New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-07

shadows His genius growing space. heysoon became
O mighty Inner OF shade; he painted In smoke and
with dim states, dusky ochres. and all light drinking
pigments then he defined and brought out his objects By
few bold strokes with his pencil dipped In coors bright
and flaming In this sparng but most effective Of
lights he created school which he had gifted pupils,
but never follower wonderfully endowed he with
the power OF limiting what not expressed. In pho
Biography picture said TO which tho
dark predominant and the outlines Of figure glow with
little discreetly managed light. Many specimens Of
this style will be found at tho fair the best by Kurtz
very good by Merz. In Paris the master this
art is saIamon who readily gets 100 francs negative.
while % francs Is regarded % high price with Rem
brandtsm. at its best Ia almost perfecon 1t doing all
that black and white dc 10 paint the human d.
vine But the Of shadows the method and Of
shadows all the grades and shades Of dlmnesa must be
mastered by him who aspres TO make better plain pho
tograph than Mr. show. IL is easy that
advances are not 10 be expected from the unsuccess
full schoomasters and bad backsmths who have bought
camera and some chemicals The best photographers
is and Is to be the arst Of gifts and Of feeling who from
defective eyesght, for want Of mechanical skill with
the brush studies light and Its management till he Is
master throughout all the dim realm Of the halfghts
and the halfshades Long practice and natural eye FOE
effect must teach him just how particular light will be-
have the plate what points will burn out and which
will be of soft subdued character At present caro-
study Of the contents Of these acoves must chow
Nobody else get that general softness. ths
dark tints all predominatng yet with no sacrifice Of
cearness vgOr His best plain photographs arc worth
more than any of the retouehed pictures but hs best
plain photographs not happy accidents every aca
with him laws of It's own, and treatment peculiar
blonde has one position degree or shade; french
blonde is set In another part of the roo shaded IN an
other way entirely ingenious contvances are brought
in to throw another fraction OF Light under the hat be-
meath the brow athwart the beard or to spread faint
and tender paor across the cheek OF beauty To see
that marvellous effects can wrought by those methods
TO have fine constitutional Judgment applied 10 TINS ART
to produce these effects all compiexions Win all ages
and under even varying conditions OF sunlight o nafo
genius In large outdoor photography lockwood mas
by far the best pictures while Bersad brother to the
portrait painter Of the Rocky Mountains exces in stere
oscopic views.
In the other groups OF this department there Is little
that shows remarkable advance except the electric clock
This is worth study The motion OF the pendulum de-
pends not on spring weights, but Is made regular
and lasting through months and years, by small gat
yanc battery 1t is the nearest approximation yet made
to perpetual motion In pbilosophc instruments several
globes orreries and quadrans are ingenious; one In
particular is worth attention. where the CONSULTATIONS
are ell pictured In outline on hollow glass sphere within
which the earth revoives he whole moving at the ratio
and in the relations established by the Creator The in
struction that might derived from these groups would
be much greater IL circulars cards were at hand
describing the use and nature Of the various philosophical
Instruments and the extreme difficulty and great outlay
by which accuracy reached One remark and only one
touching the musical Instruments in which the show is
by no means the best the country can make In pianos
te tendency is 10 sharp metallic accuracy OF tone not
to softness and sweetness. There is not sounding.
board here that gives pleasure than pianos ola 20
years ago They arc made to play difficult operatlc
peces upop not to give genuine uncoty pleasure In
home circles and such they part OF that general
tendency In our life Of cities TO effect and ecat bV
| the sacrfce Of quiet happiness and true JOY.