The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-09-17
A Representative and Champion OF
American Art Tastel
Prospectus for 1s75-Eighth Year.
The Aldine,
The Art Journal of America
ISSUED MONTHLY.
A Nagsi5-s4' Conception, wonderfully carried OUT

The necessity of a popular medium Tor the .
representation u the productions oi our great az
fists, has always been recognized, ana man! AZ
Lempts have been made TO meet he want Inc
successive failures which so invariably followed /
each attempt in this country to establish an arr
journal, did not Prove the lndlHerence oi tue
people Of Hmerica to the claims OF high art 30
soon proper appreciation OF the want anu
an ability to meet il we're shown, the public at |
once rallied with enthusiasm TO its support, anu
the result was great artistic and eommercleI
triumph : TIE ALDLNE
The ALDIN Z, while issued with all the reg
uearity, has none OF the temporary or timely IN
terest characteristic of ordinary peT1odicals- IL
full literature; and collection OF pictures, the
rsrest specimens of artistic skin, In BLACK ana
white. Although each succeeding number az
ue and beauty of THE ALDINE viii be most
appreciated after il has been bound up at the
close Of the year. While other publications may
claim superior cheapness, compared with r.
walls Of a similar class, THE ALDIN E is unique
and original conception-alone and unapproach-
ed-absolutely without competition IN pr1ce or
character. The posSessor OF complete volume
cannot duplicate the quantity OF hne paper ana
engravings in any other shape or number OF vol
for ten times its c'lst; and fseH there are fhe
The national feature of THE ALDLNE must
be taken in no narrow sense. True art Is COS
mopoIitan. While THE ALDLNE is a strictly
American institution, il does not eonnne ltseA
entirely to the production OF native art taste,
one that will discriminate only on grounds OF
| intrinsic merit. Thus, Will" placing before the
| patrons of THE ALDLNE, as a leading charac-
teriStlc, the productions OF tne hOst noteu IueE-
| ican a, lists attention will always be given to
| specimens from foreign masters, giving subscrl-
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| from home foreign sources
| The artistic illustration of American scenery,
/ original with THE ALDLNE is an important
| feature and its magnificent plates are of a size
| more appropriate to the satisfactory treatment
| Of details than can be afforded by any lnf rlOr
| page. The judicious interposition of landscape
| ppsTine figure and animal subjects sustain an
| unabated iAterest, impossible where the scope
Of the work confines the artist too closely to 3
e fNara. .1nr-a affT
| AEDINE is light and graceful accompaniment. t.
technical disquisitions as do not interfere with
the popular interest OF the work.
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