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bach, in which latter place stigmographic copies are used with 
success. 
The reason for the slight attention paid to drawing in the Bava 
rian People’s Schools is no doubt frequently owing to the desultory, 
unsystematic preparation of the teachers at the seminavies. Ihe 
specimens exhibited showed this very strikingly. The law of 1866 
for the education of teachers, prescribes the following Order for 
the tliree courses: “Coursei. Practice of the eye and the hand 
in drawing from sufflciently large bodies with flat surfaces ; expla- 
nation of the phenomena of sight, and consequently the fnst 
notions of perspective; practice in regulär curves and spiral lines, 
as ground forms for ornamentation. Course II. Drawing of 
simple Koman Ornaments from wall-charts, and, if feasible, likewise 
from casts. Drawing of the proportions of the human liead and 
its divisions, in simple outline. Course III. Contmuation of 
practice in drawing from wall-charts and from the round. Draw 
ing of the human liead and of its separate parts on various scales. 
Linear drawing: Laying out, dividing, and measuring of straight 
lines, plane angles and figures, construction of scales with the aid 
of ruler and instruments.” The numerous specimens exhibited 
by the various Seminaries made it evident that these demands are 
only partially complied with. It must also be noticed, that none 
of the institutions had arranged their drawings in systematic Order, 
so that no insight could be gained into the method. The want of 
good Originals likewise made itself frequently feit. Except in the 
institutions at Straubing and at Rosenheim, Herdtle’s Ornaments, 
which are so practical for the People’s Schools, were nowhere to be 
found. As a general rule antiquated ideal forms are copied, which 
indeed remind one of the antique, the Renaissance, or the Gothic 
style, but are so lax that tliey might rather be said to represent 
the tendencies of the Baroque epoch ; it is the same with figure- 
drawing, which, however, is practiced only incidentally. Drawing 
from casts shows good results wherever it is preceded by good 
outline-drawing; very neat work of this kind was shown by the 
Seminaries at Speier and at Lauingen, but the portfohos ot the 
latter also contained objectionable landscapes. Drawings from 
models (geometrical forms) were exhibited by the Seminary at 
Kaiserslautern. The institutions at Würzburg, Freising, Bamberg,