Fig. 281.
Front View. a seat for the statue of a box which should be only wide enough to be comfortable and of a height to allow of a footstool under the feet. Nail a board the width of the box to the back to form a back for the seat and let it be high enough to extend a few inches above the statue’s head when she is seated. Cover the chair and footstool with the gray canton flannel.
The Egyptian statue must be stiff and formal, seated on her chair as in Fig. 581, with hands on knees and feet together. The entire absence of graceful curves of body or drapery makes a charming contrast to the other statues. In statuary tableaux the eyes must be kept closed, except in the tableau of Galatea, and the eyelids should be as white as the rest of the face. The eyelids of the Egyptian statue must, of course, be gray.
Pygmalion and Galatea
This tableau includes the sculptor as well as the statue, and requires a little acting on the part of the statue—herein lies the surprise.
The tableau illustrates the old story of the Greek sculptor Pygmalion, who fell in love with the statue he had made, and prayed to the gods to endow it with life. His
First Position.
Second Position. prayer is granted and the statue, Galatea, gradually awakens.
When the curtain is drawn aside, Pygmalion, dressed in Greek costume of brilliant colors (to contrast with the white statue), is seen kneeling with arms extended at the feet of Galatea, who stands in the pose shown in “first position” of the illustration.