Studio- Talk

of the Emperor, who had
graciously invited all the
sculptors who had aided in
the production of this street
of monuments. In the
address given on that occa-
sion to those who had
endeavoured to carry out
his Imperial instructions,
the Emperor made an
attempt to express his views
on what should be the aim
of modern art production.
What his Majesty said in
condemnation of modern
taste in a mere after-dinner
speech must not be taken
too seriously as an enun-
ciation of a programme of
policy in matters of art. It
is, indeed, a pity that the

"old people" by janos vaszary newspaper press took up

his Majesty's words as it
did. The comments upon

and many others. Their appearance here is a what he said were many of them simply absurd,
proof of the zeal with which the direction is and the energies of the writers should have been
endeavouring to make the collection thoroughly reserved for more serious matters,
representative of modern work.

BU D A P E S T. — A highly interesting
experiment was seen in the recent
Exhibition of the " Iparmiiveszeti
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excavations at Pergamon, which are arranged in a Professor P. Horti and Istvan Grdh, commissioned
very satisfactory manner. The day of the opening by the Minister of Commerce, visited numerous
was that on which the last Hohenzollern-statue in provincial towns, and gave the local potters instruc-
the Siegesallee of Berlin was unveiled in the presence tion, with the object of improving the form of their

" market scene

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