140  ART  EDUCATION.
divided  into  parallel  sections.  Drawing-materials  are  furnished
to  the  pupils  free  of  Charge.  The  attendance  rose  from  twenty
pupils  in  1850  to  flve  hundred  and  eight  at  present,  which  is  sufficient
  evidence  of  the  prosperity  of  the  school.  At  the  yearly
exhibitions,  premiums  are  awarded  for  the  best  drawings.
The  specimens  shown  at  Vienna  were  taken  from  the  following
classes  :  Class  I.  Elements  of  freehand  drawing  from  Salomann’s
wall-charts,  very  neat  in  execution;  Class  II.  Continuation  of
outline  Ornament  and  exemplary  practice  in  object  drawing;
Classes  III.  and  IV.  Drawing  with  various  materials,  partly
from  good  copies,  partly  from  more  complicated  models.  There
were  Ornaments  from  casts  (mostly  Renaissance)  among  the
drawings,  of  brilliant  execution,  and  also  well-executed  lieads
and  flgures  (from  the  antique).
The  section  for  decorative  painting  exhibited  some  specimens
(in  body  colors),  the  bulk  of  which  were  in  Frencli  täste.
Linear  drawing  is  practiced  very  systematically  and  thoroughly.
The  elements  of  geometry  are  succeeded  by  projection,  with
immediate  application  to  practical  cases;  this  is  followed  up  by
the  construction  of  shadows  and  of  perspective,  in  which  latter
the  various  methods  in  use  are  brought  to  the  knowledge  of  the
pupils.
Drawing  for  specialties  is  principally  practiced  in  architecture
and  in  machine-building,  and  many  very  excellent  specimens  were
exhibited  in  both  branches.
It  was  only  to  be  regretted  that  the  space  allotted  to  the  specimens ­
  of  this  institution  was  so  cramped,  as  to  make  it  difficult  to
survey  them  as  a  whole.  It  is  evident,  however,  that  correct
methods  are  employed  in  all  the  branches,  and  the  results  of
instiuction,  as  far  as  ^ubmitted,  deserved  undivided  jwaise.
Norway  did  not  exhibit  in  the  educational  group;  and  in  industry
  it  was  also  represented  only  by  its  national  productions,  which
served  merely  to  show  the  traditional  native  taste.  The  carvings
did  not  exhibit  any  special  peculiarities  of  form,  nor  was  there
any  thing  to  be  seen  in  them  of  a  peculiar  style  of  Ornament.
.The  laces,  embroideries,  and  textile  fabrics  showed  more  individuality
  in  design,  certain  geometrical  forms  prevailing  in  the
latter,  while  the  colors  were  selected  not  without  taste.  The
Norwegian  jewelry  is  uncouth  and  inartistic.