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Our Architectural Chapter.
tricious daughter of the southern seas , were pourtraying the northern goddess of beaut ? y , the wife of Woden . The form is good , though of the waist , as seen in feoht , the expression is hot good , but this may result from the posture of the hands , for the back of the statue shows a fine trunk and limbs . Modest in its expression , the figure , however , seems
studied from a model of the lower classes , rather than from the more refined form of a woman of nobler blood . The work met with many admirers , and groups stood around it during the evening , nor in such an assemblage did ladies show the mock modesty of avoiding a work of dignified expression and womanly purity .
Another work , lent by the same patron of art , was the subject of comments less unanimous . This was a picture , which Mr . Uzielli has bou ght from a Flemish artist named Leys , at the price , it is said , of £ 700 , a sum enormous for the encouragement of retrogradation in art , the painting being really pre ^ Ran % ellite , for it is a reproduction of the manner of Van Eyck , with all in
-This remind ^ us that the guests examining the works of the students in the schools , observed , hot without dism ^ devoted to pre-Raffaelitism in its vilest forms . In the other schools it did not pass without comment that there was evidence of the students being taught on the fallacious plan of drawing from geometrical forms
and solids , and of copying from prints . There were even coloured prints of flowers as examples for study . Drawing front the life , and the opportunities of drawing and modelling from natural flowers and foliage will not be safe correctives for this foundation of error . It is to be observed , however , as a matter of congratulation , that a small botanical garden has been formed in the grounds .
The presents of the Kings of Slain to the English nation , were among the objects of interest . As specimens of goldsmiths ' craft , and gold tissue weaving , they were fully admired . The Soulages collection confirmed many in the wish that it may be acquired for the nation . The museum of animal products , as arranged by the eminent economist , Bro . P . L . Simmonds , and to which he is now annexing the vegetable products was much crowded . In the architectural museum the modelof St . Paul ' s , as originally designed by our Grand Master Wren , and which was falling
to decay in the library of the cathedral , was seen to advantage , as it is now restored , and many saw ground for regretting that the intentions of our Grand Master had not been carried out . The Photographic Exhibition was open for the last time on that evening , and it proved that the photographers are rendering great services to architectural illustrations . The French still reign supreme in the execution of large architectural subjects , as was seen at the Architectural Exhibition in Suffolk-street , in the winter .
Passing on to Wren again we may report that there is a settled design to make the interior of his cathedral available , in consequence of the late demand for monster congregations , as practised at the Crystal Palace , Surrey Music Hall , Westminster Abbey , and Exeter Hall . The Dean did not object to the cathedral being so appropriated , but lie objected to the architectural effect of the building being injured by temporary fittings of
unsuitable character , and he has , therefore , appealed to some ot the wealthy sons of the church in the city to help him worthily to accomplish this object . A meeting has been held and a large sum has been promised , the plan , however , is one which requires close watching , for the dome space and nave may be blocked up , and access for the public more impeded than it ifci now .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Our Architectural Chapter.
tricious daughter of the southern seas , were pourtraying the northern goddess of beaut ? y , the wife of Woden . The form is good , though of the waist , as seen in feoht , the expression is hot good , but this may result from the posture of the hands , for the back of the statue shows a fine trunk and limbs . Modest in its expression , the figure , however , seems
studied from a model of the lower classes , rather than from the more refined form of a woman of nobler blood . The work met with many admirers , and groups stood around it during the evening , nor in such an assemblage did ladies show the mock modesty of avoiding a work of dignified expression and womanly purity .
Another work , lent by the same patron of art , was the subject of comments less unanimous . This was a picture , which Mr . Uzielli has bou ght from a Flemish artist named Leys , at the price , it is said , of £ 700 , a sum enormous for the encouragement of retrogradation in art , the painting being really pre ^ Ran % ellite , for it is a reproduction of the manner of Van Eyck , with all in
-This remind ^ us that the guests examining the works of the students in the schools , observed , hot without dism ^ devoted to pre-Raffaelitism in its vilest forms . In the other schools it did not pass without comment that there was evidence of the students being taught on the fallacious plan of drawing from geometrical forms
and solids , and of copying from prints . There were even coloured prints of flowers as examples for study . Drawing front the life , and the opportunities of drawing and modelling from natural flowers and foliage will not be safe correctives for this foundation of error . It is to be observed , however , as a matter of congratulation , that a small botanical garden has been formed in the grounds .
The presents of the Kings of Slain to the English nation , were among the objects of interest . As specimens of goldsmiths ' craft , and gold tissue weaving , they were fully admired . The Soulages collection confirmed many in the wish that it may be acquired for the nation . The museum of animal products , as arranged by the eminent economist , Bro . P . L . Simmonds , and to which he is now annexing the vegetable products was much crowded . In the architectural museum the modelof St . Paul ' s , as originally designed by our Grand Master Wren , and which was falling
to decay in the library of the cathedral , was seen to advantage , as it is now restored , and many saw ground for regretting that the intentions of our Grand Master had not been carried out . The Photographic Exhibition was open for the last time on that evening , and it proved that the photographers are rendering great services to architectural illustrations . The French still reign supreme in the execution of large architectural subjects , as was seen at the Architectural Exhibition in Suffolk-street , in the winter .
Passing on to Wren again we may report that there is a settled design to make the interior of his cathedral available , in consequence of the late demand for monster congregations , as practised at the Crystal Palace , Surrey Music Hall , Westminster Abbey , and Exeter Hall . The Dean did not object to the cathedral being so appropriated , but lie objected to the architectural effect of the building being injured by temporary fittings of
unsuitable character , and he has , therefore , appealed to some ot the wealthy sons of the church in the city to help him worthily to accomplish this object . A meeting has been held and a large sum has been promised , the plan , however , is one which requires close watching , for the dome space and nave may be blocked up , and access for the public more impeded than it ifci now .