New-York tribune., 1877-06-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ART EDUcArIoN ArrLrsD 70 INDUSTRII;i DiT I;ordg by
Crorgr WAUp NC,oLs Snah go. lp @lO' h"pb
The design Of this work is excellent and,
although not carried out with quito thc completeness
critic lucGty cf arrangement which might be desir'd'
Iir Ncios as brought together great many iacs III
r.stion 90 art education IN rope, aud It's pfac'lcM aP
Icaon t0 nauy forms az industry ma thls country Ano
vo.amc appears very opportauely; Tor last years
Exhibition at rli.adt ha taught rs precisely the same
lesson .s tnc Worlds Hair ol 1891 taught 10 the Engsh
T. oue We need go through tlc same course "I ~
cline and iuasUGch ross - q lar larger ci''s
WHO arc cagcr oony tie examples set Tor thela pc
oaly n She matter 81 household arr. ny ttosP III Whoe
taste and Judgment they ooiGdc We shall pfoh
ally achieve The results IN n iauch biieer
space OF dine. Nj. Nichols wisely goes down
The root Of The subject at once aud treats "i T'e
ana scientific instruction as applied 20 common traces
and occupations. as as 10 Tho tne a;is lie recoE
uizc the truth that FOR the Beautiful Ia not INC
especial possession - educated class, but "a aent ID
oil hUmau nature. In order 90 cultivate the "a'h'io
sense OF 4 people, therefore. We must BEGIN WIN me
rommou uocGs OF lie aLd the common forms OF apF
The clements Of drawing. az least. which are as easily
ncqurcd as ihoso OF writing, the laws Of proportion ana
,oae knowledge OF the simplest principles Of color are
Of direct service IN every mechanic ar-and even tie
farmer may often Apply them TO lus advantage. In
speaking II EngHni's ntcrSst IN tais se0icet, N.Y.
Nichols says: Through the adoption Of plan OF gen
era eduCa. ION by which, in the yceT lS1f some th'cc
hundred thousand chiiden were taught Tue arl oi
design. she has gained prccmnence IN tue com
nerce Of many important industries" This u
entirely true; and the result oi caIeini arl-ua'i-
ing vas already apparent In the EngiMh
oxnibt AT Vienna. IN 1873, 70 ctmH'ate Geil"aiS'
France aud Belgium 10 more earnest consideration ol
tits revived oemeBtm our civilization 1hose countries
mo following in the same direction and the time has
arrived when mast undertake the Zach, IN one form
or another. Avery instructive statistical table shows
that the number OF persons receiving Instruction III
drawing from properly qualified Teachers Ia England IN
the year 1s55 was 294GS; in 1873 me uulnb'r was
29OI76 This increase fairly represents that of the
production and commercial importance of those English
wares the value OF which depends On their artistic
beauty English ceramic art for example, IS now the
first IN Euronc. Just as the American people
can made understand Chat Art Pdys.-tLat he C''
fl and the Practical OF themselves, must give place 6"
the ohjects which poscss, in addition, the bcHU
fulOr IN other words, that the principle represented
by the term Art represents universal need snd
enjoyment of Man they VII Yield some interest 10 the
means o, supplying the need
We think Mf Nichols would have done better l. lie lad
applied The artistic law Of proportion itil more closely
70 his work. and simply given statement Of wha' Las
been done in other couutric the methods of instruction
whch nay bc adopted here, and sdch varptionS oF ih
proy.ncnts g. lds know ledge oi the subject might have
fuggcated touches upon Architecture, steamboat
building and Persian rage, gives history of two thtH
natl woodcarvcr then turns 80 the artistic forms 81
musical Instruments. and wsnde' over good deal OF
Other ground before settling down 20 bis chief task II
fis latter were not well confidence
IN bis own artistic judgment might bc hiu'
shaken when find him decllung mat "the
Western steamboat superb spectacle, or mod'sib
expressing tins view: ARTISTS and woikmrd like
Tidlss and his associates cunus and Ca.iratos' WHO
built The PaTthcuon, not numerous ina our deis.
Decidedly NOT Tho illustrations of the y]lino are good
and many OF them ntcfestin- hat many others seem 10
hav. been selected whout reference 20 ho tcNt
very remotely connected with tie subject II Is hiie
singular tat wh'lc portraits Of Troy0n. Mi!ot, ana
Furuuy are XIV. ~ and such picurcbu'cls ~ Blodset.
Johnston. Cle hoH ETC., are apprcc'aivcy mentioned
Tie Name of single American ARTIST is hOt to be iouad
b. the volume.