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Our Architectural Chapter.
This bigotry went beyond Professor Cockerel ! after his concessions , and he arose in his anger ' and twitted Mr . Hope . He reminded him that lie knew his father , a great promoter in his day of the beautiful in writing and in all things ; and he was a Greek , a faithful lover of the Greek in all respects , even enthusiastically so . The professor lamented over the small respect paid to the Greek , which he attributed to
fashion , to which he aflBrmed too much attention was paid in the present day . He protested he was not inclined that way , or he might be ashamed of appearing before that meeting shaven like a Frenchman instead of bearded as an old Englishman ; or he might be ashamed for not building churches with ¦'¦ three aisles , and without spires and peaked forms * Such , he said , is the fashion of the times , but an architect , like a great painter , ought to rise superior to the fashions of his times , and to be catholic and
the lover of the beautiful in all times . He revenged himself on his rivals by expressing his hopes that the modern workman , availing himself of the resources of iron , might produce a trabeated structure of five hundred feet spam Mr . Hope ^ as a re ply , made a mysterious allusion to some fancy his father had in his latter days respecting Gothic . Tins passage at arms has not passed without comment , and it shows the readiness of the champions and their faith , if it does not convince others .
On Saturday a reunion was held at the South Kensington Museum , at a conversazione of the Society of Arts , which should not pass without remarks . The officials of that museum in their desire to make it answeij have shown their willingness to allow of its disposal for scientific meetings in the evening . Thus , last year Dr . Lyon Playfair held there a soiree as president of the Chemical Society . The . conversazione
of the Society of Arts 9 was , however , on a mnch larger scale , each of the members being invited to bring two visitors , and there being many guests . Thus a fair trial was made of the museum as a place of evening resort ; it was brilliantly lighted with gas ; it was thronged with ladies in evening dress ; a band of celebrity played , and refreshments were provided , The
scene was gay , and the project successful . The structure of the museum of light iron , alleged by some to he in the boiler style , was as effective for the purpose as any very dear building , the ventilation was sufficient , the lighting of the pictures , and the sculpture good , the strains of the band were well heard . The luxury of this palace depended on its works of art , and it wanted no other decorations .
This trial was , therefore , important , because it shows that museums and galleries may be made available as places of evening resort , and that iron architecture can be cheaply applied in their construction , and in so far the managers of the South Kensington Museum have conferred a boon on the working classes , and it may be said on the metropolitan public , hy affording them additional resources of intellectual recreation . The
Sheepshanks collection , which , it is almost needless to say , was crowded , has been given to the nation by its munificent donor , on condition that it shall be accessible to the public in the evenings and on Sundays , and the latter condition will , in time , be fulfilled . On Saturday several objects naturally called for special notice . A
statue of Venus , by Gibson , was shown by Mr . M . Uzielh . This is a noble work possessing peculiar merits , and giving us a Venus by an English sculptor not unworthy to compete with others who have essayed this grand type of art . Of the material and the mechanical execution we say nothing , for an inferior hand might have been equally successful with them , but in the expression we noticed a nobler and a chaster beauty than in other statues of the name , as if the artist , instead of the mere-
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Our Architectural Chapter.
This bigotry went beyond Professor Cockerel ! after his concessions , and he arose in his anger ' and twitted Mr . Hope . He reminded him that lie knew his father , a great promoter in his day of the beautiful in writing and in all things ; and he was a Greek , a faithful lover of the Greek in all respects , even enthusiastically so . The professor lamented over the small respect paid to the Greek , which he attributed to
fashion , to which he aflBrmed too much attention was paid in the present day . He protested he was not inclined that way , or he might be ashamed of appearing before that meeting shaven like a Frenchman instead of bearded as an old Englishman ; or he might be ashamed for not building churches with ¦'¦ three aisles , and without spires and peaked forms * Such , he said , is the fashion of the times , but an architect , like a great painter , ought to rise superior to the fashions of his times , and to be catholic and
the lover of the beautiful in all times . He revenged himself on his rivals by expressing his hopes that the modern workman , availing himself of the resources of iron , might produce a trabeated structure of five hundred feet spam Mr . Hope ^ as a re ply , made a mysterious allusion to some fancy his father had in his latter days respecting Gothic . Tins passage at arms has not passed without comment , and it shows the readiness of the champions and their faith , if it does not convince others .
On Saturday a reunion was held at the South Kensington Museum , at a conversazione of the Society of Arts , which should not pass without remarks . The officials of that museum in their desire to make it answeij have shown their willingness to allow of its disposal for scientific meetings in the evening . Thus , last year Dr . Lyon Playfair held there a soiree as president of the Chemical Society . The . conversazione
of the Society of Arts 9 was , however , on a mnch larger scale , each of the members being invited to bring two visitors , and there being many guests . Thus a fair trial was made of the museum as a place of evening resort ; it was brilliantly lighted with gas ; it was thronged with ladies in evening dress ; a band of celebrity played , and refreshments were provided , The
scene was gay , and the project successful . The structure of the museum of light iron , alleged by some to he in the boiler style , was as effective for the purpose as any very dear building , the ventilation was sufficient , the lighting of the pictures , and the sculpture good , the strains of the band were well heard . The luxury of this palace depended on its works of art , and it wanted no other decorations .
This trial was , therefore , important , because it shows that museums and galleries may be made available as places of evening resort , and that iron architecture can be cheaply applied in their construction , and in so far the managers of the South Kensington Museum have conferred a boon on the working classes , and it may be said on the metropolitan public , hy affording them additional resources of intellectual recreation . The
Sheepshanks collection , which , it is almost needless to say , was crowded , has been given to the nation by its munificent donor , on condition that it shall be accessible to the public in the evenings and on Sundays , and the latter condition will , in time , be fulfilled . On Saturday several objects naturally called for special notice . A
statue of Venus , by Gibson , was shown by Mr . M . Uzielh . This is a noble work possessing peculiar merits , and giving us a Venus by an English sculptor not unworthy to compete with others who have essayed this grand type of art . Of the material and the mechanical execution we say nothing , for an inferior hand might have been equally successful with them , but in the expression we noticed a nobler and a chaster beauty than in other statues of the name , as if the artist , instead of the mere-