1914. This volume contains two works by the critical genius Lessing. His writing is peerless in its comprehensiveness, its keenness and depth; but this was particularly true of the drama. Laokoon deals with the limits of poetry and painting and it may be said that the great era of German literature commenced with these works. Laokoon, in its style, in its subtlety and clearness, in its breadth of intellectual vision, was a treatise that the likes of which had never been seen before.
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Original and enlightening two essays. I found Lessing's writing clear but quite dense; there are copious foot notes, sometimes taking up most of the page, many references to scholarly texts, and BEWARE- many paragraphs in Greek and Latin and occasionally a sentence or two in French - these almost entirely with out translations. Also only five illustrations in a text that refers to many works of art. Yet, his writing is clear enough that his ideas are quite easily understood. (Even only understanding English). I wish the book had more illustrations and translations, but, hey that's why Al Gore invented the internet - and believe it - this book will give you plenty to look up!
Conclusion: I would definitely recommend this book for lovers of Art theory, in spite of the above mentioned short comings. Laokoon deals with the relationship of the Plastic Arts and Poetry to each other and to Myth and what is appropriate to each, their essential qualities. Also touches on beauty and ugliness. How the Ancients Represented Death is an interesting little essay on a discovery Lessing believes he has made regarding exactly what the title states. Is he correct? I am not an scholar on the subject - I will refer once again to Al Gore's so called "Internet" to see what the experts have to say. Happy reading!
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HERR WINCKELMANN has pronounced a noble simplicity and quiet grandeur, displayed in the posture no less than in the expression, to be the characteristic features common to all the Greek masterpieces of Painting and Sculpture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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HERR WINCKELMANN has pronounced a noble simplicity and quiet grandeur, displayed in the posture no less than in the expression, to be the characteristic features common to all the Greek masterpieces of Painting and Sculpture. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
reversed torch, crooked feet, poetical picture, ancient artists, crossed feet, cinerary urn, first tragedy Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Hamburg Dramaturgy by G. E.; With a new introduction by Lange, Victor Lessing in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton in Front Matter, and page 88
- Iliad and Odyssey by Homer on page 85
- Alexander the Great by Alan Fildes in Front Matter
- The Analysis of Beauty (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Britis) by William Hogarth on page 132
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- The Traveller in the Evening: The Last Works of William Blake by Morton D. Paley on page 66, and Back Matter
- Two Hundred Years of Pushkin, Volume II: Alexander Pushkin: Myth and Monument (Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics 39) (Studies in Slavic Literature & Poetics) (Vol 2) by Robert Reid on page 204
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