DOI Heft:
Nr 76 (July 1899)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19232#0160
Studio-Talk
it has reached the stage of
material prosperity which
gives leisure for the de-
velopment of its innate
artistic tendencies. It is
just possible, however, that
by hitching its waggon to
a star, this society may
succeed in attaining aims
less grandiose : in prevent-
ing the repetition, for ex-
ample, of such a horror as
the modern centre of
Florence with its preten-
tious houses, dumpy King
Victor, and colossal figures
of whitewashed brick and
iron keeping guard over
the town which has arisen
from its ancient squalor.
The society comprises a
central committee estab-
lished in Florence, com-
posed of a Directive
Council whose President
is the Syndic of the city,
and of five Commissions
which occupy themselves with various phases of the work set forth in the programme : propaganda,
exhibitions of ancient,
modern, and industrial
art, financial questions,
&c. The Commissions
are responsible to the
Directive Council. A
general assembly will
be held within the first
three months of each
year.
It will be interesting
to watch the develop-
ment of the movement:
to see whether it will be
able to do any real
good, or whether it will
simply give rise to much
aesthetic and superficial
chatter.
A PORTRAIT BY ANTON PEPINO
A SUMMER EVENING
134
BY M. TIETSCHMANN
I. M. A.
it has reached the stage of
material prosperity which
gives leisure for the de-
velopment of its innate
artistic tendencies. It is
just possible, however, that
by hitching its waggon to
a star, this society may
succeed in attaining aims
less grandiose : in prevent-
ing the repetition, for ex-
ample, of such a horror as
the modern centre of
Florence with its preten-
tious houses, dumpy King
Victor, and colossal figures
of whitewashed brick and
iron keeping guard over
the town which has arisen
from its ancient squalor.
The society comprises a
central committee estab-
lished in Florence, com-
posed of a Directive
Council whose President
is the Syndic of the city,
and of five Commissions
which occupy themselves with various phases of the work set forth in the programme : propaganda,
exhibitions of ancient,
modern, and industrial
art, financial questions,
&c. The Commissions
are responsible to the
Directive Council. A
general assembly will
be held within the first
three months of each
year.
It will be interesting
to watch the develop-
ment of the movement:
to see whether it will be
able to do any real
good, or whether it will
simply give rise to much
aesthetic and superficial
chatter.
A PORTRAIT BY ANTON PEPINO
A SUMMER EVENING
134
BY M. TIETSCHMANN
I. M. A.