Literary Criticism: A Short History. Classical and neo-classical criticism, Volume 1University of Chicago P., 1978 - 336 pages |
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Page 264
... Painting . " The plot of a poem , for in- stance , is , as Aristotle had suggested , like the line drawing or sketch for a painting . The diction and imagery are like the colors ( the out- line " to advantage " filled ) . * The theory ...
... Painting . " The plot of a poem , for in- stance , is , as Aristotle had suggested , like the line drawing or sketch for a painting . The diction and imagery are like the colors ( the out- line " to advantage " filled ) . * The theory ...
Page 265
... painting ( the highest genre , as epic was the highest in poetry ) might be found in the literary classics . The painter had to be not only accomplished in his technique of color and shape , but " learned " in the important subject ...
... painting ( the highest genre , as epic was the highest in poetry ) might be found in the literary classics . The painter had to be not only accomplished in his technique of color and shape , but " learned " in the important subject ...
Page 276
... Painting tries to be music ; poetry leans upon painting ; all the arts " strive toward the condition of music " ; till at last seeing the mathematical structure of music , the arts become geometrical and abstract , and destroy them ...
... Painting tries to be music ; poetry leans upon painting ; all the arts " strive toward the condition of music " ; till at last seeing the mathematical structure of music , the arts become geometrical and abstract , and destroy them ...
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Socrates and the Rhapsode PAGE | 3 |
The Internal Focus 555 | 16 |
Poetry as Structure | 21 |
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