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blending the forms of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Of statues in marble 

 and bronze there is a fair supply, the most colossal amongst them being the 

 " Bavaria " on the Theresien-Wiese, outside the town. 



The painter's brush has been made tributary to the embellishment of Munich no 

 less than the sculptor's chisel, and historical and allegorical fresco paintings ornament 

 the arcades boimding the royal park and other buildings. The inscriptions placed 

 upon some of the monuments by King Ludwig himself are not always appropriate, 

 and in some instances they are altogether unintelligible. As a whole the royal 

 buildings of Munich look almost like stage decorations, and leave the beholder 

 cold. They are neither German nor Bavarian in their character, and far prefer- 



Fig. 142.— Munich. 

 Scale 1 : 125,000. 



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able to them are the Church of our Lady, erected in the fifteenth century, and the 

 modern Town-hall. 



Munich is exceedingly rich in art collections. The " Old Pinakothek " ranks 

 next to the Gallery of Dresden as a collection of paintings, and includes master- 

 pieces of all schools. The " New Pinakothek " contains paintings by modern 

 masters. The Glyptothek is a gallery of sculpture. A national museum, similar 

 in its scope to that of South Kensington, abounds in weapons, textile fabrics, 

 ivories, and other works of art of every age. The Academy of Art of Munich is 

 the most famous of Germany. The university is attended by 1,300, the technical 

 high school by 1,100 students, and there exist numerous scientific societies. The 

 Royal Library numbers 800,000 volumes. The Observatory, at Bo^enhausen, 

 to the east of the Isar, is furnished with excellent instruments by Fraunhofer. 



