New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-13
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
ART AND H1sToRY.

pp. 252. London. Chapman :" A
In her latest yolune Lady Dixie becomes rather me
.,,o,,v,.. ana adsn. Of political history than the
..c,rsr al TIA exact phrRses Of expression VA the
terms OF art In one sense this work may % said 10
soroyx II not 30 supplement, the authors isenaisr
s,pc In yranoes although each volume Is inaeponusht
Art N tho Modern state may DO described as
HISTORICAL arguments rsther as hstorcal Illustration
Of fact which 10 not regarded Is snseephuio .. S<2&
.nt This a the Irresistible development oil democ
rscv sch Is the keystone Of the moiern stnaticns'
hssun 10 the moral world by the Renaissance, ana
5000 30 severely politically and socially In France
uyne his seventeenth century that 1880 was needed
q, order to redress the balance There Is no insstancc
upop this conclusion attcinptto draw inerences OK
make predictions and this very selfrcstrsnt on the
mart Of the wife of SIR Charles Dixie Is not without
suggestvsness.
II win be seen that such treatment Of art history
differs radically from the conventional records Of
academies and schools and Individual lives, ht the
interest OF the philosophc method is undemaoe,
and in this volume It implies recognition OF the real
dignity of srt and its value not only for It's own sane
lint also as means Of Illuminating social conditions
The a., alone Of tho timo Of the Grand McDsrque would
enable Ms 10 infer much concerning Tie supreme as
ssrtson Of the monarch. Yet art alone would ahoro
,.,uats,t knowledge Of the motives of Rchelieu ann
1,trt 1T was their France which gave birth to the
,eodern state administrative problems, social dnn-
co,tss industrial needs ali the disturbing complex
ftes OF our present economical situation were iormn
lated and constuctvedy dealt with BY the rulers Oh
France In the Grand Steele. The true greatness Oh
ems ereat oeny consists In this, not in its vain wafs
- sorral stage ana stilted eioquence, and pompous
,pafsces ana grandose art but In the formatoh anu
working cut Of the political and social system on
,vA,ch these things were the first fruit" Inc 1or
.4fon Of this system BY Richclieu occupies the open
,rv chauter Of tho book In tho Middle Ages tho
sits were devoted TO virgin image OF virtue.
Nv the oueeniy Venus Of the Renaissance they veGo
consecrsted 10 the joys Of life. IL was reSorVn
for tho rulers Of France in the seven'eenn ceheu.s
sI,v no realize the political function of letters and
~. .rtx IN the modern stasen The Renaissance rep
resented the development Of the Individual but kcne
Hem coming TO power at time when lost IDEAL naa
been replaced by vision OF order, rememoeroo hs.
the individual counts for little in the deveiopmce "
a people His policy is characterfEed Is ne''ho, go
in MGR seryie since be labored neither for himself n
Cor the King, but only TO build mp that faoro on n
,,oral grandeur which was his supreme object 10
az. ere arts and their industrial Developments con-
ts,a,ts5 and therefore they were encouraged. by
~ formation OF the French Academy, after me po
,,t,ca, oreanization of France accomplished
Han began the work OF bringing under inc osfec1oh
and control Of the central authority those socisi
vhach had never before been made the Servants =. ~
rect politscal purpose an assertion "hi0n .nisI'
.a.,. ~ eome discussion. Such was the foundation
- ~. ro,,cv of supremacy OF the STATE. With Col
80 ~ M Clement hiss said, the spirit OF the gresf
r.r,srs, came back to power. To him Lady Dlike
..x,gns tha honor of having foreseen not only m~
tha n,terests of the modern State werc inseparso"
hound ND with those of industry, but also tha' a0
interests OF industry could not without pre9u'0e o
d,vorcsd from art.D 1t will be seen that oven
hero worship in degree Is not to DC charger ss~hs
Lady Dixie she may be nos unfairly caiieu sY0
$3.50 ,r,s,x, given personalities have enlisted her
$1,000, t,t.rest II "a needless to dwell upon Col
herx,s part IN the maintenance OK tae hoyai ho'A'
pess - - ar uf,,ess Academy of Architecture
ol 1s'nAnr - ,-.,s .,a 6tsSinline begun by the
t,aat,en az those academies has continued ana us
i ' ~ - x.., q. .ach generation In the intel
effects have peen soo,. ~ - {, rr.reh art The
- $500, s,hoo, Ia Br,in and the decorations at
sc1oe1nie"a eo.'., ..,.s,,.. and eaoravine and
Versailles, the SCHOOLS Oh sculpo s-s,on,ers arr.
the manufactures OF ue Cousins .o ,,.,rsr
treated side by SIDE IN . rapu pu' '"'N
which fiihs the authors purpose. .,.,, =. n.
That purpose is 70 pfosioe INC bo,' 49, ,sr.rd
development Of al the sf's ~ .no ~ ,.s ~. A.
Monarque which Is necessafy 70 msso -
gumont. To Coiberfs pohcy OK INC So - a.1ssh
OF the State, policy parity poFer.eo ~ 49,.
monarch before Coiberfs deatn, Lacy DuAo
the building up Of the Nafional spr' wn0n na Ser,
manned constant factor IN tne ats~'s VI D"0
out and within. :, ~
z At the present moment, w \, aong ne the means
tional life seem sons I' aslad fort are full Of in
ny wnpn cd the more SO since the perplexing con-
atens social and political, with wnlcn We 1Ass ~
deal may be referred IN EIeas ~ shnu,h1 and IFS
cipiinea resSe1 na se work az the seventeenth
fury. The revolution which we can i.t tae