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as  has  before  been  mentioned,  is  duly  attended  to  in  Austria,  and  ‘
tlieir  influence  upon  the  various  branches  of  industry  will  undoubtedly
  soon  make  itself  feit  in  a  gratifying  manner.  The  success
already  attained  by  Austrian  art-industry  at  the  World’s  Fair  can
only  serve  as  a  Stimulus  to  further  exertions.
The  reporter  finally  begs  to  be  permitted  to  touch  with  a  few
words  upon  the  activity  and  the  success  of  the  Austrian  Museum,
of  Art  and  Industry,  since  this  Institution  may  be  said  to  be  the
model  of  all  other  industrial  sehools,  and  may  be  looked  upon  as  the
centre  of  art-industrial  instruction  in  Austria.  The  specimens  by  its
pupils  were  not  exhibited  within  the  enclosure  of  the  World’s  Fair,
but  in  the  building  of  the  Museum  itself.  The  rieh  collections  of
artistic  and  art-industrial  objects  at  the  disposal  of  the  school,  the
skilful  teachers  employed  in  it,  together  with  the  abundant  Support
(in  scholarships)  extended  tothe  students,  necessarily  caused  a  rapid
development  of  the  Institution.  The  fact  that  Industrial  and  Art
Museums  can  only  exercise  their  full  influence  on  the  art-industries
by  means  of  sehools  connected  with  them,  has  everywhere  been
recognized  of  late;  and  the  Organization  of  our  Institution,
together  with  that  of  the  South  Kensington  Museum,  can  probably
be  looked  upon  as  models.
It  is  the  business  of  the  school  to  train  skilled  agents  for  artindustry.
  Consequently  those  branches  of  art  which  liave  the
dosest  connection  with  industry  are  looked  upon  as  the  principal
subjects  of  instruction,  and  have  influenced  the  Organization  of  the
school.  These  branches  are:  1,  architecture,  in  its  application
to  the  ornamentation  of  buildings  ;  2,  sculpture  ;  3,  ornamental
drawing;  and,  4,  figure  drawing  and  painting,  in  their  relations
to  art-industry.
For  such  of  the  aspirants  to  the  special  sehools,  whose  cducation
is  insufficient,  tliere  is  a  preparatory  course.  A  series  of  technical
and  scientific  auxiliary  branches  provide  the  pupils  with  the  varied
training  which  is  necessary  for  the  successful  pursuit  of  artindustry.
  Besides  the  regulär  pupils,  “  hospitants  ”  are  likewise
admitted  for  the  completion  of  their  artistic  education.
The  specimens  exhibited  gave  a  clear  picture  of  the  activity  of
the  several  sehools,  and  of  the  tendencies  in  the  modern  development ­
  of  taste.  This  point  will  be  treated  more  fully  in  another