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likewise  Ornaments  from  casts,  exeeuted  in  the  well-known  brilliant
manner,  sometimes  grouped  together  with  other  objects  in  small
groups  of  “  still  life,”  frequently  quite  picturesque,  but  always
treated  as  sbow-pieces.  Such  work  will  ever  remain  a  waste  of
time.
The  “  Scuola  Tecnica'e  Serale  ”  at  Ravenna  exhibited  large  drawings
  of  Renaissance  Ornaments,  partly  in  good  outlines,  partly  in
India  ink;  and  larger  groups*of  models  and  vessels  in  color,  as
well  as  pretty  architectural  pieces.  The  specimens  by  the  “  Scuola
Tecnica  ”  at  Treviso  stood  upon  the  same  level;  projection-drawing
  in  this  school  is  also  good,  and,  as  an  exception,  figuredrawing
  likewise.
At  the  “Istituto  Tecnico”  of  Udine  constructive  drawing  and
descriptive  geometry  are  practiced  pretty  thoroughly,  and  are  succeeded
  by  geoinetrical  Ornament  (mosaic  floors)  and  the  Orders  of
columns  ;  in  freehand-drawing,  surface  Ornament  in  color  is  cultivated
  more  especially.  Prettily-drawn  Ornaments  in  pencil  and  in
India  ink,  from  the  “  Reale  Scuola  Tecnica  e  Scuola  Festiva,”
must  also  be  mentioned;  but  the  arrangement  of  the  specimens
was  tolerahly  unsystematical.
Turning  now  to  the  South,  we  must  notice  first  of  all  the  splendid ­
  achievements  of  the  “  Scuola  Tecnica  Pareggiata”  of  Ferrara.
The  drawings  of  this  school,  almost  exclusively  Renaissance
Ornaments,  were  exeeuted  with  admirable  delicacy  partly  in  pencil, ­
  partly  in  India  ink,  and  color.  Among  them  those  pictures
of  groups  of  ohjects  were  again  especially  brilliant,  which  find  such
general  favor  in  Italy.  In  linear  drawing  there  were  good  studies
in  projection,  columns,  arches,  &c.  The  achievements  in  freehand-drawing ­
  of  the  “  Scuola  Tecnica  Diuma  ”  of  Bologne  were
equally  good,  a  stronger  emphasis,  however,  having  been  laid  upon
colored  decoration  ;  the  Institution  also  submitted  good  architectural
drawings.  But  the  specimens  of  the  “  Scuola  Tecnica  Serale  ”  of
the  same  city  were  among  the  most  prominent  of  the  whole  Exhibition. ­
  Among  them  there  were  to  be  found  large  deeorative
Renaissance  Ornaments  (in  various  styles  of  execution),  representations
  of  “  still  life  ”  of  amazing  virtuosity,  flowers,  fruit,  &c.,
drawings  from  jewelry  of  the  best  period,  charming  vessels,  furniture
  ;  in  short,  studies  for  all  branches  of  art-industry.