The Art of Vergil: Image and Symbol in the AeneidIn a discussion in which a comparison of Vergil and Homer becomes the pivot of criticism, the author analyzes basic themes, outlines the Vergilian structure, and indicates the way in which the characters and the events concerning them are related to the whole poem. The author shows how Vergil enlarged upon Homeric similes until they became transparent signs for inner events. He also examines the architecturally structured sequence of mood and argues that, since Vergil, mood has become to poetry what light is to painting. |
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Page 156
... described it in an essay , " Sobre el punto de vista en las artes " ( Obras completas , IV , p . 451 ) : “ Among the elements of the picture , a new object appears whose magic potentiality allows , nay obligates it to be everywhere and ...
... described it in an essay , " Sobre el punto de vista en las artes " ( Obras completas , IV , p . 451 ) : “ Among the elements of the picture , a new object appears whose magic potentiality allows , nay obligates it to be everywhere and ...
Page 191
... described further because that would detract from the peaceful unity of the scene . For the interpretation of inter se , see Madvig , Opuscula academica , I. 11. I.454 : reginam opperiens . The same is stated : I.494 : Haec dum Dardanio ...
... described further because that would detract from the peaceful unity of the scene . For the interpretation of inter se , see Madvig , Opuscula academica , I. 11. I.454 : reginam opperiens . The same is stated : I.494 : Haec dum Dardanio ...
Page 199
... described in detail is Priam's and that is important as a transition for the fate of Anchises . Cf. Heinze , p . 208 , n . 1 for the poet's reluctance to spell out horror . He didn't avoid it altogether though , as the death of Laocoon ...
... described in detail is Priam's and that is important as a transition for the fate of Anchises . Cf. Heinze , p . 208 , n . 1 for the poet's reluctance to spell out horror . He didn't avoid it altogether though , as the death of Laocoon ...
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