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Volltext: 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

Schools. The paragraptis in question are, however, so “lawyer- 
like” in their phraseology, that it must certainly be left to the 
respective teachers to make the best out of them for their subject. 
The passage reacls thus : “ Stage I. Linear drawing from draw- 
ings upon the blackboard by the teacher, reference being made to 
their geometrical basis; Stage II. Geometrical views of objects 
of simple form, according to a given reduced or enlarged scale ; 
copying of simple shaded examples of various kinds ; Stage III. 
Elements of perspective ; drawing of wooden solids, plaster mod- 
els, and natural objects ; shading in black crayon, India ink, and 
sepia ; copying of flnished Ornaments, heads, &c.” 
The complaints frequently made by the teachers of the higher 
technical schools of Prussia, that the pupils coming from the Mid 
dle Schools are not sufficiently grounded in linear drawing, 
apply equally well to freehand drawing, with this difference only, 
that the latter follows no further practical aim above the Middle 
Schools, while, in the present condition of things, an ideal aim 
can be reached least of all. But, however isolated the subject may 
still be in the Prussian schools, and however it may languish, 
especially for want of time, it is all the more pleasant to notice 
the zealous activity of the drawing-teachers, who have labored 
incessantly, especially of late years, to obtain for their subject 
that position which its importance derqands. For this purpose 
they have formed the “ Society for the Promotion of Instruction in 
Drawing,” which is to enable them, by united action in matters of 
method, copies, &c., to give a secure basis more especially to elemen- 
tary instruction, and which, by means of periodical exhibitions of 
the work of pupils and of aids for teaching, is to keep them informell 
of the condition of this branch of education, as well as to provide 
the opportunity for the discussion of innovations which may pre 
sent tliemselves. The society also submitted the report of its 
I Committee on the last of these exhibitions, held in 1870, which, in 
its critical review, gave a clear presentation of the state of draw- 
' ing-instruction in Northern Germany. As this report owes its 
origin to specialists, some notices taken from it may serve to Sup 
plement the deficiencies of the following review, which deficiencies 
necessarily resulted from the absence of speeimens by the pupils 
in the Exhibition of 1873. 
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