. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal. o that he drew on the collectionsof museums and of individuals all over the world, and then so classified thevarious items that they should stand in logical and sequential relation toone another. He took charge of his Department toward the end of 1912,and laid out a general plan of the stupendous work before him; in which hewas assisted by his broad knowledge of the field, his acquain
. The story of the exposition; being the official history of the international celebration held at San Francisco in 1915 to commemorate the discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the construction of the Panama Canal. o that he drew on the collectionsof museums and of individuals all over the world, and then so classified thevarious items that they should stand in logical and sequential relation toone another. He took charge of his Department toward the end of 1912,and laid out a general plan of the stupendous work before him; in which hewas assisted by his broad knowledge of the field, his acquaintance withcollectors, and his experience as an art museum manager. The first labor was the classification, worked out in conjunction with theDirector-in-Chief of Foreign and Domestic Participation and the Directorof the Division. It excluded copies produced by industrial-mechanicalprocesses, pictures, drawings, and engravings not framed; works of sculp-ture in unbaked clay or any form of modeling wax; and architectural orna-ments except such as might be included under group 3. The classificationwas brief enough to recite here as a matter of interest, and a possible guideto some future exposition. It read:. BY EDWARD BERGE PHOTO BY E. O. JELLINEK muse finding the head of ORPHEUS ASSEMBLING A GREAT ART EXHIBITION u CLASSIFICATIONFine ArtsGroup I PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS Class I. Paintings on canvas, wood or metal, by all direct methods in oil,wax, tempera or other media; enamels; paintings on porcelain,faience and on various preparations, of purely pictorial intent; muralpaintings in any medium. Class 2. Paintings and drawings in water color, pastel, chalk, charcoal, penciland other media, on any material. Miniatures on ivory or ivorysubstitutes. Group 2 Class 3. Etchings, engravings and block prints in one or more colors. Auto-lithographs with pencil, crayon or brush. Group 3 SCULPTURE Class 4. Works in the round, high and low relief; busts, single figures and groupsin marble, bro
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