New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-09
Ivrgrc1y ARCHITECTS At ROME

III. eclectic character Of recent American archl'
,o,.,,r. IN. often been noted. Partly II i the
result ~ conditions peculiar 10 our country; II Is
g., a measure dine 10 the great scale or America
ana Tim absence. OF any academic standarhs'
oi,h.r Unmarried or indigenous. 10 which SO wide
, r.gion might be- expected 10 conform. Partiy
ala, a.. ar. eclectic because the foreign study
uuon which 80 many Of our architects base 'her
work has been pursued according 10 'hc way
,,arl lmpnlscs ~ each person concerned. accord
Inc 10 A plan which has rarely been IL pan p"'
only = dcsul,ory. amorphous quest after inspird'
tlon agreeable 10 individual taste. Tho nearest
annroaeh We have made to the adoption OF II
succlnc HE If training abroad mas n''h J" 'o
.,,,yi,o,iou 81 a considerable number Of archl-
iocfural student. - the Ecoe dcs B"auS Nrt''
,yinf, IN. walls u that admirable institution
mulch has been learned 10 the advantage 81
American architecture. and no other schooi o'
tho higher clements of the builders art ~ hk''y
"a suprrscdc n for many years. bnt Something
has been needed 10 supply that formative ihhn
oucn during the students independent travels
,,ii.r In, Partisan school does not pretend 10
exert The American School OF Architecture NJ
Rome Is to provide the needed corrective us
character has lately been made known To inc
nubc and il Is possible 10 indicate now lis 'li'i-
mate Significance to American art
TN. school was first projected among NUM-
,,.. ~ architects artists and unprofeSSonal men
with artistic symplihics who took mo lhitiai
steps I'm the enterprise about year ago. III
November II became an accomphshed TACT Tue
secretary taking charge OF spacious quarters III
the PnlazzD Toronia at Rome Recently Tue
headounrters Of the school have been "stapiish'd
in the Casino deli Aurora. building once en-
hrocod within the limits OF the villa LudoVlSi
and oven now surrounded by one OF the largest
tracts Of land on the I'lncan Hill. The grounds,
laid on bv the famous FrenchmaD lie Notre.
ore still I'm an excellent state Of preservation. ana
tho Casino Itself retains the distinction or some
fresc,cs among which the Aurora Of Guercno
T. corsncuous Here in commodiOus building
and I'm an Enclosure of natural charms, elevated,
nv the way. some twenty feet above the street
,h.. students entering the school will find their
h,ea Of onorations II Is cmphatcally rs such
, hose that the Young architects are 10 use the
new institution. They are 10 be drawn from the
ranks Of advanced scholars In their profession
,he winners Of travelling feowships in universe
ties here and men who have pursued SEVERN
voors 81 study nj the Ecole DIES Beaux Arts
ARRANGED by the managing committee there Will
be given no elementary instruction. The concep-
,i,, or the founders Is not even remotely to or
gnnize "A school Of academic design III home, 10
usurp ar TO amplify the functions OF those Amerl-
can and French institutions which ALREADY give
fla. uuuractscd architect his grounding III arclii-
lecture. ON the contrary, the plan Is TO make
This school one of culture Il source or stimulus
to those broadening studies which Italy and
Greece most signally invite. Italy Is more rich
I'm octual monuments OF classic style than 'Trecce
uome /, richer than other cities OF the peninsula.
I'm Rome therefore, The students are stationed,
their studies following Systematically that me
Jovelopincnt Of architecture through the Pagan
an, u,noissonce eras which Is the most edfy-
linz, IN history and the most fruitful Of inspiration
for the modern architect
I, a. far Inspiration that architects Will go TO
This school II IN because 1t Is matter or In
splration that the merits OF the scheme are urged
mon the attention Of every person whose tas'e
inclInes him toward sound dear IN art ana
whose disposition Is to foster th"'r CROWN III
America The young men entering 'he Chsiho
dell Aurora will not be set 10 drawing Problems
10 milking any " those great projects Tor when
the Ecole DIES Bealn.Arls II justly FAMOUS Al
That viii have been gone through pr'or 10 tue
students arrival. aud IN Rome his instructor"
will ask no more of him than ihn' u" VIII nus
baud hip time aud energies 'Ap'"'"s '"o"'
along limos NJ sagnco,lsly determined ny 'he
directors of tho school That his architectural ma
hlriy shall come logically and In consistently
educational way. Tho average architectural st'''
dent IL lost IN Rome, conscious only OF mo I'M
pulse to MI his skctchbook. Tho school VIII
tell him when md where to employ that specIous
roccptace of architectural data It will tell him.
most OF all. when and where to lot his faculties