Examples of household taste . glish Court at the Centennial. In design 3C4 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. and treatment the work as seen in our illustration resembles that in monu-mental windows of stained glass, and of course the object, to commemorate thememory of the dead, is the same in both. But while the window is liable toa thousand accidents, the monumental brass continues for ages an enduring andindestructible memorial to the deceased. The general reader will find much toadmire in the beauty and elegance of these designs, and whoever is learned inecclesiastical lore will recogniz
Examples of household taste . glish Court at the Centennial. In design 3C4 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. and treatment the work as seen in our illustration resembles that in monu-mental windows of stained glass, and of course the object, to commemorate thememory of the dead, is the same in both. But while the window is liable toa thousand accidents, the monumental brass continues for ages an enduring andindestructible memorial to the deceased. The general reader will find much toadmire in the beauty and elegance of these designs, and whoever is learned inecclesiastical lore will recognize the appropriateness and significance of thevignette subjects and the other details of the work. The group of articles in faience, illustrated on page 300, we need scarcely say is obtained fromthe French is a lightnessand delicacy about thedecoration and orna-mentation peculiar toFrench remarks do notindeed apply to thePersian vase or jug,but that is manifestlya copy from an ori-ental model; but the. Tapestry Chair: Department of Aubussan. jardinieres, with theirlight bronze stands andscroll and figure deco-ration, are essentiallyFrench. The largerone of the two is par-ticularly graceful indesign. It was Tiresias theprophets counsel toMenippus, that trav-elled all the world over,even down to hell it self, to seek content, and his last fare well to Menippus, to be merry. Contemnthe world (saith he) and count all that is in it vanity and toyes: this only covetall thy life long; be not curioics, or over solicitous in any thing, but tvith a ivellcornposed and contented estate to enjoy thyself, and above all things to be merry. Si, mimnerus uti censet, sine amore jocisqueNil est jucundum, vivas in amore jocisque. Thus writes Democritus Junior in the second partition of his Anatomy ofMelancholy, that wonderful treasury of learning which has furnished many apedant with his apt classical phrase, and where the thieves of literature prowlundetected. Contentment
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