The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-07-03
A Representative and Champion Of Amer
lean Art Taste
Prospectus for 1875-Eighth Year.
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The Art Journal of America,
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the representation Of the productions OF our
great artists, has always been recognized,
and many attempts have been made to meet
invariably followed each attempt i'll this
country to establish an art journal, did not
prove the indifference OF the people of Amer
lea to the claims Of high art. So soon as q
proper appreciation of the want and an
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and the result was great artistic and COM
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timely interested characteristic OF ordinary
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pure, light, and graceful literature; and a
collection of pictures, the rarest specimens
OF artistic skill, in black and white, Although
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native art. Its mission is to cultivate u
md of rf ia of hot
will discriminate only on grounds Of intrinsic
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teristic, the productions OF the most noted
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giving subscribers all the pleasure and in
struction obtainable from home OF foreign
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factory treatment of details then can be
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interspersion OF landscape, marine, figure.
and animal subjects, sustain an unabatcd
interest, impossible where the scope of the
work confines the artist too closely to IA sim
gle style Of subject. The literature of the
ILDINE is u light and graceful accompan-
ilnent, worthy OF the artistic features, with
only such technical disquisitions as do not
interfere with the popular interest Of the
work.
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