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" unu1 dooAh1H IN the beginning Of the elghteent
c'n'ui.' "'u 'nAt We easo hef NEST. CoPIE1
ano A11STos. We nave nothlog' comparativet
epsAAns+ ~ oe Asnaoeo OF On she eve OF OF
n.oona1 centennial BESIDES. she has borfowe'
1n'sseS "nlco We nave neen unable to pro
cure aef A11s1s ase near enough the art
cenues ~ Ro hae1o 81 Small expense. Her golt
purchased many OF the most famous pictures .
lpe oons'oen1 ; soe pf1vfte wealth OF her ar'sto
cF1ts eo0peted successfully against the lnfiuepc
aoo toe eneefpl1se OF Europe for tho possession
o. PRECIOUS anaaaes' and it is asserted that thu
Ene''sn e5oHn holds to-day nater1ala for fps1
Eatefy than that OF Versailles Money brought
! aoAA11S 10 toe Court Of HENRY VIII. +; VAs
DscK painted the noo'es and adorned the man-
soLs VI IHAalES Sir PETER LE1Y, GoDFRE1
hSK14ER' and RrpsSs afforded to tho English,
not toe oest examples certainly tie best in-
! stFocaon IN contenporaoeons skill. II the
progress Of art IN tue United States has been
SLOW, It has also been sincere. and in the West,
! especially, ita growth is steady and persistent.
! and full Of hope, The East no longer retains all
tne good pictures in the country and the Vest
| IL equlpp1ns schools and supplying them
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effort ID manifested TO become better ac-
qaa'nted with art and artists, and, as our
hurried material civilization naerges into refine
neas thus effort will become more general, and
Will e1preas ITSELF more substantially. Mean-
WHILE very many more people are Interested in
painters and pictures. statpary and enc ensrav-
Ing than 1t any previous time. and information
relating to tAeee is ereedily sought. "The re-
fnf1Y1
OF art, which il the science Of beauty; and
ind that every man values every scrap Of kno~l
edge IN art, every observation OF his own in 1t,
avery hint he has caught from another. For
the laws Of beauty are the b auty Of beauty, and
give the mind higher 10Y than the night Of it
gives the ssnses."
Tha best pnth to the essence Of art is the
easiest and most entertaining. aud through its
wealth OF anecdote, its surprises Of fortune Of
poverty. OF astounding toll, its unapown or uo-
valued merit its struggles wish5 5es'ousy and pre-
JUDGE. Its revolt asainst tradition and fight with
iconocassna' ne may be induced inyo]untarilg to
oecome acquainted With Its cardinal qualities
and the capons Of its criticism The palnters
ano " p'ctoree' tne scnlptors ana tRe statuess
axe not 70 % separated. hnd. oy getting On ansl-
mate terms With the one, 10 learn the more
readily to classify and estimate the other. The
ot1c-a-hrac Of art ID full OF charms, that
WIN the imagination aud delight the mind. Th6
lives OF the art1Sts are as exciting, with their
a1sefnasises OF Immortal success and menac'ng
defeat OF honofs and lnsnlts, OF hopes and 1aaIss
OF starvation IN life and posthuRous glory. ~
those OF the heroes OF fiction OF the men OF his
tori. The episodes and lncldenta. the qnarrels
and revenges, that are attached to the origin, or
the d'sposifion, or which constitute sometimes
the Te1y inspiration, Of noted works Of artr are
fund OF d1amatle suggestion and illustration
which the playwright aud the poet Till
yet uss with hesh advantage. 1t is
not generally known that the idea Of
St. Peters. at Rome, was evolved from the mind
OF Pope JULIUS II. while 1amentin8 the lack OF q
building in which TO place MICHAEL ASoELo's
- Moaes." And out OF the urgency OF that re-
solve came the Reformation Many curious
questions. OF striking novelty, are discovered
while pursuing the euperhc1Atles OF art,-such.
for instance, is the connection between differ
ent phases OF art Developments and the social
conditions Of nations. Mr. D1aBx WYATT, Pro- |
fessor Of Art 1T Cambridge, BAYS. in one Of his |
lectures, tsat q spirit Of gentleoees is q
sequence 10 its cultivation. "Ihe poets |
in al ages, I need sca1eeiy remind yon."
he continues tthave looked upon the prao- !!
tlroners OF the arts Is fashioners OF good man
ners; and HhereEer IN history meh have exhibited
gentleneas in their relations to one another, and
to women, it has bean in periods cor
with their creation OF tbs highest [
types Of human art" It will be task contain |
ing it's own compensation to examine this COM !
plaisaut notion slde by side with certain singular
series OF facts; FOR instance, the existence OF !