hollows thus
turmed a new coveting nf goldxa^silveau_ar
soine enamel which he submitted to the
fire to obtain the desirtd effect. This
beautiful process was generally imita'cd
by the other painters of his time.
Jean k ousin practised this art with con
siderable success : in the Museum of
French monuments, in thtr collection *>f
the sixteenth century, is to be seen a full
length portrait of Francis I. in the court
$lress, of exquite beauty, and two iin
tfiense windows on which are represetttfSf
subjects taken from the apocalypse# in
winch this artist has combined all the ele
gancies of the art, Ilis manner is fine,
grand and free ; it is remarkable in this,
. that it perfectly resembles those drawings
of our gFfeat masters, that are called car
toon* ; the turn and expression of the fi
gures are admirable, and these superb
paintings have rather the appearance of
having been done on canvass than glass.
Jean Cousin gave to his draperies the most
strong and brilliant colouring ; he produc
ed it by means of the metallick oxides of
gold, silver and copper, and its being made
to penetrate the glass by the action of the
fire, rendered it perfectly transput cut. ; to
form the shades which he did with the
oxide of iron* went over his work a se
cond time, and then submitted the whole
to the furnace.
We will seize this opportunity to re
move, if possible, a prejudice prevalent
among some people who still consider the
art of painting upon glass, as a secret ;
and they generally say when speaking of
it that fAi? Btcret it /o?f. The art of paint
ing upon glass, the discovery of which
was made in France, never has been a se
cret. What has been taken for a srerrt is
nothing more than the art of so heating the
glass as not to destroy the colours Which
had been applied to it, and to preserve
them in that strength which it was desra
bie to give to the picture. It is the degree
fof beat so difficult to manage, and which
?bakes the same colours, in the hands of
Jtifferent artists, produce very different ef
fects. This difference in strength of co
louring obtaindteaially in oil painting / for
every jpne may observe, withobt being a
connoisseur, that two painters who employ
the same colours* often produce pictures
wIiom harmOMy of colouring is altogether
difftiM0t even supposing that the two art
ists nWe c6pied from the same living mo
del. ^This difference therefore depends
nponThe moral and physical organization
of the artist ; and it ia this consideration
which haa necessarily produced those sin
gular shadowing* and infinite varieties in
the paintings upon gl&aSj_not forgetting at
the the same tim^^Mj^kjiicb laJon^ ex*
clusivcly ta the mtiipttl of, the fire.*
The use of painted windows was v#T J
common at a time, wfcen religious enth^"
siasm, by intimidating j>* mind, produced
in men a state of perpetual aaelancehdly,
I which so enfeebled them, that they were
absolutely unable to aupport the light of
I
^hc sun, and were compelled to resort to
some means of weakening- its effects*
'l'he coloured windows, with whicji temples
were then adorned were necessary* 1st* to
bi ing to the imegiuation of the pious, the
mysteries of ihe worship to which they
were devoted ; 2d. to give to the place of
m c ct ing .a lioi capahlc nf ex ril ing a my*; irk _
devotion, as it is the practice in convent*
to perfume the cells with the most delici-' -
ous odours in order to provoke the imagi
nation and produce extatlck feelings ; and
3diy to preserve them l'rom the ardour of
the Sun. It is acknowledged that the pre*
sence of the sun inspires gaiety ; that it ,
deviates the feelings of the coldest heart ;
this it was desirable to prevent.? Thus
painting upon glass was for a long time the
only species of painting practised \x\
France, if we except the miniatures upon
vellum, which were fabncaicd in the sil
ence of the<rfTfisters.
In the progress of civilisation, this art
gained new vigodr. From this time paint
Inps upon glass were to be seen in the pal
aces of sovere gni and the castles of
princes, representing agreeable scenes, and
subjects taken from ancient mythology {
thus in 1542, Benard Paltry executed lor
Anne de Montmorency, the fable of Psy
che and Cupid from the cartoons of lUv
phiel. The same artist executed several
other paintings also for the constable) N^hich
still serve as a study for young artists.
At the present day painting upon glass
has received a new eclat by a process, for
whose discovery we are indebted to the in
defatigable Zeal of an artist, who has de
voted himself to the impioveMcIU of co
lours for the use pain ers. It would be at;
easy matter now to ornament the windows
of palaces in a manner which should be at
once agreeable, and instructive to youth,
by respesenting upon them the heroiefc
deeds of our modern annals.
From a vicious taste which prevailed in
the last century, the beautiful painted win*
dows which udotned our churches were
suppressed und^r different pretexts. As
an excuse it was said that Ihey produced
too great an obscurity ; Chat most of the
subjects which were represented upon
them discovered nudities and even obsceni-.,
ties. It is wtll known, however, that
most of these paintings were represent!
tions of the vices personified ; and that
these images were exposed to the eyes ofe
the multitude to strike imagination and in
spire a greater aversion for the exposed *
it was thus that the Lacedemonians
their slaves to exhibit themselves dVtMtk^
before their children that they migfitoe
detered from practising so degrading a
vice.
[ Frim the Carolina 7elcg+afih, 8 th inst\ }
it is a fluttering circumstance in favor of
the South Carolina College, that fourteen
of the members elect of the ensuing legis
lature, are graduates of this College which
was first opened in 1H05. We hope the
confidence of their constituents will be am
ply rewarded by an able and efficient dis
charge of legislative duties.
ji Valuable A Jan. ? David Wilson, of
Port William, Gallatin county. Ken. is ?3
years of age* He had four wives, fend by
them Jortxj two children. His oldest child
is but 16 years younger than himself. His
second wife had five children at two births
in eleven months. Mr. Wilson Is ?' na
tive of Pennsylvania ? converses with ease
and affability, and supports his family by
labour. y
He has worn a hat twenty years wl*M.
still passably decent.
The matrimonial blacksmith of Gretna
Green, having hound an old lady apd a
youth of unrazor*d iips in the silk bond
of wedlock* observed to a friend," I trav#
just tied a withered stick and a green twig
together with a cobweb.
A Gentleman having married a lady of
the name of lamb, who had very little
beauty, but a very great fortune, was told
by an acquaintance that he would not have
taken the lathb had U not been for the
mint saucer -
- ? a;
On the fashion of ladies carrying their
* watchca In their bosoms.
Among our fashionable* bands,
No wonder now if time should linger.'
AUow'd to place hii two rude hands
* Where others dare not lay * finger*