The New York herald., 1877-12-09
THE LOAN EXHIBITION.

Moro people visited the loan collection at tho
Academy o.. Design yestcrday'ihan on any other day
during it's opening. During the day there were
great many school girls among the visitors. who
reveled amid the cases OF Jewery, laccs and fans.
in the evening the place was crowded that It was
almost impossible 10 get anywhere near the isvore
cabinets There has been nothing in the art way SO
well patronizod for years. SAID Mr. 7. ADDISON
Richards TO HERALD representative yesterday; "a
Tor which is probably the fact that the exhbi
tion is unique and that the visitor has an
opportunity OF stuiying art In us highest
form and as applied TO industry" The ladies
OF The Society OF Decorative Art have
pres scd themselves as more than satisfied with the
success OF the exhibition. After the oyphant coliec-
tion OF pictures removed from the south room,
which will be about the l7ih or 18th Of this month,
is proposed TO hold an exhibition OF articles made by
the contributors to the society OF Decorative Art OF
course thls Ill include only the bost work Tie idea
Is u capital one, Tor II will give the public the oppor
tunty OF seeing what sort Of cause hey arc helping
The series Of art lectures TO be given IN ala OF tho
Society OF Decorative Arr was inaueuraed In the
lecture room Of the Academy OF Design yesterday
morning by Professor wier, OF New Haven The audi
cnce large and apprccative. rhs subject OF the
lecture was "Florcntinc Renassahce in Art" Pro.
lessor wier remarked at the opening OF hts lecture
that biographies or men illustrate the char.
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries is the history
0I individuals Before he cohsuercd the character and
work OF the people tie gave picturesque description
OF the city OF Florence. Then no gave short and
concise sketches OF the art HE oi Gioto, ol the
most industrious OF painters, who lett whole churches
pointed by his hand; OF Bruheilcschi, tho work Of
whose lie the bronze gules o. the Biptistry at
Florence, and 0i Donatcllo and Ghbcru down to
Leonardo and Michael Angelo. Professor wier closed
his lecture with low words the society In whose
aid he was lecturng lie said :--.You viii not b.
slow IN perceiyng mat ths RENAISSANCE was duo to
Al lien 4
and direct return to nature under thor
guidance lhs is tho case In every truo renaissance
Il is new b.tn IRON nature, which Is the only true
source oI ART Whatever may 10 Tho aims OF this
society IN furthcrins tho ends Of decorative arr aud
not DO better than promote knowledge OF tho
true path which the artist IN whatever field sho
And let tins be- iha order OF the oDds sought-nrst,
excellence, ana SUCCESS follows as surely as men iove
tnat which IS true, lovely and OF good report But II
would esteem excellence wc must not praise that
which is false mercricious. Let Us form oear
perceptions hat we may distinguish the true from
The ialso. Do not mistake the limitations Of mo
ancicnts or OF any one o.se, but initiate that which
nllcd tho minds OF these ACCENTS with love- alteration
ana joy-tEe unspcwa able beauty and loneliness that
dwclls In tho nowcr, the bird, tho human iorm-
when wo Initiate them simply aud naturally. DO
not let US DO as were the Byzantine creeks,
tho Franco-ltAlian Of tho last century or tho
Anylo-Jap sDose oi to-day Their masters may teach
US how 70 combine aud how 10 subordinate, but for
tho true motive oi art must seek tho inspirations
vi nature see how thc Greeks secured that purity
grace OF form resulting IRON the elimination OF
brcathcd Il upon the base Keats "0dc on Grecian
Urn'' will bost interpret Ihs spirit Or how tho
skilled Oricntalist draws with afecIlon the cntrp-
| ing sparrows fitting down through the tail
reeds that are bending In thu wind and
dashed by golden rain opens the plump blossoms OF
the anu unfolds the giOries, OF tho butterfly.
Nothing Of servile imitation merely can givc you
this, tor this is tho very poetry OF decoration, u
happy, fxcic freedom IN your work, not ignorant OF
whit others have done uut being helped by Knowl-
edge OF their work " achieve results that your
| own-tho expression of your own feeling and joy
| Sull, hnal word; respect yourself anu your
| work; merit cannot be patronizcd. The pur-
chase oil tho nerest fragment of true artistic
workmanship H. not patronage unless the
artist patronize through 1t the purchaser Patronage
10 Tor pu ncdlocrity that must be sustained some
how 6y charity or kinaness cotton mi ,takcn), But
really excellent work, IN whatever ncld OF arr, how
ever humble, asserts itself ana goes begging.
| This society certainly should be ono Of mutual re-
spcct wherein truo relation is preserved between
talent aud those VINO nobly encourage talent
II IS noblo gilt, this faculty Tor the pro-
| auction ot art IN any form, and IL Is not lees
NOBLE possess the power Of appreciation and 10
sist encourage its cnorts but think may safely
assert that IL is moro noble to level all other
the opening OF new avenues OF Work Tor women which
shall engage their best faculties aud aord adequate
reward Tor their labors."
The next lccture IN THIS course will bo delivered al
tho same time and place on Wednesday morning by
tho Rev J. Leonard Corning, on mo JJtory OF tho
| Masterso On the following Snturdaf-.ir vorA wall
lecture on "Enamcls,p illustrating h,srcmsrks Win
day after that DR. W. Z. Prime. the wcll-kpown col.
| lector wiii lecture on "kcramcs." There will be
hvo lectures Ihe course, 10 which twenty-five
admission is charged, or 81 so for season ticket