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The  Drawing  and  Modelling  School  for  Glass-Industry  at
Haida  (established  in  1870)  exhibited  specimens,  in  drawings  as
well  as  in  objects  practically  executed  in  glass,  wliicli  were  quito
Superior.  The  Institution  certainly  has  great  talent  at  its  command,
and  it  only  remains  to  be  desired,  that  instruction  should  be  given
more  systematically.  Unfortunately  Ornament  is  again  insufliciently
cultivated  in  the  lower  classes  of  the  City  School  of  this  place,  and
landscape  and  flower  drawing  is  tauglit  from  the  objectionablc
copies  by  Hermes.  The  more  talented  pupils  will  finally  attain
to  technical  skill  even  by  this  road;  but  nevertheless  they  will
always  remain  more  or  less  of  amateurs,  a  fact  which  was  made
apparent  even  by  the  more  important  specimens  of  the  apprentices
and  journejmen  of  the  special  school  under  consideration.  Flowers ­
  are  well  copied  from  French  examples  ;  but  the  correct  understanding
  of  lights  and  shadows  is  generally  wanting,  as  tliere  is
too  little  drawing  from  casts.  Julien’s  heads  in  two  crayons  are
also  in  use,  and  some  of  them  had  been  copied  in  a  truly  brilliant
stjde;  but  the  comprehension  of  form  is  not  advanced  by  them.
Some  small  heads  in  water-colors  (likewise  from  French  examples)
were  copied  with  a  great  deal  of  technical  skill.  The  flowerpieces,
  frqm  color  prints,  are  also  entitled  to  unstinted  praise,  as
far  as  the  execution  goes.  The  school  still  adheres  to  French
taste  ;  it  needs  good  examples  of  modern  tendencies.
Draiving  and  Modelling  School  for  Clay-Industry  at  Znaim,
(established  1872).  —  The  institution  is  still  in  embryo,  and  it  is
very  natural  therefore  that  the  results  were  moderate.  The  course
of  instruction  and  the  Originals  in  use  are  good.
The  Drawing  and  Modelling  School  for  Glass-Quincaillerie
(fancy  goods)  at  Gablonz  (established  1870)  was  represented,  on
the  whole,  by  very  creditable  productions  ;  the  models  and  copies
in  use  (mostly  from  the  Austrian  Museum)  sliow  the  modern  tendencies. ­
  There  were  also  pretty  flower  and  landscape  drawings
(Calame).  The  only  defect  to  be  noted  relates  to  the  execution  in
drawing  from  casts  ;  the  drawings  are  made  with  crayon  on  v  lute
paper  in  line-manner,  and  figure-drawing  is  taken  up  too  soon.
The  practical  results  of  the  institution  merit  full  recognition.
Since  1872  a  special  school  for  the  chemistry  of  glass  has  been
United  with  it.