The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-03-10
PREPARING TO SHOW
PROGRESS IN ART.
Difficult Task Is to Distinguish
Properly Between the Cline"
and the applied"
BUFFALO HAS A NEW PLAN.
Court of Manufactures Building to
Be Converted Into a Tropical
Showroom for the
"Minor" Arts.
BUFFALO HAS A NEW PLAN.
REPUBLIC

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Buffalo, n. Y, March a.-The management
of the Pan-American Exposition has had
cause to frequently vouch for the exposition
truism that the difficulty Is not 50 much to
get exhibits as to arrange them to the best
advantage.
In no field Is this more true than in that
of the arts. The world has made great
progress in painting and sculpture, even
though it may not be conceded that there
are any modern artists who excel the few
great masters who. in the course of many
centuries. lived and wrought for the eleva-
ton of mankind.
But this progress does not represent all
the advancement that has been made in
art and the artistic side of life. Along with
it, especially of recent years. has gone a
remarkable advancement and development
in industrial arts, the art applied to the
various forms of industry and made to
beautify and adorn subjects which have a
prosaic use..'' The distinction between the
fine arts and the applied or industrial arts
is often very hard to draw.
At an exposition. however. it is necessary
to make some distinction, in order that ex>
hibits may be classified in such a manner
that the visitor may see and study what
Is shown to the best advantage. The fine
arts exhibit proper at the Pan-American
Exposition at Buffalo will be classified as
follows:
Group Paintings in oil. water colors.
pastel. and other recognized mediums: min
iatures; cartoons.
Group sculpture. including medals and
comeos.
Croun 2-Drou inyS etchinps enpravinrs
black and white. or monotint paintings in
oil or water colors.
Group Architecture
All works in all classes must be original
productions.
i. To provide a place for what are sometimes
called the minor Grts in their various forms.
1T has been decided to set apart for a special
exhibit of this character the spacious court
of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts build
ing. This will bring the exhibit into a
close relation with the exhibits of manufac-
lures and liberal arts. and yet will give 1t
a character of Its own.
The court of this building will be treated
as a subtropical ground, having the adorn-
ment of foliage and flowers with ornamental
pavilions for some of the most costly ex-
hibits. The court will be rooted over. and
the whole space thus gained devoted to the
purposes of this most interesting and beau
'tiful display.
Inc eXnlDltS III lnlS COlectlOn VIII De
those such as stained glass. gold and silver
work, jewelry. small bronzes. mosaics, Ia
pestry,i stamped leather. wrought iron and
other artistic metal work: carved wood,
marble and stone. artistic glassware, enam-
ell pottery, porcelain. wall hangings, en-
broideries. textiles. etc.
Surrounding the central space, reserved
for the conservatory of tropical and SUBJ
tropical trees and flowers. will be handsome
M yi1innS decorated with nplaSG rnGnic and
-stained-glass windows, grilles of wrought
iron. and within these pavilions will be
shown the best and most comprehensive
exhibit ever made of American artistic in
The exhibit has been placed in
charge of Mr.. Roger Riordan. editor of the
Art Amateur. who will be an assistant to
Mr.. Alger NJ. Wheeler, superintendent OF
manufactures.
AT Paris and at other exhibitions Amer
lean manufacturers in the lines in question
have had little opportunity to demonstrate
the signal advances made by them in the
creation of art industrial products. These
advances have been 50 marked that they
constitute n very conspicuous feature of
social progress. or life on the higher and
more refined side. At Paris the space for
such products was too limited, the arrange
ment of the group detective, and the llsnt
inadequate.
The Pan-American management will
profit by the mistakes made in this respect.
and exhibitors will be assured of convent
ent access to their exhibits. of a har-
monious and artistic ensemble, free from
any incongruities and distracting exhibits.
The quiet and beautiful central court will
draw to it all who enter the building and
will especially charm those of artistic
tastes. 1t will be a most educational ex-
hibit, and the education will be impaired in
so attractive a manner that the visitor will
realize that he is being instructed
as well as entertained.