The American Journal of Philology, 1883, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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Such was the Italian, such above all was Vergil's conception of the part that color, as distinguished from pure light, plays in the beauty of the universe. For him it was color that made the glory of life; it was the withdrawing of color that made the dreadfulness of the dead man's world. For him, however, this separation of color from light, this glorification of color at the expense of light, was accomplished only by the stress of a grand imagination. But for us, strange to say, we can find in the resources of modern chemistry the means of changing Vergil's imagination into scientific fact; we can separate light from color, and light up a dismal world of horrors from which all color is banished. We can see before us in the laboratory the very scene that Vergil makes Aeneas behold as he goes down alive in Hell. The process and the result of this wonderful experiment are well described in Rood's Modern Chro matics, pp. 102-3.
From the witnessing of such an experiment we shall come forth persuaded for ever of the fundamental truth of Vergil's conception: the glory of the physical universe consists, above all, in the diffu sion of color; and the poetic conception and the presentation of life before the sensuous imagination are to be attained in their highest effects only by the management and utilization of color.
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Such was the Italian, such above all was Vergil's conception of the part that color, as distinguished from pure light, plays in the beauty of the universe. For him it was color that made the glory of life; it was the withdrawing of color that made the dreadfulness of the dead man's world. For him, however, this separation of color from light, this glorification of color at the expense of light, was accomplished only by the stress of a grand imagination. But for us, strange to say, we can find in the resources of modern chemistry the means of changing Vergil's imagination into scientific fact; we can separate light from color, and light up a dismal world of horrors from which all color is banished. We can see before us in the laboratory the very scene that Vergil makes Aeneas behold as he goes down alive in Hell. The process and the result of this wonderful experiment are well described in Rood's Modern Chro matics, pp. 102-3.
From the witnessing of such an experiment we shall come forth persuaded for ever of the fundamental truth of Vergil's conception: the glory of the physical universe consists, above all, in the diffu sion of color; and the poetic conception and the presentation of life before the sensuous imagination are to be attained in their highest effects only by the management and utilization of color.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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