New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-12


dishes and vessels OF gold and SILVER the group Of musicians
tho handsome dogs the ory architecture the clear ana
chose this subject him tho opPo'uy Of eKer
cisne bis peculiar gift Our Frenchmana" as party includes
writer All over Europcdeclares ti aphae Corrego and
Veronesc held the view aud at they were not called
to consider anything furhs best 70 secure plendor
that should Seize and sc.iisfy the cye.
cS held By oTeS K KIT G s. s listen in general enc But
proof all au us that many hold It, and it has coored the
whole gOdon Of Art the sixteenth century with very
o scePton Il has been strongly comoates u has had
defenders skilled IN fence and the contest nu naaS Of
this view than by the opposing party Dsns of his heo
~ have made in pushing view extreme Taey
have COMPOUNDED with record with history WITH ddsctcs
sT Tf seE Of the not 70
y mans sensual enjoyment TO feed his pride they have
thew have insisted that il should condesocnd to level the
lowest minds should make itself comprehended by c
dren and dlers and babbe nursery rhymes 70 oaoe u"
Now. though in different way this view mistaken as
degrading the would be only demanding co
but gyes art task TO perform that Is ,s rs san
viii be little conducive to the culture ne IaS Sc ,me
babtgay giving her work to do that Is unworthy
and whtewashng 1t is TO make concuplhess anu i
breeders Of them but in either case the result may ~ Of the
human which much their WORK as II Is ours az
atjon Art Is revelation the soul Of man revelation The
naturalist the scientific man, who shall think una, ne gnu "a
diamond OF TO show us how candles at both ends
the philosopher who oomplacently maps out the hu
missions %rues vices powers down in directory
permanent posseSsOrS Of the territory IN ice tne
Who thinks mission to illustrate books and newsPape
TO paint pictures that will sell to tell all sorts OF stories ce'e
and ccarly-thcse do not understand the vocation Oh
naturalist philosopher artist Let others speak Tor the natur
aist and the philosopher will that the artist to seek
put canvas to carve in marble The supreme Oe o
world in which he lives that by its contemplation the SOU
man may be lifted up toward the suggestion OF S0ds
beauty his heart filled as with rushing rsr Oh love bs Tr w TlS'
this bat darky in glass Tins great service
all true Arpanng sculpture poetry-take Whatever form
NAV has always done and must always do This Is
why il has got firm hold the affections the reverence
%SS I hs SeN %S the noompecncy Of
who have taken the OF artist without Hght anu
aures never rpened on ParnasSus but were grown " "0
Art looked at in this light may be allowed some o Sa tb
well being Of their fellows But II is not 70 nh;
art in its highest MINISTRY ih s1ue about the character
ministry l. surely inegble IN The ghl Oh .ne lew n1
WElhs u NE cbl or the brush spoken of it at
length because will lose opportunity TO assert the high
b;n~ that in any way may I've supposed related art Art is
the expression Of the beauty of nature seer by the mind oil
but the field Of Nature bcundcssy wide that there room
the varied play Of all human capacities The great men 90
touch their time help their immediate fellows Even
ewes and ears Art claims all her that is done with
pure and single purpose to enter into communion Win "oa
These manifestations Of toughunesso for the workman are
sporadic merely and with have amounted practically 70 very
little Hardly ANYTHING mas been uoie ehfNnrIt' VW
that nothing at a has been done
Even in our best manufacturers those managed D a1e
tcgent find entire indifference to the whole subject
do not mean an indifference to the physical comlo VI"
health the moral wellbeing OF the workman
Known Of Of lectures provided for their
and entertainment Of excursions got up for Their ENJOY
educate young American boys and girls IN the arts oil design
that in time may hope odepcnd on ourselves ,or our
decorative workmen and not forever stealing Our designs
abroad depending for them solely on foreign drng
do to-day you ask h something Of this sort Is
up their places ii proposed to apprentice American ocys OF
girls to them 1t was attempted IN New iok IN an %
shutting his works Welding the point and Of % eoSrc he
frst started in Ncw.York City. it was intended
to educate girls to supply designs t Gr cd hlhs,
for dresses curtains uphostecrs goods Following the
ample the English and French Governments the intelligent
and benevolent ladies who started this school meant TO build mp
school where the Arts OF Design could be taught TO women
so that they might livelihood The school failed utterly
from proper management and from lack Of VIII on the
part of founders 1t is in spirit of compliment that say
the of very important nature and was man
aged with all the ability and all the sincerity and OF
purpose founders could bring to It, 1t did not fail be-
started and managed by women In iao, IL ud
not utterly die until took hold Of IT. II these adies had
had more generous hcp clearer knowledge Of the problem
solved and Of the history Of the English and French at
tempt solve it. they might have succeeded ptter Du' ly
fought against the determined odds There was not
mannaetueT S Dg %nO Ss ss perhaps To- be
expected there another difficulty which made II mpos
se that they should be In position TO force the manu-
flcurers to listen to them They did no nave ppi NM 70
They took the material OF our American youth ana , 70
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arts of painting and sculpture may be successfully carried on
without the being any fitted TO teach or invent
what mean by design That IS product OF science anu
feeling which certainly lower than art and may exist quite
independent Of it, Japanese design is coummate IN ITS way
but Japan has produced an artist indian deogh-S
shown In the silks the carpets the shaw of the Decca one
of the world precious material possessions but cannot
any remarkable skill design although they have shown thor
Ough enjoyment of it and have evidently taken great
copyng il the inferior artists have never shown either
pleasure IN ses he obao u Design for Women did not
in the laws OF design
study and who had had experience In teaching he acce
ANYTHING TO show the manufacturers Then they had the
courage and perseverance 10 lay siege to the oindhD o
son they with II did not take the shape Of hostility but
Of encouragement And here they needed 70 know and under
stand fight had been in England and no" splendid had
am sorry that this honorable attempt failed 1t need not
have failed That school ought 10 have been supported W orr
merchants and manufacturers through OF loss They
ought made up their minds to loss and to apparent a
For shall never be able to make American mauae
rival the English and French un we educate our own
countrymen and cOunywOnen III the Arts OF Design nat
that makes the manufactures OF France coveted Dy a te
world French silks French ribbons freeh hcesthele
nothing they make that does not take the eye OF the world
Our laugh The customs duties 70 sGPr9 Tne ihey al
French bOnnets. Custom-dues or no cusomdutes they
win have French bonnets. This skilul tasteful ener-
getc people have the markets Of the world and the
Chinese ladies said TO contemplate revolution against the
tyranny small feet that they wear Paris shoes Partly
this is the folly Of madcap fashion admit but there more IN
than that The French workman Is every year more ana
more thoroughly trained and taught The designers OF orp9
men of all sorts have the 20 the Government col
lectOns which Of the choicest and comeie In the Jar
PdneS wOrkmen and woTkwOnen may always De seen
either studying by themselves In classes with teachers
pointed the and the result Is that the French
rapidly getting fatal those
of every other country the English who began taT
w. to do work and have thus far done IT less gene
rousy have great difficulty in holding In the field OF
decorative art
The INFLUENCE OF LADIES IN The MEETING.
Mrs Caroline Dali Dectress Of the Associaon) arose
10 an explanation That the tempo ray Chairman OF the meet
ing and the speakers who had followed him had inadvertently
made mistake in addressing only the Gentlemen OF the Con
yenon and there many ladies who were active
workers In the great for the promotion OF which they
she thought somewhat Inconsistent thal ese DC
not recognized.
Mr. Jarvis of followed and expressed disappointment