1878-1879 School Circular

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1878

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS..

CIRCULAR

UF T H E

COMMJTTEE OF INSTRUCTION,

PH I L AD ELPHIA:

COLLINS, PRINTER, 705 JAYNE STREET.
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OFFICERS OF THE ACADEMY.

PRESIDENT.

CIRCULAR

JAMES L. CLAGHORN.

OF THE
DIRECTORS.

GEO. S. PEPPER,

JOSEPH WILLIAM BATES,

J.

WILLIAM H. MERRICK,

GILLINGH A M FELL,

COMMITTEE OF INSTRUCTION,

yvILLIAM S. BAKER,

HENRY C. GIBSON,
FAIRMAN ROGERS,

EDWARD H. COATES,

WM. B. BEMENT,

F. ODEN HORSTMAN,

CLARENCE H. CLARK,

ATHERTON BLIGHT.

(1) Any person of good ch~racter, male or female, gIVIng
satisfactory evidence of ability to profit by the course
of study laid down in these rules, will be admitted, on
application made in compliance with the following
directions.

TREASURER.

EDWARD H. COATES.

SECRETARY.

GEORGE CORLISS.

(2) Times of Admission.- The regular days will be the
Wednesday immediately preceding the first Monday
in September, the fi rst Saturday after Christmas, and
the first Monday °in April. But, for special reasons,
students may be admitted at any regular meeting of
the Committee of Instruction. (These meetings will
be held on the Wednesdays immediately preceding the
second Monday in each month except July and August.)

LIBRARIAN.

H . C. WHIPPLE.

COMMITTEE OF INSTRUCTION .

FAIRMAN ROGERS,

JOSEPH WILLIAM BATES,

F. ODEN HORSTMAN.

Professor of Drawing and Painting
Assistant Professor of Painting and} .

CHRISTIAN SCHUSSELE.
THOMAS EAKINS.

Chief Demonstrator of An atomy
Professor of Artistic Anatomy

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS.

W . W.

KEEN,

M.D.

(3) Conditions of Admission.-Each applicant must give
satisfactory reference, must state that he or she has read
these rules and will abide by them, and must submit a
specimen of his or her work , signed with full name
and address. These details may be arranged at any
convenient time b efore the examination day, at the
office of the Academy, where blank forms of application may be obtained .

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The proper period for commencing the use of colors
should be determined in each particular case by the
advice of the teacher.
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Life class students only will be admitted to the dissecting room and to the modeling room at the hours
assigned for modeling from the living figure.
Students of the antique as well as life class students
are entitled to attend the lectures on art anatomy in
the lecture room, and any other lectures that may be
provided for the school, unless specially prohibited.
They may also use the modeling room when not occupied for the regular sessions of the life class.

All drawings accompanying applications must be made
expressl y for the purpose; and it is recommended tll'at
they be made on paper measuring 18 X 24 inches.
They must not be rolled or folded.
(5) These drawings must represent the whole or a part of the
human figure, and mnst be made from the solid object.
(6) The entire figure must be represented when admission to
a life class is sought.
(7) Exceptions may be made to these conditions when, in the
opinion of the Committee of Instruction, they are justified by peculiar circumstances.

PROGRAMME OF STUDIES.

(8) Every person admitted to study in the Academy will be
furnished with a ticket, which must be shown to the
doorkeeRer when required.

(11) Length of Terms. -The study from casts by daylight
begins the second Monday in September, and ends
the 30th of June.
The same study by gaslight begins Oct. I and ends
May 31.
The study of the living model begi ns th e first Monday in October and ends the last Saturday in May.
The study of art anatomy begins about the first of
November and ends about the 31St of March.

(9) Professional artists, on application to the Committee (with
reference when not known to any of the members)
may, without the above tests, receive tickets admitting
them to any of the classes. Those who have contributed of their own works to any annual exhibition of
the Academy may receive their tickets on application
to the Secretary.

Vacations and Holidays. -The school will be closed
during the months of July and Angust, and on Sundays,
Thanksgiving day, Christmas and New- Year's days, and
Washington's Birthday.

CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS.

(10) At the time of his admission each student shall be assigned
to one of the following classes:

First Antique Class.
Second Antique Class.
Life Class.

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of portions of the human figure; those of the second,
from casts of the whole figure; those of the third, from
the living model.

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a higher class, he must submit a specimen of his work
in the class to which he belongs to the Committee of
Instruction. This drawing must be signed with the
full name and class of th e examinee, and must be on
paper measuring about 18 X 24 inches.

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(16) Attendance. - Each student shall register his (or her)
attendance on a sheet provided by the Academy.
These sheets will be collected daily and preserved for
reference. The ticket of any student whose attendance
is not satisfactory is liable to be withdrawn. This does
not apply to professional artists, however, whose business engagements must necessarily interfere with their
use of the facilities for practice which are cordially

offered them by the Academy.
(17) Requirements at Close of a Term.- On or before
the last day in each term every student must remove
all his personal property from the Academy, and give
up the keys which he has received from the Academy.

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PRIVILEGES AND DUTIES OF STUDENTS.

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(IS) At the Opening of a New Term, all persons holding
old students' tickets desiring to continue their studies
at the Academy, must exchange them for new ones.

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REGUL~TIONS

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FOR THE

LrFE·.CL~SS

provide daily demonstrations for the life class students,
who shall be admitted to the Dissecting Room after
finishing their regular work in the Painting Room, and
who may then, if they desire, make drawings of the
dissections.

ROOMS.

Posing the Mode1.-Each new pose shall be d~termined
by a committee of five ?f the class, taken In regular
order from the alphabetIcal roll.
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The committee for the first pose shall consIst ~f the
first five on the roll who are present at the selectlOn of
that pose; for the second pose the next five; and so
on to the end of the roll.
Any member of the class not present when by the
above regulations he would be placed upon the committee will forfeit his turn.
Th: decision of the committee as to the pose shall
be final.
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Each pose shall consist of six slttmgs,
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should order otherwise, which .he is. hereby authonzed
to do, in case he s110uld consIder It advantageous .to
the class.

REGULATIONS FOR ANTIQUE ROOMS.

PENNSYLVANiA ACA
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No cast shall be moved except by order o~ the teacher,
who shall decide how long it may remam away from
its place.

(24) The Assistant Demonstrators shall make all the dissections,
at such hours as will not interfere with the demonstration to the life classes; and one or more shall be on
duty each day to assist in these demonstrations. They
shall also make any casts or drawings desired by the
Professor of Anatomy.
The period for dissection shall be included between the
middle of November and the middle of the following
March; and no dissection shall be made in the Academy except, those authorized by the Professor of
Anatomy.
NOTE.-The work in the dissecting room involves much
practical study of comparative anatomy, and is therefore of direct use to animal painters as well as painters
of the human figure.
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ITHOl.}T P£RMISSION

Of

LECTURES ON ARTISTIC ANATOMY.

(27) Prof. W. W. Keen will begin his next course of lectures
on Artistic Anatomy, free to all Academy students, on
Saturday evening, Nov. 2, r878.

(22) When a cast has been taken from its place fo~ study, the
date of removal, with the date of the r~qU1red return,
shall be written distinctly on a card to be attached to
the cast.

The course will consist of about thirty lectures, to
be given on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, at half
past seven o'clock. The lectures will be illustrated
by diagrams, casts, anatomical models and preparations, dissections, and the living model.

REGULA TION'S FOR THE DISSECTING ROOM .

The following subjects wiII be treated, although not
necessarily in precisely the following order or number
of lectures:-

The Chief Demonstrator of Anatomy shall have charge of
the Dissecting Room, and see that it is kept neat and
clean, all debris being removed daily. He shall super. t d under the direction of the Professor of Anatmen,
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The introductory lecture will treat of the relations
and importance of .anatomy to art, and of the proper
methods of its study.
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Eight lectures will be given to the"stud y of the bones
and joints of the human skeleton.
Twelve lectures to the muscles, especial1y to :those
which directly influence external form. Two of these
will be devoted to the muscles of the face and the
anatomy of expression, both in man and the lower
animals

SPECIAL NOTICE TO APPLICANTS.

(3 1 ) The Academy does not undertake to furnish detailed
instruction, but rather facilities for study, supplemented
by the occasional criticism of the teachers; and th e
classes are intended especiaily for those who expect
to be professional artists.

Four lectures to the eye, nose, mouth, chin~ and ear.
Two le<;tures to the skin, with its various wrinkles
(especially those of the face), and the subcutaneous
layer of fat and the bloodvessels in the superficial fascia.
One lecture to the hair and beard, and postural
expression.
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COPYING IN THE GALLERIES.

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ACADEMY

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(28) Any student well advanced in painting who desires to
make a study copy of a picture belonging to the Academy, may receive from the President permission to
do so, on presenting a written application approved by
the Committee of Instruction, and specifying the picture to be copied.

VISITING THE GALLERIES.

(29) A student's ticket entitles the holder to visit the galleries;
but it is expected that this privilege will not be made
use of at times which should be devoted to work in
the school rooms.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.

(30) Every person admitted to study in the Academy is held
bound by all the foregoing regu lations; and is also expected to be orderly and proper in conduct.