, 1876-04-10
BOSTON,.
The Great Art Industrial Exhibitions
The Crowd and It's Significance.
Tho "Nation" Wagg!og as Uaual--Loo-
uardo do VInoi to the Rosouo.
Charles Francis Adams on Aaer!'an lnanslrI..
Beautiful Wall Papers and prints md
ChIua Sertitts by Young Giris.

,,,nortsnke event Of tho seasou, don't hcsitnto
~. onirto soy but 10 nillrm, ts tho B.ato e.hbt-
tion OF drawings rom she various scaoo' % aaoeF
tho now esatem inhnBafated ~ "hRef 6m'1h'
The English art master. two or three yoara ago.
ind seen tho notices Of the approaching oxhL-
bl'l0n uas IL ~. 10 rp T1"on. sren. an % rIt,, vaara
sort Of interest, ana an idus that ! was dotng
my duty as correspondent, who means to have
~ ,vc an ali that ia going, turned into ltortl-
a',tt,,-aI us,l. I'm onn f1fnht. and rt,a,p,t
cn9eu,"' - H.. XII. ,,.,, ...s, IBIS
Ahcau 'o'o VIZ h'a'u n"'i' ! 1ouna n,SSo'.
ID The mldss ot moving crowd Of
futcrestel spectators. Il was in tho vory heart
n TIM ktor1llpR,-1t o'clock,-ana hero was a
. ~. 'As ~ Taot!yo non n,ocon,co ,r,is,. to,ch.
snlonk - s.'a. t..1'aas .a.s.s.",s.. III,
ere, and olhos ppsihohS representatives. Win
Jocks Of girl-a.udonts and vo'non-toachors, and
other Interested porsons 1re1nembor going TO
tbo nret exhibition aftoy Mr, 6mith's introduc-
..s., - ~. svato,o for thc ,rat vonr and ro.
tlon u nis h'e.o'n ~ ~ "0' 5'o.. Su4
membor TINT the drawings strack mo then IN ,ta
various stagcB as a groat improvement on Tho
old-faeb,onBd mothoda. Thelo wero good shows
Of tho geomctrical lines and figures, and other
deelgnB nutgr0WinE naturally from theso. uue
uhen went in tho othor day, and found my.
soif all al once coifrontol with tho resulta Of
tbebo intervening few years, must confess
thAl I vas
NOT 1l1rTLE HrRFn1sED.
Hero wore Bomo OF tho strongest drawings
hsvo over gceu. Drawings from tho antique
difficult heads and figures eliminated with groat
sA The soofmg o, iess ~ was isske
mud coolinG, II It !s TO form part o. u, mus.
bo AS rlgid!y studied rs these technical !lhes, mud
curyeB and angles. But aupposo this colorlng
Is simply resortcd TO bY lilo pupils ae one. OF
awidor, means Of shading. As wont from tho
frat steps, tho primary steps Which teach. to
begin with, tho simplest forms Of plano Goom-
etr!, tue aruarc, tho. triangle. tue circle, otc,
frS1tv1 tn IN nj r6
and angular. perspective to tho drawing 81 mod:
pls aud objects, to mechanical projection and
upwatda tnow thss ero Waa .o true moth 9TH
cd Of teaching arH1olng Wheshor TO ono Who
was 10 bo an Industrial Designer or All artist Of
/ Ien,phasizo in thie matter Of Inherent knowl-
odgo, do not H}seak without thought. ANY por-
son who has endcavorod to cultivate natural
kaate for drawing. Under lilo ordinary od-iasil.
Toned methods Of toachinR which WAS frauklY
and literally no toachinE at az, can Understand
Rnd appreciate what eatlsiacsfon taoEe must 10
10 hnd ht iast tnat thefe were selsnslno a.l iaws
eeh6o that tho Adfion elaborated recently on
tliIs point IL prottv good PROOF OF It's lgnofanco
pn tho point; and II any OF tho
1 1aaf ar OF vaa1 xouf 70 ieS ths uo.r
tal ahcot with sucll suhlino contidegcc. mud
taken their conversational toxt meokIy thoEo-
from, Il any Of these chance TO DO honest worn"
nra aud beokoEs, With natural tastes II art direc.
sionst they must zeal that tbo'r confluence may
10 misplaced ln other directions OF thought and
criticism from this bantant biunder. Fancy
my Intelligent person giving forth stch zen.
ioncoa as these on tho question !" nloehaniea! !!
is always form of individual e1pIossion, and
II wo would apply art 70 industry, We muat 10
careful to use tho inothoda which art REQUIRES.
:. II iB true that most ues1gness require
to know certain mechanical processes, but, as
dosignets. thoy require training OF purely ar-
tistic kind, which cannot be provided unless tho
sta AT instruction % is properiy pr directed towards
purely mBthetlo culture alopo.- .-nathetio, that H..
In tho aenso Of the term Which includes moral
eleu'ent:"
This Ia pretty we'll for journal which Is al
Ways
uuwH OK ''BENT1MENT," ''A1rALuT1N," AND
'orBN,"-
%sh pFs+ s tns On fass ann,Ss bS
toll child to rtu before 1t chn stand. Alt art
iats 1eauro to know mechanical processes to be.
giu with, aud they must become masters Of these
processca by dlut Of long and patient study OF
elementary rulcs And 1t ia Just those fuloa
which this new school Of art il teaching, and
which We havo mover had taught before in tnit
country In this complete aud scientific fashion.
tllY. anil by eeii-sook!ng Of tho purely instinct
10 klnd.n md II te Is al artist tu auy aense Ilt
v.ll aoou lonrn to subordinate s'tle mechanical
element" tho Nation IL 10 afraid Of, for this
sa nh essnt To- ss s SR If A'
1--WE muat 10 careful to use tho method.
which srs requires" inlood. Much tho sapion.
.W1tion knows, oyiontlY, Of what art requires
Lot us eco what Loouardo da Vinci Bail OF nha,
ii requires:
'btudy first tho science, hnd then follow II
with lie proctico born Of that gclence.
Tho young artist should frat study perspective
thou tho corrcct .noasurelnont Of hodios !; thon
1litlo by lltslo, ho alould accuntom hi1naolf. un
dor good nuastor, to Hound methods Of work
then ho should study natute, that hc lnay
co,npscLenl the reason for tho things which ht
has been Taught" And what did Dachefer wht
founded tho loyal Ftco Drawing School o
Paris In l77G: '"To educate tho young In tl
principles Of geomctry ia to rcnder great sefy
Ice to tue arts, This acience not only davetopH
Intelligence, but II also Eendors precision famll
Jar by o1act knowledge or the Dimensions 81 a.
bodies considered undor dlneront hspeotH. WhlI
IN immense quantity Of useful md unknown
neutrality-suspicious. Which Wonla othcrwise u
nercHYel bUiF ltt!b. bY GlAilcp aud one at