... The artist Farroukh continues his splendid reflections on the spiritual struggle which the nations of deep-rooted civilization have lived and still live, setting before us examples of the immortal pieces in the history of profound art.
— The Editors —
The responsible men of the
West, guardians of civilization and culture, have grasped the importance of the arts in the houses of civilization and their far-reaching effect in cultivating and refining society; and so they created for them those great museums and institutions of which we spoke in our previous articles.
The museum of which we now speak was set up in a great park near the center of the city, presented by the royal family to the people of Rome. Its like exists in most of the great Italian cities. This garden, or "park," is called the Villa Borghese; its grounds exceed four kilometers, most of it planted with trees of every kind. In its midst is a beautiful lake, on one of whose banks an ancient Roman temple was built. You see the ducks swimming on the still waters of this lake, and the scene as a whole appears like a piece of art.
This great park was prepared, as we said, for recreation of body and spirit. It is rich in its natural views and rich in its museums and in all the means that raise the people's taste and awaken gladness in their soul. Thus, too, the municipality or prefecture of Rome, which has a fine orchestra, comes to this place to play twice a week, so that the public may savor the art of music and its faculties be lifted. I noticed the effect of this training even in their little ones, who would leave off their play and listen to the music in perfect quiet and attention.
At the other end of this park stands another museum, for the arts of the age of the Renaissance, called the Borghese museum. And now we make for this museum, entering the park by the gate called "Porta Pinciana," for on that side the museum has a special luster and splendor.
The building of this museum belongs to the well-known French style, "Rococo"; in its
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