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ART EDUCATION. 
was shown by the usual drawings, arranged upon revolving Stands. 
Before entering upon our review, we will endeavor to give a short 
general sketcli of the Organization and the arrangement of the 
Institution under the excellent management of O. Jessen. 
The General Industrial School in Hamburg was opened in 1805 ; 
its aim being to provide the scientific knowledge and artistic edu- 
cation which is necessary to all who are engaged in industrial pur- 
suits, but which cannot be acquired in the workshop. 
Alongside of the other scientific and commercial branches, the 
widest field is given to drawing ; and, taking the various classes 
together, not less than 218 hours each week are devoted to it, 
which are distributed as follows : — 
Hours. 
Freehand drawing 66 
Drawing with the aid of compasses ~ 28 
Special drawing for building-mechanics, joiners, &c. 8 
Special drawing and lecture for shipbuilders 6 
Special drawing for machinists, locksmiths, &c 8 
Special drawing for tinsmiths, &c 4 
Special drawing for painters, seulptors, &c 12 
Special drawing for lithographers 8 
Drawing from living plants and animals 8 
Forms and color applied to art-industry 2 
Drawing and designing of Ornaments 8 
Decorative painting 10 
Modelling in clay 6 
Elementary drawing for boys 44 
Instruction is given on week-days from five to nine in the even- 
ing, and on Sundays from eight to twelve in the morning. 
The School forBuilding-Mechanics, under the same management, 
offers a thorough and comprehensive theoretical education, and 
special training in drawing. The complete course can be finished 
in three winters; 112 hours each week are given to drawing, which 
are divided among the various branches as follows : — 
Hours. 
Freehand drawing 30 
Drawing with the aid of compasses 10 
Descriptive geometry 18 
Architecture, construction, estimates, working-drawings .... 54