CHURCH PULPIT Carved Oak from Belgium - 1876 Philadelphia World Fair Print

Description: Print Specifics: A superb print from a series of prints depicting objects of arts and manufacture exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial International Exposition (World's Fair). Type of print: Lithograph - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1876 Condition: 1-2 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Few very light brownish spots/areas in blank margins. Dimensions: 11.5 x 16 inches (1 inch = 2,54 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The photos show the overall view of the print and an enlarged detail. 3. Due to its dimensions, the print will be mailed in a sturdy 4" (10 cm) diameter tube. Excerpt from the original narrative: PULPIT, CARVED OAK, by Goyers Brothers, Louvain, Belgium : It must be a source of great pleasure to such visitors to the International Exhibition as have not enjoyed the opportunity of foreign travel, that the illustrations of Art, in all its phases, should have . been so complete. The print before us represents, without doubt, the finest specimen of wood-carving that untravelled Americans are ever likely to see. This colossal Pulpit is a carving in oak from Goyer Brothers, of Louvain, Belgium. They received for it an award and medal, as a remarkably fine specimen of that class of art work. In design and in execution it exhibits the most approved style of Belgian art applied to carving, and shows the character of Gothic architecture peculiar to the fifteenth century. The proportions and sentiment are harmonious and graceful. It is rich in delicate carving and tracery. The base of the Pulpit is formed by a succession of broad steps. The six arcades are divided by columns and tasteful foliated panels. Each ornamental bracket from the abacus supports the figure of an Apostle, protected by canopies. The intervening space in each arcade contains a group of sculpture. all illustrating scenes in the life of the Virgin; fine renderings of some of the conceptions of the old masters, known as the “Joys of the Virgin,” ‘‘The Marriage of Mary and Joseph,” “The Annunciation,” “The Adoration of the Magi,” “The Visit of Elisabeth,” etc., ete. The Pulpit proper is crowned by an elaborate canopy, supported by a slender detached column on either side. This canopy, together with the solid panel backing, also serves as a sounding-board. At the angles of the richly-carved cornice are pendentives which extend into columns above the cornice, upon each of which is the figure of the Angel of the Resurrection. Between these columns, surmounting the cornices, are gracefully | designed crestings of elaborate and artistic workmanship. Wood-carving may with propriety be styled the “ Mother of Sculpture,” as it antedates all creations in stone or metal, and the harmony of historians upon this point establishes the fact. Moreover, the simplicity of the requirements of wood-carving would connect that art with the crudest state of human existence. Probably those who came to Tubal-Cain, asking instruction of the “cunning worker” in metals, had already produced rude expressions of this first art upon club, staff and “graven image.” Indeed, wood-carving seems to have becn a medium of universal utterance. In Egypt, Chaldea, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, India, China, Greece and Spain, in fact, among all peoples from Egypt to . the South Sea Islands, have curious examples of this art been found, though differing greatly in degrees of excellence. Idolatrous nations express their conception of the gods they worship: through . this means. The prophet Isaiah scoffingly says: ‘lle heweth him cedars and taketh the cypress and the oak. He burneth part thereof in the fire and the residue he maketh a god, even his graven image.” The earliest artist of whom we have any positive information as one renowned for “ carving in timber” is Bezaleel of the tribe of Judah. Of his genius, divine assurance is given in these words: I have filled him with the spirit of God in wisdom, in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship. He built and decorated the Tabernacle (1491 B. C.), the chief furniture of which was of shittim-wood, elaborately fashioned into flowers and emblems typical of the Hebrew nation and faith, This work was the wonder of its period. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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