Examples of household taste . tatue of the Cnidian Venus, and Apelles was inspired by her beauty whenpainting his Venus Anadyomene. Artists in all ages have sought to embodyher charms in their ideal, and her fame will go down to future ages, as it has INDUSTRIAL ART. 161 come to us, as one of the most beautiful of women. Living she desired toperpetuate her memory as the rebuilder of the walls of Thebes. Alexander destroyed them, butPhryne, the courte-zan, rebuilt them,would have been theinscription had notAlexander refusedher offer. Thebesitself is now in ruins,but the womans wishto have undyi
Examples of household taste . tatue of the Cnidian Venus, and Apelles was inspired by her beauty whenpainting his Venus Anadyomene. Artists in all ages have sought to embodyher charms in their ideal, and her fame will go down to future ages, as it has INDUSTRIAL ART. 161 come to us, as one of the most beautiful of women. Living she desired toperpetuate her memory as the rebuilder of the walls of Thebes. Alexander destroyed them, butPhryne, the courte-zan, rebuilt them,would have been theinscription had notAlexander refusedher offer. Thebesitself is now in ruins,but the womans wishto have undying famehas been accom-plished. Our next illustra-tion on page 165 is aSilver Tankard, ex-hibited by the manu-facturer, M. EmilePhilippe, of piece is pro-fusely decorated withconventionalizedMowers and leavesraised from the sur-face by the repousseprocess, which, ourreaders will have observed, is again be- a|]r COming a f a V O r i t e Portion of Top of Chess Tabic : Eikington &> London. manner of working. the precious metalsin the manufactureof articles for use orornament. The influenceswhich give rise to thatwhich we call stylein the construction ofanything are amongthe most curiousphases of modern timesFrance has enjoyedthe privilege of rulingour taste in suchmatters, and it is easyto find a reason. Eversince the days ofFrancis the First, thegreat patron of art, along line of luxuriousmonarchs have lenttheir encouragementand patronage to thedecorative arts. Royalmanufactories wereestablished where themost skilled work-men, aided by the most scientific men of the day, executed the designs of the first artists in of art were established and munificently endowed, where every effortwas made to attain the highest degree of perfection His reward was in being 162 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, i8j6. acknowledged the instructor of Europe in the decorative arts and the arbiterof taste. Of late years, however, while France has been prostr
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