. International studio. ause it is a pleasing andrestful living environment as well as hygienic. Following Some Principles of Beauty anda chapter on Backgrounds, there appeared achapter called The House Harmonious. ThePurchasing of Furniture is a chapter whichdeals in general rather than specific advice, andwhich would have had greater value to the readerif illustrated and if written with a more compre-hensive knowledge of the furniture now beingmade in this country. It would be a mistake,however, to criticise the book as a work on in-terior decoration, which, as the authors remind us, is far
. International studio. ause it is a pleasing andrestful living environment as well as hygienic. Following Some Principles of Beauty anda chapter on Backgrounds, there appeared achapter called The House Harmonious. ThePurchasing of Furniture is a chapter whichdeals in general rather than specific advice, andwhich would have had greater value to the readerif illustrated and if written with a more compre-hensive knowledge of the furniture now beingmade in this country. It would be a mistake,however, to criticise the book as a work on in-terior decoration, which, as the authors remind us, is far more adequately dealt with by value to the home-builder or the remodellerlies rather in its advice and instruction upon suchimportant matters as heating and ventilation andon kitchen and bathroom equipment. Here is afield which has appealed so little to the aesthetethat he has left it entirelv to the architect. - ^^^^^ U V [ s ] 1/ V Mi 1 J 1 AH 4g 1 to! ft ~; i Courtesy Museum of French Art /// the Galleries. Courtesy Reinhardt GallGLORIA GOULD BY F. LYNN JENKINS IN THE GALLERIESI dont wish it known, seals the dealerslips. Consequently on all sides we hear thatnothing is doing. Many people to-day,besides liberally supporting patriotic require-ments, are interested in adding to their collec-tions, but prefer for obvious reasons to keepthat fact secret. Still, in face of the great finan-cial drive now in progress, it is naturally veryquiet in the art markets and galleries. In mostof the latter one might hear a pin drop. Suchconditions will not endure, and it is a safe and easyprophecy that a great artistic impulse will beginto assert itself as soon as more confidence is feltin the issues of the war. In these days when there is increasing interestin the manifestations of the aesthetic impulse ofprimitive peoples, in the crude, but vital drawingsof the cave-wall artists of Arriaes, in the ivorycarvings of the Tchuktchis and Innuit tribes ofthe islands of the northern Pa
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