The Theory of the Arts: Or, Art in Relation to Nature, Civilization, and Man. Comprising an Investigation, Analytical and Critical, Into the Origin, Rise, Province, Principles, and Application of Each of the Arts, Volume 2 |
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... sublime , nor yet to what is exquisitely beautiful and affecting . And we should admire nature as we see her in her tranquil repose , as well as in the moments of her passion , and her terrible emo- tions . It must , however , be ...
... sublime , nor yet to what is exquisitely beautiful and affecting . And we should admire nature as we see her in her tranquil repose , as well as in the moments of her passion , and her terrible emo- tions . It must , however , be ...
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... sublime a poet , even Homer appears to be sometimes open to criticism on account of the revolting and nauseous de- tails which he occasionally introduces into his battles , describ- ing the minute particulars of the mode in which ...
... sublime a poet , even Homer appears to be sometimes open to criticism on account of the revolting and nauseous de- tails which he occasionally introduces into his battles , describ- ing the minute particulars of the mode in which ...
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... sublime studies which con- tribute at once to expand and to invigorate the mind . Hence the representation of nature , but above all , of human nature , is the noblest prerogative of art ; and that prerogative is mainly exercised in the ...
... sublime studies which con- tribute at once to expand and to invigorate the mind . Hence the representation of nature , but above all , of human nature , is the noblest prerogative of art ; and that prerogative is mainly exercised in the ...
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... sublime genius have excelled , and to shine in which is the most noble and the most intellectual attainment to which the artist can aspire . This alone ought to raise and dignify modern art , and to atone for many of the deficiencies ...
... sublime genius have excelled , and to shine in which is the most noble and the most intellectual attainment to which the artist can aspire . This alone ought to raise and dignify modern art , and to atone for many of the deficiencies ...
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... sublime sentiments accord well with expressions grand in their nature ; mild and amiable with those of beauty . Grandeur and beauty in sentiment consist , however , not so much in exciting actual ideas of grandeur or beauty , as in ...
... sublime sentiments accord well with expressions grand in their nature ; mild and amiable with those of beauty . Grandeur and beauty in sentiment consist , however , not so much in exciting actual ideas of grandeur or beauty , as in ...
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Page 97 - Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal* vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
Page 132 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Page 96 - I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And. thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven.
Page 132 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 95 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul...
Page 131 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 124 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 134 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. "He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Page 173 - And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions : and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
Page 172 - And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle ; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.