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The Crystal Palace And The Arts
tory , Sir Joseph Paxton ; Director of works , Matthew Digby Wyatt ( late secretary to the executive committee ); Director of decorations , OAven Jones ( who had designed and superintended the decoration of the former building ); Secretary , George Grove , late secretary to the Society of Arts ; and Contractors for the re-erection of the buildingFoxHendersonand Co . Recent
, , , lists include the names of Charles Heard Wild ( who also had been connected with the former building ) , as Engineer ; Mr . Wyatt becoming a director of decorations ; so that we are not aAvare to AA'hom the credit of the important changes in the architectural features of the Sydenham building are mainly due , nor lvho is professionally responsible for the safety of the work in points ,
Avhich a recent melancholy accident may have placed in doubt . The tone of the prospectus appeared to be somewhat inflated ; but really now does not seem to have been unwarrantably issued . Deeming that they took upon themselves , what in other countries Avould be the duty of a government , namely , provision for the masses of the peopleof the means of recreation and
, instruction in their leisure hours , the directors fixed upon a beautiful spot , which by existing and extended railway communication could be made to London Avhat Versailles is to Paris" a place Avhere the people may be admitted by thousands to all
the enjoyments of art , of science , of beauty , of skill , and of mechanical im ention ; enjoyments hitherto accessible only to the educated , the refined , and the rich . " Recreation , calculated at the same time to ele \ ate and instruct , and to improve the heart , Avere to be open to those Avho have now little other resource from noisome courts and uncomfortable homes , but the
ginpalace and the ale-house . The triumphs of industry and art , and the natural beauty of floAvers , plants , and birds , were to be brought together . Externally , the park of 150 acres Avas to be filled Avith specimens of every tree and plant which could be found in England ; and by the agency of steam and mechanical resourcesthe fountains of Versailles could be
sur-, passed by such as Avould be the finest in the Avorld . Internally , through all the inclemencies of the seasons , the visitors Avere to be gratified Avith a Avinter garden eighteen acres in extent , and periodical shoAvs of floAvers and plants Avere to be hold . Sculpture , ancl casts of Avorks by artists of every age and nation , Avere to occupy all parts of the building . The
FrenchGer-, mans , and Italians Avere to " cease to be the only European nations busy in educating the eye of the people for the appreciation of art and beauty . " Models of machinery at work , records of progress in invention , and illustrations of the succession of stages in various manufactures , Avere to be shoAvn .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Crystal Palace And The Arts
tory , Sir Joseph Paxton ; Director of works , Matthew Digby Wyatt ( late secretary to the executive committee ); Director of decorations , OAven Jones ( who had designed and superintended the decoration of the former building ); Secretary , George Grove , late secretary to the Society of Arts ; and Contractors for the re-erection of the buildingFoxHendersonand Co . Recent
, , , lists include the names of Charles Heard Wild ( who also had been connected with the former building ) , as Engineer ; Mr . Wyatt becoming a director of decorations ; so that we are not aAvare to AA'hom the credit of the important changes in the architectural features of the Sydenham building are mainly due , nor lvho is professionally responsible for the safety of the work in points ,
Avhich a recent melancholy accident may have placed in doubt . The tone of the prospectus appeared to be somewhat inflated ; but really now does not seem to have been unwarrantably issued . Deeming that they took upon themselves , what in other countries Avould be the duty of a government , namely , provision for the masses of the peopleof the means of recreation and
, instruction in their leisure hours , the directors fixed upon a beautiful spot , which by existing and extended railway communication could be made to London Avhat Versailles is to Paris" a place Avhere the people may be admitted by thousands to all
the enjoyments of art , of science , of beauty , of skill , and of mechanical im ention ; enjoyments hitherto accessible only to the educated , the refined , and the rich . " Recreation , calculated at the same time to ele \ ate and instruct , and to improve the heart , Avere to be open to those Avho have now little other resource from noisome courts and uncomfortable homes , but the
ginpalace and the ale-house . The triumphs of industry and art , and the natural beauty of floAvers , plants , and birds , were to be brought together . Externally , the park of 150 acres Avas to be filled Avith specimens of every tree and plant which could be found in England ; and by the agency of steam and mechanical resourcesthe fountains of Versailles could be
sur-, passed by such as Avould be the finest in the Avorld . Internally , through all the inclemencies of the seasons , the visitors Avere to be gratified Avith a Avinter garden eighteen acres in extent , and periodical shoAvs of floAvers and plants Avere to be hold . Sculpture , ancl casts of Avorks by artists of every age and nation , Avere to occupy all parts of the building . The
FrenchGer-, mans , and Italians Avere to " cease to be the only European nations busy in educating the eye of the people for the appreciation of art and beauty . " Models of machinery at work , records of progress in invention , and illustrations of the succession of stages in various manufactures , Avere to be shoAvn .