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ART  E  DU  CATION.

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-drawing
  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  decorations,
  &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  consistent
  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  Exposition, ­
  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  Eeurenther.
  —  Transl.