New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-14
RUSKIN,S FRESH NOTES.
NOTES ON THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXIIIBI-
TiON

years. MS notes on inc auliuHi va wv
Roya Academy not with the intention of continuing
the series regularly; "but this year." he remarks,
'' for many reasons, il seemed to me lmpeiatlNey
proper to say as much as is here said"
In saying that Academy woIS is row nothing more,
virtually, than caeap coorcd wood1 do moi mean 10
is supported by ingenuity ani syll in rapid ar uri-
vailed At any period oi history nor Lave icNef oSch 80
rvt. Turner, or vaa,auez. Is Mas one AFT last
year. IN Watching, ia tae Oa'uey Gallery, two ordinary
woykinen Cor Gay newspaper Flushing theF drawings
on The bl0chs by gaslishl, against iim,
Nay, not In sk.n onp, but in pretty sentiment, orr
prSs ns ration, IN rs higher tanks far SURPRISES "t
Ind, cd IN that department. finds no rVdlshp in, The
schools classical art aud II happens eurioasy that
as possession, out OF the old water-eotr exhtono OF
this year--Mrs. Aninghsm's Young Customer" -
woodcu,. bt itself the illustration oi popular story
The drawing, vita whatever temporary purpose exc
borough WOULD have given enc 90 his pictures for
old-isshicne as redupped daisies are, aud hore Pre-
Aad ann conscious o. and deeply regret the ineviia-
he warp which my own lately exclusive tralnnS uureI
the elder schools gives my cstat, of this cure nj ART
OF the day; and suonSSlvoil bear NE bldo Cue 10 my
sRlcn refusal Of what good Ia offered e ID the iago.N
sta ion because canGut mud In ii what found IN the
Dueal faaee Aud may be permit t.d 70 say tihs ineh
On wr.iing this nl.ntsr of Academy notes. simply be-
cause l mach crughod with Mr. iesles school
Mr. IAchtnu's little ka;ina ag. Hooks Hearts III oak,
abis 10 write an entirely aha teri.is III
rl,san, qnahiles OF mGdern hnilsit- PAINTING, WINCH
A. 81 myself Ia the work, ana examined more M
portant pctares, my hunor changed, Though W l,
found lis utrrances become b nc,uotoiy lh"h Iihc
the reverse But the need OF speaking, II NOT tbe Sr zee
Qur often can help least wacio need Is m'stl Il
sssurodly greaeg than il eoud have spoken smooth
things without riilins anywhere the calm Vi praise.
Mr. Ruskin classes the pictures Of this year IN the
several departmenso Theology History, Biography,
Natural History, and Policy; aud though he has
many words Of warm praise for pretty large pro-
portion of the works he selects for mention, he hDds,
30 far as his review for the present reaches only
two Of essential vaue,' that is to say " of quietly
capable art representing what deserved representa-
ton These the clay portrait of Carlyle by ..
T.. Boehm, and School Revisited by g. ID. Leslie.
This. suppose we must assume 10 he the principal
historical piece 81 the year; WORK showing a!tsiic
skill and classic lea. mug, bJtA III hSH GSf,e. bt ooii
parallel in their method of selection TIC artistic Shlii
has succeeded with ali its o1ccts iii the degree Of thei'
unnIorince Tue piece OF silver plate Is painted Des
the giri relief II stands second bIst TIE statue
al the empress worse tlah me sll4Hl> au .i-c
per>uuagcs worse than the statue 90 NOT Know WAT
feathers the fan with nj mask "A the handle hod
Nv IKE a1af,r - oo Ike tescocs Without he
ewes And, indeed the feathers. under which the motto
" serve" oi trench arr seems To nc Wrtu IA hcse
day. are think very literally al eathSr an'' no
the raw ems feather wit OF Syc0raN The selection oil
thc subject is silarly-one might say hliineno9sol
the extremity instead OF the eenisr Iie o tr'he lie
trafe her history as tue baltic "a fomhus WIN the
Sabines the vow of the ioe., or the Scl1rtsrtom ot
LueIvtia The modern L, publican III tbs Rome Le
studies ~ PROFOUNDLY only eeItrd, establishment for
the ma nuIaeture and sale of iuitaonG articles oil
TIE execution is dexterous, bnt more with mechanical
Il, practice JIa inate nncnesS OF nerve At IS
impossble however tn say how much The personal peN
laeu, oi artist OF ths gambler Is paiaS Led oy
his edlcaiio in schools wnlcn could hot cE aceiAe
IN niy Oxford Inaugural Lectures Other"lce IMAM a.
SCHOOLS OF cLiy, iii which he IA never shown whaI
Ncnetiaus Floreuiines meant by painting, anu al
lowed his flesh steadily and systematically WITH
shadows q eLareo and hsnts OF Srs Ca WHOM
the one any lsh vi life In the other Ihe mead ON
tAe ex;lene Kit i exceptionally GOOD Dat %Ao
wonlan's meek ahd halhi plue-paeA
under reflection iOIn white uf"lerF, as tley are
in the nearer figure! IL rs well worth While 10
90 straight from TINS picture to the two sua studies
hy Mi. Aloert Moore. 500 aud so, which are coLsin-
uiafciy artistic and rcCniinc work; examine them
closely, aud with PATIENCE the s0ia and basket eS-
pecaIly Ill 800 vita lens OF moderate power ana, Dy
way OF lesson in composition. hide IN tls picture &
little hGney-slckle olniIneut above the head and the
rh.nd hanging the basket, ard see what becomes
sne yoIS@ hover IN the hair. iu the Flower w.,lE7
Aud for comparison with the elementary method
ol NJ TaGcn the blue reflection the chin III
th.s figure the reflection OF TIE warm brck wall On
its night ann and at The Sete raj mod OF UNAFFECTED re-
rself the background And you ought afterwards,
i have eye for color, neN more lnSsAc tihcu
drawing ior a painting.
Sunday Afternoon, by Il. Collinson, serves as
text for the following remarks on charoscuro:
Tbs picture, though of no eminent power IN any re-
spect, II extremely oelghtiul 10 nHsoi ana oasu,
think he to most unsopnStcated persons, WHO care
for English rural le representing as 1t does pleasant
and virtuOus phase oi such lie, whether On SUNDAY OF
why. by the way, must accept it for Sunday
Have nice Oil women TO rest on any other day
DO they never put on clean muslin Lerchicf on any
other day DO they never read ther Bible (f cO'I>e,
it would be Improper suppose any other book read
able by them auy other days. WAatcver day il U-
here at AL events, are peace hsni cleanliness, aud
content 49,
Luxury even. of kind the air coming in at that
must be delicious and the leaves outside of look
like "a bit OF the kciclgardon side of Paradise They
please all the better beoause, since scientific people
were good enough 20 tell Us that leaves were made green
anybody But this peep through the door is ike Old
times, when we were neither plagued with SCOT nor
Note for little piece Of technical study in compost
to, that the painter would not been able t0 Ventule
on 50 pure color outside OF the door, had hc not PANIED
the door WELL only Of modified tint and 80 led
up again by the shadows of the plants 10 the window.
The management OF the luminous shadow through
cut is singniarly skiiful-ail the more so because
II attracts 50 Mite attention. LUIS IS true eiaroseio
spread treace or sdShed mud speeked with white
spots-as IL Rembrandt amateur thinks.
Mr.. Petite, for instance, man OF real feeling
ana great dramatic power, is ruining himself
had not been mmicSing Rembrand,, as well as
me "cosInns Of tre a'cSnIn eenlgy IN aS
taoly heroic and tenderhearted Harry of Perth 223)
merely by the IN SECULAR back and ess of him dhe legs,
by the way, slightly bmdyif one holds To aeeu-
rlcy in anatomical respects; nor yulgar~d the real
Paihos aud inost subtle Pee eTsqn OF his Jacoo
spouding, virtually TO the slOucied HAT theatrical
chief race very elosely it is nearly AS good as
piece of Old Vim. Hunt hut Hunt never loaded h>
PAINT, except in sticks and moss. and such like Now,
there's wrinkle quite essential to the expression.
under the JacObites eye, got 10y projecting ridge OF
pant, instead of prOpct dark line. Rcubrandts Tad
brcklay work. with ali the mortar sticking out at The
edges, may he paTdOlabc III Duichman of his
cOors; but IL Is always liccl ous AMI ia tesc days
when the fst ODecto manufacture Is To produce articles
that won't last, II the mortar cracks, wlnrc are We
70 return TO the question OF chirOscGrO. The present
Ac;s<emciansmost If whom have had nXious talk Of
with their fathers or friends when they promising
oysaVe since been, with the best part % their minds
amusing themselves in London drawing Oonis o.
Eastern deserts instead OF learning t'r business; with
the necessary result that they have. rs "a body, |
qualified themselves rather TO be masters of ceremonies
fLan OF studies; and guides rather OF caravans than
schools and have not got an nlDg OF principle oi
their an 10 bless hcnseivcs-Or other people, with 20
thai they have not only flied their large railroad station
and stalls ttacld ref shinent conn letting
nature of the thing with mass Of Heterogeneous |