An artist in Italy . traits, which are likely to be properly cared forby even the least appreciative of their owners, from thefact of their having a money value. The proverbialswine happily does not always gobble up the pearlswhich are cast before it. Lord Leighton made a gift: to South KensingtonMuseum of two beautiful mural paintings illustratingl TheArts of Peace and The Arts of War, and another to theRoyal Exchange, hoping that it might be an incentiveto our wealthy citizens to commission his brother artistsand their successors to cover the blank spaces on thewalls of our public buildings.
An artist in Italy . traits, which are likely to be properly cared forby even the least appreciative of their owners, from thefact of their having a money value. The proverbialswine happily does not always gobble up the pearlswhich are cast before it. Lord Leighton made a gift: to South KensingtonMuseum of two beautiful mural paintings illustratingl TheArts of Peace and The Arts of War, and another to theRoyal Exchange, hoping that it might be an incentiveto our wealthy citizens to commission his brother artistsand their successors to cover the blank spaces on thewalls of our public buildings. His generous actionmet at first with approval, and a few more historicevents of the city of London were recorded on thewalls of the Exchange ; Sir William Richmond was alsocommissioned to decorate the interior of St. Pauls, andhas been engaged in the Central Criminal Court; butinstead of in every way encouraging this laudable be-ginning, our art critics seemed to think it their duty to 176 VIA DELLE SPERANDIE, SIENA. DUGGIO DI BUONINSEGNA turn it into ridicule when they did not break out inactual abuse, with the result that the would-be artpatrons close their pockets. What has the state or any municipality done to givethe public the benefit of Burne-Joness genius ? Nothingthat I know of. A few church windows, given byprivate individuals, is all the work we can see of his,more than his easel pictures. A noble example was setby Manchester when it honoured itself in honouring itscitizen, Ford Madox Brown. Possibly the criticismsshowered on that masters work may have discouragedother municipalities from any intended art farthing-on-the-rates kind of patronage, so as tobuild an art school and pay the salary of a certificateddrawing-master from South Kensington may do somegood in developing a liking for things beautiful; butgreater sacrifices than that are required if we wish ourcities to vie with those of Italy. Had the Sienesetreated Duccio and his fellow-artists as we
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