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| SECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND ART, DUBLIN. -The sketch displays another section of the Science and Art Museum, showing in the foreground the sculptured figure of a Knight in half-armor, his gauntlets laid aside and his semi-recumbent attitude suggestive of one who, although still comparatively vigorous, is resigned to lay down the burden of a life of battle, grief and disappointment. "His manly brow consents to death but scorns its agony." Near by, grouped on a pedestal, the beauteous heads of the three graces seem to support an urn of exquisite design and workmanship. An antique sarcophagus-sad reminder of morality-occupies the niche on the left of the picture. Most of the figures shown in this and other portions of the Museum are casts of works of art completed, or merely designed, by Irish and other artists-for Ireland, unlike other countries, does not insist stringently on confining exhibitions of art and science to the productions of native genius. In this she shows liberality of spirit, which repays her in the beauty and diversity of the works she is enabled to place in her museums and galleries. Irish writers claim that, owing to recent efforts of a non-political character, ther is a decided revival of Irish art. |
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