 | Henry Fuseli - 1831 - 424 Seiten
...dream of, what the eye had never beheld, and tongue had never uttered, blazes before us, — tumultuous agitation rends the whole. Such is the spirit of the...images. 107. Disproportion of parts is the element of hugeness, — proportion, of grandeur ; all Oriental, all Gothic styles of Architecture, are huge ;... | |
 | Henry Fuseli - 1831 - 428 Seiten
...dream of, what the eye had never beheld, and tongue had never uttered, blazes before us, — tumultuous agitation rends the whole. Such is the spirit of the...are not yet rent which tie us to its magic : he has u powerful hold of us, who holds us by our superstition or by a theory of honour. 106. The east expands,... | |
 | Steven P. Sondrup, Virgil Nemoianu, Gerald Gillespie - 2004 - 500 Seiten
...that transcends the individual. Despite his admiration for the great ancient artists, Fuseli believed, "We are more impressed by Gothic than by Greek mythology,...bands are not yet rent which tie us to its magic" (105). Elements of the New Aesthetics The English pre-romantics, the followers of Rousseau across Europe,... | |
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We are more impressed by Gothic than by Greek mythology, because the bands are not yet rent which tie us to its magic : he has a powerful hold of us, who holds us by our \ superstition or by a theory of honour. 