Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and PoetryLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853 - 255 Seiten |
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... body , and " the beholder , whilst looking at the agonized con- " traction of the stomach , without viewing the face " and the other parts , believes that he almost feels a On the Imitation of Greek works in Painting and Sculpture , p ...
... body , and " the beholder , whilst looking at the agonized con- " traction of the stomach , without viewing the face " and the other parts , believes that he almost feels a On the Imitation of Greek works in Painting and Sculpture , p ...
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... body and grandeur of soul are , as it were , " weighed out , and distributed with equal strength , " through the whole frame of the figure . Laocoon " suffers , but he suffers as the Philoctetes of Sopho- " cles ; his misery pierces us ...
... body and grandeur of soul are , as it were , " weighed out , and distributed with equal strength , " through the whole frame of the figure . Laocoon " suffers , but he suffers as the Philoctetes of Sopho- " cles ; his misery pierces us ...
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... bodies or matter on a level surface ; " but the wise Greek allotted it far narrower limits , and confined it to the imitation of the beautiful only ; his artist painted nothing else . Even the commonly beautiful , the beautiful of a ...
... bodies or matter on a level surface ; " but the wise Greek allotted it far narrower limits , and confined it to the imitation of the beautiful only ; his artist painted nothing else . Even the commonly beautiful , the beautiful of a ...
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... body into such a forced position , that all the beauti- ful lines , which cover its surface in a quiet attitude , are lost . From all such emotions the ancient masters either abstained entirely , or reduced them to that lower degree ...
... body into such a forced position , that all the beauti- ful lines , which cover its surface in a quiet attitude , are lost . From all such emotions the ancient masters either abstained entirely , or reduced them to that lower degree ...
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... body , when the sick man re- ceives as little assistance from others , as he can render himself , and his complaints are wafted away on the desert winds ; then , and then only , do we see every misery , that can afflict human nature ...
... body , when the sick man re- ceives as little assistance from others , as he can render himself , and his complaints are wafted away on the desert winds ; then , and then only , do we see every misery , that can afflict human nature ...
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according actions actually allow already ancient appears artist attributes authors beauty become believe bodily body called CHAPTER complete considered contrary critics describes disgusting draw effect entirely example executed expression eyes feel figure former fury give gods Greek ground hand Homer human idea Iliad imagination imitation intended kind Laocoon latter least less lines look Lysippus Mars master material means mentioned merely nature never NOTE object observation once opinion pain painter painting pass passage perhaps Philoctetes picture piece pleasure Pliny poet poetry possible present probability produce prove reason remarks render representation represented Roman says seems seen serpents shield shriek single Sophocles sorrow speaking Spence statue suffering supposed taste thing tion true ugliness Virgil visible whole Winkelmann wish δὲ καὶ
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Seite 166 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moonshines Lag of a brother...
Seite 167 - But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph...
Seite 151 - Bianca nieve è il bel collo, e '1 petto latte; il collo è tondo, il petto colmo e largo: due pome acerbe, e pur d'avorio fatte, vengono e van come onda al primo margo, quando piacevole aura il mar combatte.
Seite 51 - Bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum Terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Seite 167 - Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace...
Seite 167 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up...
Seite 140 - Di persona era tanto ben formata, quanto me' finger san pittori industri ; con bionda chioma lunga et annodata: oro non è che più risplenda e lustri. Spargeasi per la guancia delicata misto color di rose e di ligustri; di terso avorio era la fronte lieta, che lo spazio finia con giusta meta.
Seite 220 - Sollemnis taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras. Ecce autem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta (Horresco referens) immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, pariterque ad litora tendunt : Pectora quorum inter fluctus arrecta, jubaeque Sanguineae exsuperant undas : pars cetera pontum Pone legit, sinuatque immensa volumine terga.
Seite 141 - La bocca sparsa di natio cinabro; Quivi due filze son di perle elette, Che chiude ed apre un bello, e dolce labro: Quindi escon le cortesi parolette Da render molle ogni cor rozzo e scabro: Quivi si forma quel soave riso, Ch'apre a sua posta in terra il paradiso. Bianca neve è il bel collo, e...
Seite 244 - Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure description held the place of sense ? Like gentle Fanny's was my flow'ry theme, A painted mistress, or a purling stream.