The New York herald., 1873-09-01

close Of the French Exhibition TOT TINS year was
scnalized by an incident OF unique bad taste.
mnistrant to coarse sensuality. We allude to
the fact, almost Incredible, that the Paris
ian Art-jury has boldly awarded three OF
its prizes to some three OF those disgust
ing canvases which reveal the study OF the
nude IN It's worst professional exactlons, ana set
wantonly az naught every suggestion OF common
decency. When the high judicial junction invested
IN body OF artists Is thus betrayed it seems time
to invoke the interference OF higher power aad
entrust a severe veto TO the Fine Art minister.
ihe bronze head, or rather portion or head,
lately deposited that precious case in the Bronze
Room OF the British Museum. which includes the
little Neptune from Paramythia the great
mask OF Hypnos, and few similar treasures,
Is one OF the objects recently purchased or
Signor Castelan by the Museum. The head IN
question Is remarkable Tor lis excellence as work
IN metal no less than for its artistic grandeur. IL
Is cast IN bronze but the metal Is almost as thin as
II II mad been worked by the hammer Win the
most perfect finish offeature s combined breadth
VI Vi VI uenelhent IN lhe less conspicuous parts (such
as In the dadem and the upper divisions OF the
nalrl 80 bold as 10 lead to the conviction that the
moulu was wrought. not IN wax. but in clay.
NJ COrdier, French sculptor, appears to have
founded new order OF his art II may be called
uitlarealistic, Tor 1t consists or the combination
OF TWO distinct materials in a single figure bronze
or dark marble, TO initiate the skin of the negro and
othef cOlored races and white or varlegated mar
D!e ior me white races OF mankind and for drape-
RES In his latest group the sculptor
has carried out his method in a more ex-
tended form. taking text for his work
the well-known phrase as applied to the negro.
the ankles OF the black boy indicate that he has
been a slave, but there Is no chain He has burst
his bonds and Is folded In the arms Of the white
boy, salutIng him as, 1t may be presumed his de-
lverer. The group Is pretty "study in black and
white," an original artistic fancy lilehKe and an
mated, and excelenty mOdeled the character
istics Of the opposite races are well preserved in
both.
According to the official catalogue, the number OF
works OF art contributed by the various countries at
the Vienna Exhibition Is as sfOllOws-France 1887;
AUSTRIA Sl1 Germany, 725; Italy, 625 Russia, 437;
Belgium, 296; Holland 1917 Hungary los; Den
mark, lOl Greece, 81; United States OF America,
Is; Turkey, I; China, 2; Monaco, 3 and Brazil, /.
making in all 4,919.
At the time OF the Holbein Exhibition, held at
Dresden In the year 1871, u congress took place,
and it was determined that the idea should be kept
In view and the congress renewed upon the next
favorable occasion, and commission was
nominated for that purpose. 1t Is now de-
termined that congress shall take place
In the Austrian Fine Art Galleries OF
the Vienna Exhibition September to 8, to
deliberate in common on matters touching the
sciences connected with fine art. The following
Is the programme for the occasion:-l What SCI
requires with respect to the classification, cat
aoguing and administration OF museums. 2. The
methods OF preserving works OF art, including pic
lures. public monuments, objects Of religious art,
miniatures, drawings, &c. g. The teaching OF the
history Of the fine arts in establishments Tor supe-
ri0r instruction and secondary schools. 4. The
formation OF repertory OF the fine arts and the
necessity OF drawing up an inventory OF their his
tory. s. The reproduction OF works Ofart and their
propagation In the interest Of museums and arts
AZ al