Title | Scraps from an artist's sketchbook |
Alternative Title | Scraps from an artist's sketch book, with illustrations from the author's original sketches in Rome, Florence, and Venice , photographed by J. Greer, Pendleton |
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Publisher | Daily Chronicle |
Date | 1877 |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Extent | 118 pages; 12 leaves; 19 cm |
Original Item Location | DG427 .R68 1877 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b2395052~S11 |
Digital Collection | Exotic Impressions: Views of Foreign Lands |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/exotic |
Repository | Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room, William R. Jenkins Architecture and Art Library, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/william-r-jenkins-architecture-art-library |
Use and Reproduction | No Copyright - United States |
Identifier | exotic_201304_003 |
Title | Page 112 |
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File Name | exotic_201304_003_131.jpg |
Transcript | 112 MUNICH. be general, and from the round, healthy faces of the natives no harm seems to come of it. We left before the conclusion of the concert. The following morning we rose at six o'clock and went out to explore. We visited three of the churches of the highly decorated style, and not at all to our taste. The general architecture of the buildings is far from picturesque, and though Munich is a stronghold of German art, we confess to a feeling of disappointment at the little art or taste displayed in the adornment of the city. We visited the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition, which is certainly a success. Though not of the proportions of displays in England of the same kind, still there is much to admire; but the fine art portion was decidedly the weakest part of the collection. Our visit was too short to enable us to examine in detail the many beautiful contributions, especially in glass and porcelain. The metal work was also fine. The whole arrangements seemed to be carried out with great spirit, and altogether we enjoyed the Munich Exhibition. The King's residence was next visited. This |