Studio: international art (32.1904)

all "style" has been abandoned, and the naturalistic
or so-called English landscape gardening is the
form which has prevailed.

That this must have been sympathetic to the
last quarter of the 19th century is evident, for
"naturalism "has been the main drift of every kind
of art during the past twenty-five years. We have
perhaps had enough of it now, and so Behrens thinks
it is time to return to something more formal again,
both in garden designing and in other branches of
art. His attempt is a set design, and its distinct
architectural aspect is the result of deliberate
intention.

This explains what he aims at in framing in his
garden with wood-work, in assigning an important
part to his electric lamp-posts, in introducing a large

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fountain and basin on a low level in so relatively
small a garden, and in laying out comparatively
many and broad walks.

There are hardly any flowers. The chief element
in the design is the contrast presented by the pure
white marble and painted wood-work with the
green grass and foliage. H. W. S.

BRUSSELS.—The success of the exhibition
of the Libre-Esthetique Society has been
more remarkable this year than ever.
The director, M. O. Maus, had organised
a show of impressionist work ; but as the exact
meaning of that term is not even yet defined, he
made no attempt to class the pictures included,
for he could only have done so in an approxi-
mate and, to some extent, arbitrary manner. He