New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-21
ART IN EUROPE.

The seventeenth volume of EArt comes
promptly 10 American hands through the agency OF Mr.
j. W. Bouton, by whose enterprise we now receive the
three most important European Art JOURNALS Eat
the Gazette des BeGuT-irs and the Portfolio. OF these
three LArt appeals perhaps 10 the greater number OF
people interested art since Its editor to he i'm
partially bent pleasing alike whose tastes lead
them to the study and admiration of the past and those
who care for what artists nowadays are dong
The present volume confirms this sta-ement, ior
It contains Illustrations Of the works Of Nv
ing artists and portraits of living men, to-
gether with many striking examples OF the
antique art aud Of the AIT OF the Renaissance very
important series OF articles. perhaps the most important
in the volume Is that the DECORATION OF Public Build
ngs. by the late Violet e Due whose obituary sadly
closes the very volume to which he has made such val
liable contributions The present series Of articles con-
matter worthy Of the pen that has dOAe much To
illuminate the study OF Ar; IN our lime, ana they are
illustrated vita cmgravimcs after the authors de-
signs many them, such the Hall of Columns at Kar
Thebesl, the pOrtico OF the temple Of Mnep-
than being drawn t. larger scale than we are
accustomed see. The drawings Of the Mosque OF
Santa Sophia and those OF private houses In Ponpe,
with other designs from Roman bindings not only show
that skill in drawing with which all readers OF Violet c
Ducs books familiar, but Interesting to every
body from The reality they give to structures which we
apt THINK of only the rnnous rlbbsh Of the
past-ihat rubbish OF which Arthur Hugh Clough says
OF poems thar ne WISHES the COINS maj made
a cleaner sweep willie they about III. Violet lc
Due does better he makes these dry bones live again.
The article the English ROYAL Academy and Oh the
salon Of Paris are Illustrated with the customary
prOfuson of process reproductions of the principal
works, and must be said that, although the process
empoye successful artistcay here than 1t
Is with home, is successful eh perhaps,
considering it is dealing with Very few of these
pictures are worthy OF long remembrance or of much
study but they signs o. the lime and show what i
the character Of the general public DRIFT IN art
In this that country. We need great many
illustrations Ia form judgment upon, and these Illus
trstons must be provided cheaply. for they not
worth spending much mOaey The full-page
illustrations OF this volume more important than
those OF the last reviewed. Among them a char
acteIisic head OF Dr. DOlinger etched by A. Bchard
alter study by 4. LenbacA. Rlons etching Of Bonnats
Portrait Victor Hugo. and etching by Charles Keep
ping of Portrait Of Woman by Rembrandt, belonging
to the Louvre There is also striking engraving on
wood by Mcaue, alter Henri Reguauls picture in the
The wood engravinCs Will be found some other designs
by the same artist The OrpAcus and Euryccc" OF &.
T. Watts the Spring OF II. W. Macbeth and the fine
poria OF Moere IN the character ~ Caslr among
the fine things OF the present number. which shows
on the part of editor, publisher and contributors an
h norable desire keep this important enterprise MP
10 high-water mark.