Modern art education, its practical and aesthetic character educationally considered : being part of the Austrian official report on the Vienna world's fair of 1873

Langl, Josef

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Titel:: Modern art education, its practical and aesthetic character educationally considered : being part of the Austrian official report on the Vienna world's fair of 1873

Erscheinungsort:: Boston

Herausgeber:: L. Prang and Company

Dokumenttyp:: Monographie

Bestand:: Wiener Weltausstellung 1873

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1875

Ausgabenbezeichnung:: [Electronic ed.]

Sprache:: Englisch

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Titel:: ENGLAND

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ENGLAND. Prominent mention has before beeil made of the fact that Eng land, after the first London World’s Fair of 1851, preceded all the other States of Europe in endeavoring to reform the taste then prevalent in art-industry, and thereby to elevate the Standard of her own industrial produets. As a central point for this under- taking, the South Kensington Museum, with the Art-School attached to it, was established, and a special administrative Science and Art Department was created. “ Schools of Art ’ were also estab lished in all the more important industrial cities of the country (above one hundred so far), in wliich instruction is given in draw- ing, painting, and modelling, according to the necessities of the several localities. All the examples used by these schools issue from their centre, — the rieh Collection of the institution just named, which also exercises its influence upon art-instruction in . various other ways. Besides the art-schools, there are also numerous evening classes for those engaged in industrial pursuits, all of which have the same object. 1 Two decades have passed by since this movement commenced in England; and the revolution in English industry, in relation to refinement of style, has been followed with great interest at all the World’s Fairs. England’s participation at the Vienna Exhibition was likewise looked forward to with great expectations; and it was hoped that an interesting picture, especially in regard to art- industrial instruction, would here be shown. But these hopes were i The Organization of the museums and of art-instruction in England has been treated in detail in the Austrian reports on the World’s Fairs of 1862 and 1867. A more comprehensive review of the Situation is given by Dr. Her mann Schwabe: “ Die Förderung der Kunstindustrie in England, &c.” Berlin, 1806. 119

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