The Hartford herald., 1875-03-24
REPRESENTATIVE AND CHAMP
ION OF AMERICAN ART TASTE
PROSPECTUS FOE ls75-EIeHrn YEAR
THE ALDINE
THE ART JOURNAL OF AMERICA,
ISSUED EexJHLy.
A MAGNIFIcANT CONCEPTION WON
DERPULLY CAkRIED OUT.

The necessity Of q popular medium for the
representation Of the productions Of our grsss
artists has always been recognised, and many
attempts have been made to meet the want
The successive failures which have 90 Invariably
followed each attempt in this country to estab-
lish an art Journal, did not prove the indiffse-
enee Of the people Of America to the siaims Of
high art So soon as proper appreciation Of
the want and an ability to meet il were shown
the public at once rallied with enthusiasm to
its support, and the result was Preat artistic
and commercial triumph-THE ALDINE.
The Aldine while issued with all of the rsgu-
larity, has none Of the temporary or timely in
terests characteristics Of ordinary periodicals.
1t is an elegant miscellany Of pure, light, and
graceful literature, and collection Of pictures,
the rarest collection Of artistic skilI in black
and white. Although each sueeeeding number
affords fresh plessurs TO It's friends, the real
value and beauty OF The AIdiDe will be most
appreciated after il is bouad up at the close Of
the year. While other publications may claim
superior cheapness as compared with rivals Of
similar class, The Aldins is . unique and
original eoneeptiOn-afone and uaapDroached
absolutely without competition in price or
character. The possessor of . complete vol
ume cannot duplicate the quantity Of fine pa
per and engravings in any other shape or num-
Der Of volumes, for ten tines ito cost and thea,
there 70 the ehro1o, besiassg
ThsIsationsl feature Of The Ald1ne must be-
tskz h no narrow sense True art is cosmo-
Pohtan. While The Aldine is a strictly kmsri-
ran Institution, il does not eOnfne itself to the
reproduction Of native art Its mission 10 to
cultivate a broad and apprccistive art taste, one
that will discriminate on grounds Of intrinsic
merit. Thus, while pleading before the patrons
Of The Aldine, as a leading characteristic. the
productions of the most noted American artists,
attention will always be given to specimens
from foreign masters, giving Subscribers all ths
pleasure and instruction obsainshls from home
or foreign sources.
The artistic illustration Of American seensrx-
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ture, and its magnificent plates are Of sine
more appropriate to the satisfactory treatment
Of details than can be Afforded by any inferior
page. The judicious interspersion oftsnd.cape,
marine, figure and animal subjects, sustain an
unabated interest, Impossible where the scope
Of the work confines the artist too closely to .
single style Of subject. The literature Of The
AIdine is a light and graceful accom- mpaniment,
worthy Of the artistic features, with only such
technical disquisiti0ns do not intsrsers with
the popular interest of the work.
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