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Show Wanted a Good Foot. Models are an important part of a sculptor's need. I doubt whether in this particular we differ from our Greek predecessors, for we read of choice presents, pres-ents, such as peacocks, given by Phidias to his model's, showing how much he valued them, presumably because it was as difficult then as now to get good ones. To be a model is a business of itself, and when we remember the number of art schools there are, even in London alone, and the many artists who are entirely en-tirely dependent upon them, it may be realized what a large body they must be. . The men are mostly Italians, chiefly, I am told, from the neighborhood of Naples. The women are, as a rule, English Eng-lish and have often sat from babies. To find a well formed foot is almost an impossibility im-possibility among the best of them, owing ow-ing to the long cramping in boots, but a friend once told me that he had a cast of the foot of an Indian woman that was as beautiful as the foot of a Greek statue. Our English models lack often the suppleness of figure that distinguishes more southern races, such as the Italian, which is partly accounted for by the heavy, cumbersome clothes our climate necessitates. But such as they are we have to make the best of them, and a really good one is eagerly sought after. Good Words. |
