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ART EDüCATION. 
gracefully about the forms of the Renaissance, that these two 
decorative elements united with each other quite harmoniously, 
although they are in themselves incongruous. 
In the “ Scuola Professionale per le Artigani ” French taste pre- 
vails almost exclusively. This school also gave a comprehensive 
survey of its course of instruction. The drawings of the “ Scuola 
Tecnica Occidentale,” of Genoa, did not offer any thing especially 
interesting. 
The “ Istituto Tecnico” of Alessandria submitted yery attract- 
ive specimens by its pupils. Freehand as well as linear drawing 
showed a very correct course of instruction ; and machine and 
architectural drawing was particularly well represented. The 
topographical drawings were also very praiseworthy; in figure- 
drawing, however, deficiencies were noticeable, which made them 
selves feit also in Ornament wherever figures had been introduced. 
The institution at Guneo, of a similar character, had sent beau- 
tifully executed outline Ornaments and architectural drawings, 
and pretty drawings of furniture, &c. From Milan only the 
“ Scuola Superiore di Agricoltura ” had sent some drawings by its 
pupils. Among them there were to be found landscapes (Calame) 
in pencil on tinted paper, heightened with white, of especially neat 
and clever execution ; also flowers from French examples, which, 
however, did not come up to the Originals. Drawings from casts 
of Ornaments, exceedingty minute in execution, were sent by the 
“ Reale Scuola Tecnica ” of Pavia. The drawings were executed 
partly in pencil or crayon, partly in India ink, and the relief had 
been imitated to the point of photographic illusion; the same 
almost excessive execution was noticeable in linear drawing, 
where, especially in the perspective studies of Stereometrie bodies, 
the ne plus ultra of finical execution with the brush had been 
reached. On the other hand, the really constructive, the geometri- 
cal element in itself, appeared to have been neglected, geometrical 
Ornaments and architectural decorations being prevalent. The 
“ Scuola Tecnica ” of Lodi exhibited good Ornaments and India- 
ink drawings from geometrical bodies ; in linear drawing: con- 
structions, the Orders of columns, and mosaic floors. The work 
of the “ Scuola Serale di Carita ” at Lodi was less attractive. 
At the “Scuola Popolare della Societä d’Industriale e Belle