New-York tribune., 1870-09-23
FAIRS.
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE.

PHOTOGRAPHY.
For success in a metropolis like this nothing
"a an as bodness and vgor Expenditure must
be lavish as wen as discreet But when the pnOnc Is
opce plcascd and full attendance secured the returns
e as generous as the outlay has been profuse. The
rican Institute has given 9s exhibitions resembling
en- General sense the display Of last Fan and OF this
voar a, the Empire Rink None have compared in mag
do with the collection of articles Of great Importance
beauty value and ingenuity at the Far now IN progress
and 10 continue til time III November Last year
s,o oo was expended rents, insurance, buildings coal
iabor clerk hire printing, advertising, water, gas
mnsc and the thousand and one appointments ana sur
roundings OF such display Inc result was proht oi
OYER e oSy this year is nearly large and the receipts
-ndring from the results thus faiWl eAeeed thoSe vi
1869 by several thousand dollars . 49,, A.,
generally fails TO method or system IN the man
ner in which articles are classified. lie wanders from al
cove to table and from arch to avenue; MS attention
nov arrested by rare house plant, now by matchess
nhotogroph ON his right ne mOwingmachines, and
on the left table with 20 varieties OF apples Here Is
printng-press and il hay-press. washing ma
chine and y roofing material are ris d-ois, and a
patent saeratus is piled mp AZ the entrance OF series OF
remarkable horse stalls This incongruous mixing OF
things results from holding great Industrial Fair In
bg skating shedfrom the crowdlng OF each group ana
each department upon the other ana also rom the ltc
liar and somewhat absnlse logic upon which the classl
cation articles is based The departmental system will
be much clearer expressed % follows:
ART.-Fsi Department,
CONr0gT AND TIHGASGg @ Hn IN HoMfS0e.od Department
APPLIED SCIESCg-PSurth Department
.-f
ISTgRCOMMuNICATIOS-si Department
AGRiCULrCRE.-Segenlh Department
Agriculture is placed at the bottom. the art on
which all civilization rests; because all life above
that of the savage depends on facilities for procuring
ment of Intercommunication. IL includes all devices
by which people are transported from place to place
men or the products different soils and climates pass
and repass and are interchanged- Naturally, 1t in.
cludes all devices by which the wants condition OF
people made known to each oher and forhs reason
the prntingpress and the telegraph are classified here
though is the result OF applied science and the other
Is emphaticauy an engine Bepartmtht NO. emDIacrs
all powers combinations, and applied forces, the action
of which is 10 convert material into manufactures
and iii IL for mans use The touith includes slch ageh
cics OF civilization "a come from tho more occult forces
of nature-al chemical mixtures, acids, aikai@ tine
lures and their eOnDmatOns, paints uye' eohIeCIons
and Curiousy prepared foods II IT, in short the cOnt
button that chemistry has made to the supply Of the gen
is collection of al articles by which direct personal
wants are met IL includes, hrst an articles nted 70
meet the grand personal want-that OF "loihng-tnd
does not reject such rehnements canes carpetbdgS
skates. artificial teeth mecrschaumS and Chdrens toys
Department No occupies more room thin any oi lne
Others except machinery and its groups take IN articles
quite diverse in appearance yet similar IN their general
function, which that of making the homfs OF the race
az comfortable COmmOdOus, as wholesome, as cheap
az well furnished, and brilliantly lighted and upho
stored may be- II includes waterproof paper lOOmg,
mirrors, cooking stoves extension ChalrS, spring Dtd-
and silver plate, and anything else that relates either to
these substantial wants have all been met the race IN It's
leisure and refinement asplres 10 the elegances which
find their expression in the department that caps Onr
pyramid. II delights MS TO hang above wall paper, no
p the forms that years the consent OF mankind
has declared nearest the ideal man or the ideal woman
As we honor Washington cut his august face from
marble, paint it on canvas, OF weave II III silks OF
stitch il with particoored woods.
Art is the aspiration OF the race. In an important
sense all the other departments exist that art may be-
possible. strip the world OF all Iha inspires Iate anu
a machine eating that he may work, ana working that
he may eat II will thus be seen that our cldsSihcaton
il not In all respects convenient is at least logical u
illustrated lecture in political economy chapter on
the progress OF society which the first page is written
with plOwshare and the last ctchcu iy Sltnlght on
glass Having thus classified the uses and industries IT
please MS TO nger awhile on the summit ana note
the advance which has been made in that branch Of the
fine arts here best ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
A lew wears ago the painter sculptor would have
Thought his guild in dshonor il he forced recog
nize every daguerreotype man as brother artist To
begin with photography is To extent distortion
egsration OF nature Essentiay L. eonssts n
! image Of an object made by convex lens.
III the lens small and the face near the abern on Il
great the forehead and chn recede, and the nose Il
enlarged and thrust forward This error rom Gon'exl'y
never he Wholly "eedeu out Out care ana ART can
greatly reduce 1t. Then as to color sun picture not
merely ignores colos IL Ml>,eprs'e&ntS & Innh. ioT or
instance, the yellows ana a grades OF reu run toward
black in a sun picture, and blue runs toward white. sup
golden har rests agals an atpaser brow that Is
ycined with delicate bue ana Dtio" mere ~ cheek
Of the color Of ripe peach 1Oui beauiy, lhsfad OF
coming of the camera glorious blonde shows fore
head that blazes with unndtuai ught ntr mar plnts
nearly black aud the upon her check il chocolate
| or saty brown These the inherent and intrinsic
difficulties that photography must always "restle With
Then again. the lens aud camera nave no taste they
forget nothing and learn nothing Place before that
stod but weared brazen eye face full Of sentiment,
full Of culture power or Inspiration, and pair OF old
"a
Expression in III fun sense it cannot give But It can
pcsons have chiserd on face, just A. II paints each
wrinkle and seam on the boots with this awkwardness
and dullnegs to contend with, IL IL not strange that
artists long regarded pictures no more than clever
tricks and the photographer an artist IN the same
sense that OOthtaker IA surgeon, or caucus-inan
ager is statesman But the display Of this year j. the
tide-mark which shows the rise OF handicrdft into
fine art The strides which photography has made have
been inspirations from men who studied art as artists DO
! who love their work.
/ nd ad hot tbevn oh
them in clay ana then chsel them from Diaroci Who
have taken lessons from Titan in eolors, and from Cor
gi0 In harmOnics Of late taken up and
hc gold bath Light has been studied never before
Curtains and shades, renectors and mirrors movable
screens and tinted idcK grounds nave been arranged
and reaTanged 70 throw We very shade upon
race that the best effects rf1ule. Unim
portaut matters as the coat or the skirt, that IN
old pictures stood ont in ludiCrou, prominence have
been toned away and pushed back into dnlncss. Back
- the subject or the frame he given. Nothing is
lett to chance that skill master, and patience with
precision which before were rare and happy accidents
OF American artists no man has wrought IN TINS broad
with such bright results as Kurtz, the photographers
whose j. the first at the extreme LEFT OF The hall
II is doubtful whether there is better Photographic full
size portrait IN the world than his Of Fletcher Harper
He depends lcss on india ink and fine chair and ac
conpshcs with sunbrams than any whose master
pieces compete with his. AT and its principles has
set him above that vain striving for the weird the start
ling and the bizarre which catches the eye hut cannot
oduce the Judgment Competitions in the great cities OF
Europe within year set him &c the head OF his pro
fcssGn and English critics have attempted to account
for the brancy OF American photographs ny reference
To the peculiar sparkle Of skies and the nervous
bracng Of atmosphere. In the grace Of his attitudes
and III certain vcry sharpness and clear yigOr Of out
line, GurBcys pictures certainly rival those Of his
neN NtdOOr neighDOr on the west. Some would
say they are, in some respects, better, The
Journalist may anticipate the verdict OF the Judges
especially when those umpres whether artists or skilled
manipuatOrs, must debate conrldcraby over work ~
uniformly excellent. A. Kurt and Gurney lead oh In pOr
traits 80 ROck wood and Horton excel IN outdoor pho
lo2uphy There j. no better picture Of villa Than Hor
tons photograph of a stone mansion, half ONergrOwn
with wv The mauag cement of the light j. most adinir
bic Im the interiors lockwood have sOftneS- and