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ART  ED  U  CAT  ION.

photographs  of  which  tliis  series  consists  are  taken  from  the  elasßieal
  plastic  works  of  the  Louvre,  the  rest  being  from  drawings  by
the  old  masters;  and  tliey  are  treated  in  a  manner  which  makes  it
easy  to  copy  tliem  in  crayon  or  other  material.  An  exeellent
management  of  light,  together  with  well-chosen  backgrouuds,  give
the  greatest  lucidity  to  the  form,  espeeially  of  the  plastic  objects.
The  work  embraces  two  hundred  plates,  but  is  unfortunately  too
luxuriously  gotten  up  to  enable  it  to  come  into  general  use.
Price,  eight  francs  each  plate.
In  accordance  with  a  desire  of  the  government,  it  is  to  be
introduced  into  all  the  Drawing-Schools,  Lycea,  &c.,  of  France,
for  the  purpose  of  purifying  taste  by  means  of  the  antique,'
and  of  giving  unity  to  ideas  on  art.  For  the  present,  however,
only  a  few  of  the  Parisian  schools  possess  it.  In  the  provincial
cities,  where  the  older  elements  are  as  yet  more  deeply  rooted,
these  modern  efforts  are  sometimes  forced  to  eontend  against
gross  prejudices.
The  “  Coiirs  de  Dessin  par  Ch.  Bargue  (avec  le  Concours  de
Gerome)  ”  outdoes  all  earlier  productions,  although  it  is  more
general  in  its  tendencies.  The  first  part  contains  sculpture  from
antifjue  models  in  exceedingly  delicate,  picturesque  treatment;
the  second  part  brings  us  faithful  copies  from  classical  works  of
various  kinds,  drawings  by  the  old  masters,  &c.,  of  all  epoclis,
among  which  the  “  good  ”  German  masters  have  not  been  forgotten.
  The  execution  is  slight,  but  exact,  and  in  only  one  crayon.
These  Superior  examples  (published  since  1868)  have  already
found  tlieir  way  into  many  of  the  Austrian  schools;  and  their
general  introduction  is  most  desirable.
1  he  ‘  ■  Exercises  au  Fusain  pour  preparer  a  l’fitude  de  l’Academie
d’apres  la  Nature”  (Hachette,  1871)  can  be  put  to  exeellent  use
in  higher  drawing-schools,  as  a  preparation  for  academical  studies.
1  he  work  consists  of  Sketches  only,  and  special  attention  is  devoted
  to  quick  comprehension  and  correct  proportioning  of  the
figures.  Among  the  publications  of  Monrocq  Freres,  the  “Grand
Cours  d’Animaux,”  by  II.  Lalaise,  is  to  be  singled  out;  the  execution ­
  is  somewhat  hold,  but  the  forms  are  rendered  with  considerableknowledge.
  The  “  Modeles  d’apräs  la  Nature,”  by  J.  Ducollet
  et  I  elon,  on  the  contrary,  go  back  again  entirely  to  Julien’s
manner.