, 1875-08-01
Parlan, Bronze, Biscuit, Terra Gotta,
Lava, Plaster Of Paris.
Old Masters in a, hew York Garret-asv
York Metropolitan huseum-An-
nual Report.
The Naples Mercury---The F1em-
fsh-French Artist, Verhas.
HOUSEHOLD ORNAMENT.

ara often poor and Questionable it j
more likely the fault OF the taste thu
OF the puEso Of the master or nistres
OF the house, for, by the various mod
ern processes Of reproducing good pictures 70
which the methods of photo-engraving are th
chief aud tho inexpensive materials OF whic
tie beat casts are made, good household orna
ments are put within the reach OF all bu
the very poor. A discriminating taste i
perhaps more widely dif1used respecting pictures
than popular works OF sculpture, and some At
tention to the latter will not be aniss. It ma,
be remarked that, while picture. answer vide
purpose than statuattes and casts, and are usual
ly and naturally found in greater abundance il
| most houses,
| II ONE DIRECTION cAsTs RAVE DECIDED AD
| VANTAGE.
| A copy Of q fine painting, faithful enough t,
i be IN any way fac-almile in drawing and color,
| can only be produced BY the patient and expen-
sive labor OF m accomplished artist,--a process
far beyond the resources OF ordinary peraons
Trustworthy copies Of works Of tho creates
/ sculptors can be bought for one-fftieth ths
| amount that must b paid for an equal,
good imitation Of the great masters O.
painting. When one good cast has beer
procured from an original statue, it can be re-
produced indefinitely by mechanical processes
but though similar thing is attempted in pic
torial ast by ychromo-hshogEaphy,t the results are
80 inferior that few PERSONS familiar with good
paintings viii have "chromo " limitations Of fine
wozxs IN their housea The field for chromos ia
in humble decorative, and domestic subjects. 4
plaster cast OF a marble statue is BY no means
hopelessly behind the original The texture
superior to plaster. but the superficial form ot
the original is conveyed almost to perfection b.
q good plaster cast.
Many Of tie marble originals Of antique
statues ara SO discoored by time, or exUoeure,
or being buried in the earth, that tie effects OF
the t1ne modelling il very much impaired and
obscured by the varying tlnts Of the surface oil
the marble. This drawback OF an original act,-
ally disappears in COPY. An American sculptor,
familiar with casts from the antique in this
country, wrote from Europe that he Was sur
pr1sed to lind how little better tile originals
abroad were than the copies =. home It may
be suspected, therefore. that the common excla-
lnAtious Of tourists over the beauties OF noted
statues, when they have never looked twice At
the copies At home. are partly matter OF con-
vention and fashion. Casts furnishing then one
OF the reAdlest means Of getting at the spirit Of
one principal divisou Of the greatest artists, it
il worth wh1le to make some
INQUIRY INTO WHAT QUALITIES ARE TO BE SOUGHT
FOE N sTATUETTEs AND MODELS,
aud in what material these qualities are most
olteu W 70 1ouno. ~ nAeueee t,ss W a. ~
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form color aud fne texture is necessary, and
for the imitation OF marble translucent quality
~ oesu Ao1. 1aot ~ aAne' ! :u A.1'
~ ~ ~ ~ ;na~Ta-,a.a ,oatar;,I +,t f,1,
answers all these requirements marble and
"1eal" bronze are too costly to be very abund-
ant. Tho cheaper materials arc Parian, terra-
Gotta, biscuit lava, and plaster Of Paris. ''Pari-
50 ms sHa ~ tha 1es1 ~ a,st,,s,tae rae 4ot
epahe-n;a,a epIn =. of ~ h s.na charactar w;th
Roeeps' !" artists clay 1app,ied To- to painted
PLASTER gsooPsh des.sueo - @nset &C. @ .ue
amaslna''on " p., eu onEuspee.saG W. a ~
ols.ous @ puIb1ef fa,s ~ tha 1a,and - pa-oa ina
"tar;s} eous ~ so,,1ntnra ~ s,;eh ra sea little
,r' naeetA u ~ stooo a. ia aa,fact,rsa rsro
foemnase 10 1esoSea hs.mtif" IL manv
IL Is unglAz9a @oa oeautnIi natoiA. a., ~ nans
1espeets' ~ hne. Ianslucsnt a, 4eaa.s 1uI
smootnness nave hae tne taautlse sa,,;t
1or man1el ano osaehss sh JlAnen sa1., cass ss ~
ltHce16akea} propesy .aa genalaa g.Ass ss3 %
which Parlan is species, but IL comnoniy usea
OF an ungazed pofceiaan o1sea deaa Nhste, ous
not uneommonly n3ghly eo1o!e" & nrn any 4's " .ne
tlhse OF oecora1eo polce1alu. Ia11n, 'noesa
6enesally cons1oeteo Mnlee1 " .a@oo VIZ LUZ
cream-c3lor tone; faf'an - nsnaAy ITO no@ 4
Eng!Anu, nscu. H." ,ei;sd rad'e ~ k;na
Is another msnomef appMea % nna
Of imported terracot1a USUALLY panseo aome as We
nnd II IN the etofea- II may no' W 7ops51ooo7
to explain that
TEAHA-ooa1A .tuh
toaked c!ay Ii notnlng more Mysterious .4ao
nodded clay exposed 10 nre-a coo1ss. unooA
sklllfu management ano peculiar conaalous-
and common prlck 1s as t1ue tsl11-co.ta as
2nythlng else, only OF coa1se' ruae cnal1cse1-
IeFza-cotss la one OF 1Ae tety oes. ma.eaAs ~
caat8 ana statoetsee, anu snoao 10 ~ to14. w 70
SAID OF ITS qaa!it1es ana ~ .ue ,ca s.eu
stance that Chica8o IL tsAlnE 'n9 teso ~ 1ppir5
lug 1t to a1tstlc uses, tnat II WI 10 maaa ~"
subject Of a9osner papet. ~ oa5 nee4s .
to be SAID here taat tnousn teIiareo.ts
IL the faSoI1.e matena. 10. ousa auu
statuettes IN France, It nas hnetto neen aun9ss
unknown Tor such purposes ~ Ame,ac1 aue
Kind OF terra cotta known % Easa sppeASS stI"S
usually to be appaed Only 70 ~ ntes'oI s'Aee ~
statuattes French shepnetdessss anu '1e nAe,
though l have seen pose' ~ " Ssh;i[nr 1u
literary cnAtac'eis' uoe1na ~ oe, ..,asat
made Of H. IN lmltanon q otouze' aS,a" %n..n
were very satatAcsolY Auo wy sao1p,
Such . material, however, oHga1 ~ "
OF the required colos' knu no1
heed to be panied 1ne Iea. coior ~ s.es Io e'
non specimens nere; - sao"n o,. ~ nsstuAa'' =
he ordinary color Of outns css'' DICE Feo"
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