Learning and Other Essays

Learning and Other EssaysAn expert on Greek Art chanced to describe in my hearing one of the...
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Learning and Other Essays

Learning and Other Essays

€6,25

Learning and Other Essays

€6,25
Author: Chapman, John Jay,1862-1933
Format: eBook
Language: English

Learning and Other Essays

An expert on Greek Art chanced to describe in my hearing one of the engraved gems in the Metropolitan Museum. He spoke of it as certainly one of the great gems of the world, and there was something in his tone that was even more thrilling than his words. He might have been describing the Parthenon or Beethovens Mass,such was the passion of reverence that flowed out of him as he spoke. I went to see the gem afterwards. It was badly placed, and for all artistic purposes was invisible. I suppose that even if I had had a good look at it, I should not have been able to appreciate its full merit. Who could?save the handful of adepts in the world, the little group of gem-readers, by whom the mighty music of this tiny score could be read at sight. Nevertheless it was a satisfaction to me to have seen the stone. I knew that through its surface there poured the power of the Greek world; that not without Phidias and Aristotle, and not without the Parthenon, could it have come into existence. It carried in its bosom a digest of the visual laws of spiritual force, and was as wonderful and as sacred as any4 stone could well be. Its value to mankind was not to be measured by my comprehension of it, but was inestimable. As Petrarch felt toward the Greek manuscript of Homer which he owned but could not read, so did I feel toward the gem. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 66522
Author: Chapman, John Jay
Release Date: Oct 12, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: Moffat, Yard and Company
Publication Date: 1910
Publisher Country: United States

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