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its beneficial influence was particularly observable in the colored 
decorative studies. The Ornaments in plaster executed by the 
pnpils, mostly from small sketches by Director H. Dy’ck, 1 evidenced 
a good comprehension of form, and were executed very delicately. 
The same is true of the wood-carvings and bronzes. Figure-draw- 
ing was more feeble; but the course of instruction was likewise 
represented systematically, and the results could be traced step by 
step, which was not the case with the Nuremberg school. 
In architectural drawing, there were to be found studies of 
Greek and Roman monuments, also Renaissance palaces and tombs 
with all their rieh decorative adornments, Pompeian mural deco- 
rations, &c. 
The plans of the new Polytechnicum of Munich, as well as the 
casts of the “ Aegina” of the Glyptotheka, which are published 
for sale by this institution, were also exhibited. 
In the Hall of Industry, finally, we met with the exhibition of the 
“School for Wood-Carving” at Werdenfels, near Partenkirchen. 
The excellent specimens exhibited by it showed that more consist- 
ent forms are by degrees becoming current in the unconstrained 
naturalistic style there prevalent, and that sesthctic rules are 
slowly taking the place of the empty brilliancy of execution, in 
which the Swiss notoriously excel. 
WcnxEMBERG. — For years Wurtemberg has taken the lead of 
all other German States in the cultivation of industrial education ; 
and even to-day it is in possession of the greater number of the 
schools of this kind, relatively speaking. At the last Paris Expo 
sition, the achievements of these schools made an imposing 
impression, and in Vienna they likewise formed the centre of 
attraction in the German Educational Exhibition. The numerous 
drawings, modellings, and other art-industrial works, took up a 
large part of the Northern wing of the pavilion of Group XXVI. 
of the German empire, in part serving as decorations for the 
walls, and in part being exhibited in portfolios or in showcases. 
It was surprising to see that the work is everywhere carried on 
1 Hermann Dyck, Director of the Art-Industrial School of Munich, died 
March 25, 1874. His place haa beeil filled by the appoiutment of Eugen Eeu- 
renther. — Transl.