U. S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION, WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL. D., COMMISSIONER. ART AND INDUSTRY. EDUCATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND FINE ARTS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY ISAAC EDWARDS CLARKE, A. M. PART IV.-INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING IN LAND GRANT COLLEGES. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1898. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION.-PURPOSE AND PLAN OF PRESENT VOLUME. (XXXI-LIV.) This volume is, in fact, but a continuation of Part III; issued separately for convenience in binding-The plan and contents are briefly set forth in the first chapter (see pages 1-8)—Main divisions of the volume indicated-The Typical Manual Training Schools-Five Leading Technical Mechanical Schools-Some Trade Schools— The B. & O. R. R. Experimental School at Mt. Clare, near Baltimore, Md.-Finally the Schools of Science and Engineering of the U. S. Land Grant Colleges-These two volumes continue the account of the development of Industrial Art Education in the United States-Brief reference to Parts I and II-Absence of Art Training in American Educational Institutions prior to 1870, noted-Interest in the Fine Arts however existed-Early efforts to establish Public Art Academies and Art Museums-Histories of these early undertakings carefully compiled have been long waiting for issue of the final volumes of this Report-Public Interest in Art Matters largely awakened by the holding of the Centennial and Columbian Expositions-Notable increase in art collections of Statuary and Paintings since 1870– Reference to two Statistical Tables in Part I, showing early poverty of collections of classic art casts before, and remarkable increase in such collections since, the Centennial-The Centennial Exposition first gave to the Public some comprehension of the extent and variety of the artistic manufactures of the world-Wonderful increase since 1876, in facilities in this country, for obtaining knowledge of art matters-Ability and Art of American Architects revealed to the world in the buildings of the Columbian Exposition-This excellence of the architects the normal result of special professional training-These buildings a series of object lessons on the value of definite technical education in a profession-The Permanent buildings of The Boston Public Library and The National Library in Washington, are the logical outcome of this definite training-Reference to Hunt's great Paintings in Legislative Chamber of the Capitol at Albany, N. Y.-Suggestion that we still are living in the Renaissance which began some four centuries ago-How the Renaissance arose-Modern art stimulated by recent discoveries of the art works of the Ancients, just as the early discoveries, inspired the great Medieval MastersThe re-creation of "The Parthenon", as the Art Building of the Nashville Exposition in 1897-This is a striking illustration of the potency of Classic Art in influencing the Art Ideals of to-day-This volume largely given to topics of Technical Industrial and Scientific Training-Art subjects, however, are germane to each volume of this “Art and Industry" Report-Historic works of Art in the Rotunda of the Capitol Building in Washington, D. C.-World contests for Industrial and Commercial Supremacy-Order of Chapters and Appendices of the present volume, “Part IV", given; and contents briefly analyzed and described. |