| Show THE philosophy THE mae Dele artean wave has baa struck utah mr edmund russell known as prince of Delsart eans Is sojourn ing in this city he has already delivered two lectures oras he prefers prefer sto to characterize them talks and will during the current week deliver a series of three others besides mr russell there are two or three others in salt lake who profess themselves ex of the famous frenchman Frenchu ans Is philosophy and we are informed thata lady from the east who is also an on en disciple of desarteau Des artean art contemplates a visit here in the near future delparte Dele Del arte was born in 1811 in the north of france his early life was one of misery and suffering he gravitated to paris when a child and it is said that a noticing what appeared to be a bundle of rags rage protruding from a snow sno bank in one of the parts paris parks inserted his bis hook book in the bun bundle dl e and ana fished out a hum human A n being it was young delsarte the aided the embryo philosopher Dele delsarte arte had a special taste for masic m abic and pursued its cultivation under great difficulties He departed from froin be accepted canons of the musical masters of his time he succeeded after a hard struggle ruggie st with opera managers and theatre directors to obtain a place before the footlights and in his first eff rt r made a name in time he became the idol of paris where he died during the franco german war in 1871 many years of delbartes Delsart Del sartes ePs life were devoted to investigating the principles underlying all art and expression he founded a of philosophy for the guidance of those who would make the body voice and gesture rend rODd erthe highest service to the soul and mind in expression he held the essentials to be poise gesture and that these are the external evidences of internal conditions he did not be lieve in sawing the air with the hands nor in tearing a passion to tatters with his bis tongue his definition of art is as fol follows lowE 1 art A rt is at once the knowledge the possession esz and the free direction of the age agents W by virtue of which are revealed th the elife life the mind and the he soul art is in not an imitation of nature it eleva elevates tow in that it idealizes nature to each spiritual function responds a function of the body to each grand function or of the body corresponds a spiritual act 1 the philosophy embraces the whole of b human man life the mow moral physical mental menta intellectual spirit spiritual uj and ethical it alms aims at perfection in physical structure as aa well as excellence in art oratory and sol science enoe |
