San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-01
|GOOD PICTURES
| IN EVERY HOME
| NOW POSSIBLE
Great Progress Made Pos
sible by Photographic
Processes.
BRINGS ART TO ALL
The Humblest May Own
Perfect Copies Of Price
less Paintings.
BRINGS ART TO ALL
Romance, magic, beauty and adven-

Romance, magic, beauty and adven-
s'sa..s7 are not solely themes of the
written page. Written history can
only give one-half the story, for the
( scroll OF the pen in the formation of
H a master portray the events 10 the eye
of the mind. II this be linked with
H a vivid presentation to the eye Of the
body, the vizualization becomes com
/ plete, and the record is made perma-
nent upon the lasting pages of MEM
DRY.
Cultural advance of races is depend
4 ent upon ability to perceive, create
h and appreciate natural and human
beauty. 1t is therefore important that
the beautiful thoughts, feelings, re-
actions and ideas of the race are
transmitted to the world through the
masterful brush of its artists and the
4 skillful pencil of its etchers. They,
influenced by the hatreds, loves, jeal-
|.ousies, and other emotions and signs
of the times have been inspird to re-
h cord these facts upon their canvasses
Il which have been hung upon the walls
H Of time. As result of this, We are
today provided with vivid, graphic
4 and colorful cbaracterizations OF
\ the events Of all the ages which have
become immortalized by the artists
brush.
If we could but gather these many
masterpieces into one vast room, We
h could compile a wonderful pictorial
album of the universe, akin to that
which historians have recorded by the
I means of words. But this could be but
single volume, since there would
be only one original Of every picture.
Its appreciation would be limited to
the few who had means enough to
travel to this treasure trove where
in the pictorial history was displayed.
Fortunately, the magic Of modern
science, so replete with ingenious
schemes and devices. has come TO our
rescue, and has put her mighty fac
tors to work in wondrous way.
Through the scientific art Of repro
duction, we have been able 10 ex-
/ tract copies from this mighty book.
carrying them TO the ends of the
fs-frtb, and as result you may find
some of these copies hanging on the
very walls of Your own room.
Involves Three Processes.
The art of reproduction involves
three technical processes-engraving,
Photography. and printing. Little is
known about the art of reproduction
in history until the revival of learn
ing" or Renaissance was ushered in.
Prior to this time, there existed only
the original paintings of the great
masters. These were very costly. and
were only able TO be purchased by
kings and noblemen. in the Fiji
tenth cenHly, however. the art OF
engraving Yns introduced and became
very well developed. Every painter
employed an engraver. and through
the engraver's york, pictures became
widely used as units. of meaning in
the decoration of the halls and walls
Of the old castleA Raphael and Ii
tian. two master painters of this age,
employed engravers who worked side
by side with them, multiplying the
designs of their canvasses. Ruben, a
business man as well as painter, es-
tablished school for engravers, and
disseminated his original work
through this channel. 1t is interest
ing to find that Durer and Rem
brandt, two masters of painting, did
their own engraving, and these two
men today stand out in history as
master engravers as well as master
painters.
An engraving is said to be trans
lation Of an original, and accurate
as this may be, it can never be con-
sidered an exact copy. Exact copies
OF masterpieces were first introduced
as result of the invention of pho
Biography. In 1899. just a short time
after the death of the last of the FAM
Gus enyravers, Daguerre introduced
the science OF Photographic reproduc-
ton. This art was brought about
BY the power Of a ray of light to
print its image upon the sensitive
Qte Of the camera. This phenome-
mar Performance has held the atteu-
ton of men during the past 20 years,
during which time much experiment.
al work has been done, until today
we have a perfected scientific art
called photo-engraving. The perfect
copies of the masterpieces of the
world are furnished TO even the hum
blest home through the Photographic
process called printing. Prints are
meritorious in that they are perfect
copies of the originals both in color
and In form, and their style and tech
nique are material for observation.
Photo Engraving an Art.
There are masters in the art of
photo-ensfaving, as we'll as in the
art of painting. The reproducers must
be deft in handling his tools, he must
possess knowledge of the chemical
effects Of the acids he uses for etch-
ings, and moreover, he must be sensi-
tive to artistic values in order to pro-
duce master print. Truly, then, it
may be said that good reproduction
of q masterpiece is more desirable
than the original OF mediocre paint
er, for the reproduction is a masters
work of a master artist.
Copies Of good pictures are with
in the income Of even the families Of
modest means, but their selection
should be made with some discrimina-
ton. Reproductions are influencing
factors in every home, and especially
10 this true in their effect upon the
mind of the child. Pictures OF any
kind are important in the molding of
child character. The world Of a child
is the home; in the formative years.
the magic. adventure and beauty Of
life is confined within this realm.
Playing about in a room, the child
is attracted to the pictures upon the
walls, and in the little child brain
there is recorded an impression OF
these meaningful expressions of truth
apd beauty which hang upon the walls
E,s.sx home. 1t is therefore OF the