New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-11-17
THE SIN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF DESIGN

On the 10th OF December the Art Ass0ca-
ton OF san Francisco is TO open is Annual Exhibition,
and on that occasion VIII he shown to the publc the
collectionAof casts from the antique marbles IN the
Louvre which have been presented ito the Association
by the French Government. As Is well known, there Is
in the crypts of the Louvre establishment dating
hack considerable number of years. fOrthe taking OF
casts of all the marbles constituting the priceless col
lection of the Louvre. The first object OF this es-
tahlisbment. which IL supported by the GOV
eminent, is TO supply the schools ana mu'
seurns 81 tho towns and cities OF France with
comics of the great works in sculpture and 20 keep FOR
artists and their pupils supply OF the best models
These casts also sold at low prices 10 the general
prbc ana the Government frequently presents them to
te schools and OF otner countries. The First
Nanoeon gave considerable number OF pieces 10 the
Academy Of Fine Arts OF Philadelphia and there may
have other other gifts of like value TO institutions
eIseyhere The Louvre casts have always been distn-
usbed for their accuracy aud for the decacy of Their
execution; reductions, too, managed with great
.Lthe small casts OF the Venus OF Milo for Instance,
three feet hgh preserve all the beaufy of the colossal
original that can be preserved in a 10 in what
would seem to have been very inopportune time-in
,ha days of the Communicate the French Consul at
San Francisco applied TO his Government for set OF
casts OF the famous of the Louvre statues for the
San Francisco Art Association. But the request was
heard even amid the din Of arms, and the answer has
inst been returned III inc generous shape oi biHc-
teen packages containing casts OF hftyour pieces OF
sculpture presented by the Government There are he
sides some fifty other casts of statues and busts,
with useful selection OF feet hands, arms, and masks
TO be used models in the School OF Design All these
were purchased for the Association by tsIacc0mpshod
agent MI Mezzsra, Italian sculptor of repute. The
Association Is possession Of useful collec'
tiop of casts; In hope 1t Will lind the means 70
purchase and the room IL show, casts from the Italian
scnll,ture of the Renaissance, and from the
Gothic sculpture OF the thirteenth ana
fourteenth centuries, These are needed IN
any public collection Offsets TO the influence OF the
classic sculpture, and though in tho figures by Michel
Angelo on the Meri tonbs, and In his Slaves there is
taste u the Renaissance yet late and exceptional
befldes-we refer rather 20 the works Of Luca della
Robba OF the PsanI OF Mino. OF Ghbert. and VI Dona.
teo greatest Of all Italy lie full OF the most exquisite
work In sculpture OF winch know little or nothing
from which go ON calling the roll OF the Oym-
pan gods and eoddesses as IL there were no others
The South Kensington Museum is tho only one out OF
Italy that gives hint Of these beauties; we wish
there could he beginning made IN lTmerca even IN 30
f.rawhv part OF II 0s San Francisco American scnlp-
ture wants feeling wants deep poetic sentiment III Is
sometimes learned and scholarly sometimes rugged hhu
strong somenes and that too often siekly eatlrnen-
tai our young scuptors have not models OF aay
te cis~sic srt White they draw their inspiration from
this their work II, for the most part. cold ana
dead, and takes no real hold upon their time na
honest conviction OF ats unrealjty. they do not
6pd that support In our society OF forming opin-
tons ductuating faith, and crystazine order which
ENABLES them 10 fall back simple nnture-they
want tbe help that comes from sympathy with an art
lists pursuits aud feeling; they want Background
be IN staring contrast with IL and until M has made
sympahetic human society Of his own by MS perform.
s tnSy end OF the early ao.nir work.
ana Of shat OF the carry ItsusIA .ra