New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07

ness which the same artist achieves IN
his Indian frieze, and in the mingled 70
nance and dignity of Nh William a
Machay's long panel, Merlin
The sculptors. like the painters. seem to
have resolved IS never before 10 JUSTIFY
themselves on serious grounds. Their
work this time IS almost entirely OF
monumental order. the pretty bits which
have so often been brought into the fore
ground in other years having been rig
orously excluded. Much Of the sculpture
Is shown in casts and even more IS snow"
IN photographs Bitter, French. Adams
Manship. Aiken. quinn. Keck and others
are well represented. and-an important
,oi-t-tbeir works have been placed In
the different galleries with exceptional
shrevduoss. Tie sculpture counts, but
does not TOO much assert Itself II would
be pleasant % pause to-day upon the
strong merits which it frequently as
closes. but we must pass 20 the archi-
lecture pure and simple. This, as was
hir+od - the outset has been studied by
the jury With a little more discretion than
has been reflected i'm the exhibition oil
nreyious wears. EXCEPT where now ana
then some impossible skyscraper rears us
horrid head. the evidence is all indicative
of our getting nearer and nearer 10 the
crest Of the wave i'm our architectural
Renaissance. The secret Of that as has
often been pointed out I'm these columns
lies not so much IN the development OF q
distinctive stvle as in the growth OF a
nure taste. No doubt among the rejected
,nerr remain types inimical TO such
growth. but that is not. at present our
flair Everybody knows that In the
great body cf American architects there
are quite n few practitioners who are not
precisely descendants of Pramante. But
though there may not he knsfoik Of MS
among the accented. We cannot but recog-
nize in the latter an extraordinary sym
pathv for his ideals. II is I'm the aren't
tactural wing Of the exhibition that We
feel most keenly the necessity for long
and detailed analysis In one alcove alone
there is a prodicious amount Of food Tor
thought. the alcove devoted to special
exhibit Of photographs OF buildings which
might legitimately be brought together IN
an ideal town. score Of architects are
represented and through their activity
one can see the imaginary town PROVIDED
with churches. bank buildings. houses
great and small. factories, railroad sta
tions libraries. hotels and clubs. There
are about thirty designs, and there Is not
one which is not good. They are all good.
We repcat. because. they are all In goou
,sete Colonial and Renaissance motives
,re,au hut the question Of style is hardly
a.. ono m issue. What we chiefly feel is
the simplicity with which the represent
a,t,o American architect works out his
design. the good sense with when ne eN-
ploits his material, whether II be stone
terra Gotta. brick. or wood. and. above an
the wholesome restraint with "hlch nv
uses his ideas. What Is also strihlhe
ahou, this group Of buildings rs that u so
naturally adjusts itself 10 all the lines
o,d ,.ietas Of the characteristic American
scene. II we are 10 Judge from the eN-
bibif sketch book" architecture has re-
celved what is tantamount 10 IT'S ceath
biow We are reaching that stage M
which n building OroiCs out OF our social
life looks as though II struck its roots
deem down into the American soil. But
- Is not only In the alcove aforesaid that
We get this impression. All about us at
the league are signs that our architectural
genius has found itself and is expressing
teelf In public and private buildings alike
,,s,b touch both forciblo and delicate.
u there is one quality which more than
o,,. other crops out ia the photographs
and drawings 1t is the quality Of refine
ment.
BESIDES the section assigned TO an ideal
,o,n there are several other special eN-
hibitg one shows the results Of tae col
Lucrative competition having for lis sub
iect this year. gallery devoted 10
,o,ar,ic art. The winners arc Aymaf
ts,,turv. architect. Arthur Crisp. painter.
and salvatore Bilotti. sculptor. Mr.. Hop
k,nson Smith has most Of the space in
separ rate alcove for his drawings Of scenes
IN England Identified with Dickens and
his novels The American Academy H.
made by the Society OF Beaux-Arts Archl-
,ects and other bodies. II may be noted