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are very neat. For female industry the antlior lias published a 
“ Corso di Disegno a Mano Libera,” flowers executed in sepia and 
in colors ; but this is not as successful as the otlier works. The 
motives in the “ Corso di Disegno Applicato ai Lavori Don- 
nesche ” are entirely in French taste. Boidi has extended his activ- 
ity also to topographical drawing, as was shown by his “ Corso 
Metodico Teorico-Pratico di Disegno Topografleo,” in which the 
elements of this branch of drawing are arranged in good Order. 
The “ Scuola di Ornamentacione del R. Museo Industriale ” of 
Turin was represented by very beautiful modellings, which were 
especially brilliant in their virtuosity of execution and their mas- 
tery of form. Prof. Pietro Giusti, the director of the school, ex- 
hibited a frame artistically carved in wood, in which an abundance 
of charming motives in the style of the early Renaissance had 
been United into a whole. Two volumes of drawings of designs 
for decorative wood-carvings, by Giusti, were also submitted. 
They adhered throughout to the spirit of the Renaissance, and, by 
introducing* the forms of figures and animals, offered many new 
and original motives. 
In the “ Scuola Governativa di Po,” of Turin, older French ex- 
amples are mostly used, and the results were of less importance. 
Very good specimens were exhibited by the “ Scuola Civica Fem- 
inile di Disegno Industriale,” at Genoa ; they also gave an insight 
into the method in use in the Institution, which in many respects 
is identical witli that employed in France. The pupils begin by 
sketching simple forms on a large scale with charcoal on gray 
paper, and then draw the outlines with brush and India ink; in 
the further prosecution of the exercises the surfaces are laid in 
with the brush and the forms are drawn with the pen. This is 
followed up by drawing from wire-models, from geometrical solids, 
and from casts of Ornaments. In the higher courses, drawing 
from nature is extended to other objects, such as flowers, fruit, 
&c., Ornaments for flat surfaces in color being practiced at the 
same time. Finally, after the requisite preparatory studies have 
been made, the pupils are exercised in original composition. The 
designs of this kind which were on exhibition deserved unquali- 
fied praise for their technical execution, as well as for their taste- 
ful style. In some cases, natural flowers played so delicately and