The Photographic art-journal . g good in kind, if not in degree,for the peasant. The government, he said,had now come to the conclusion that ele-mentary instruction in drawing should begiven to all classes, and the question arosewhat was the simplest and best means ofeffecting the object, in order to avoid thedefects of former methods, a mixed systemhad been determined on. Mr. Redgrave then proceeded to describethe method intended to be adopted. The-elementary teaching he observed was divi-ded into two courses, the first of which,commencing with straight lines and curves,comprised drawing from
The Photographic art-journal . g good in kind, if not in degree,for the peasant. The government, he said,had now come to the conclusion that ele-mentary instruction in drawing should begiven to all classes, and the question arosewhat was the simplest and best means ofeffecting the object, in order to avoid thedefects of former methods, a mixed systemhad been determined on. Mr. Redgrave then proceeded to describethe method intended to be adopted. The-elementary teaching he observed was divi-ded into two courses, the first of which,commencing with straight lines and curves,comprised drawing from flat examples ; thesecond course consisted of drawing frommodels, no others being used. He thenexplained the course of instruction fortraining-masters, and afterwards spoke ofinstruction in ornamental Art, and conclu-ded with enumerating the advantages to bederived from the library, museum, and M. 1853. TJie Photographic Art-Journal, 147 From the London —AS A FINE ART. BY MRS. MERRIFIELD. Part 1. N a state so highly civilisedas that in which we live,the art of dress has be-come extremely complica-ted. That it is an art toset off our persons to thegreatest advantage must begenerally admitted, and we think itis one, which, under certain condi-tions may be studied by the mostscrupulous. An art implies skilland dexterity in setting off or em-ploying the gifts of nature to the greatestadvantage, and we are surely not wrong inlaying it down as a general piinciple, thatevery one may endeavor to set off orimprove his or her personal appearance,provided that in doing so, the party is guil-ty of no deception. As this propositionmay be liable to some misconstruction, wewill endeavor to explain our meaning. In the first place, the principle is actedupon by all who study cleanliness and neat-ness, which are universally considered aspositive duties, that are not o\\\y conduciveto our comfort, but that society has a rightto expect from us. Again, the rules ofso
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