Fountains of Papal Rome
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Bernini's ex- travaganzas, in which the Egyptian symbol of the mys- tery of Ufe becomes the meaningless centrepiece for a banal fountain, have long ceased to give pleasure. It is doubtful whether the obelisk was altogether pleas- ing to the ancient Romans. They could not fail to ad- mire its austere dignity and strength, and they re- garded it as the insignia of supreme power, human or divine. Roman Emperors from Augustus onward con- stantly imported them to Rome to celebrate a victory, to ador...n a circus, or to place in pairs, one on either side of the entrance to a tomb. But when the Romans re-erected an obelisk, whether in Rome, in Egypt, or in Constantinople, they frequently, if not always, raised the monoUth a perceptible distance above the pKnth of the base. On the four comers of this plinth they placed a bronze crab — one of the emblems of Apollo — or, as in Constantinople, a square of metal, and the obelisk it- self rested upon these, daylight being distinctly visible between the obelisk and its base.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Bernini's ex- travaganzas, in which the Egyptian symbol of the mys- tery of Ufe becomes the meaningless centrepiece for a banal fountain, have long ceased to give pleasure. It is doubtful whether the obelisk was altogether pleas- ing to the ancient Romans. They could not fail to ad- mire its austere dignity and strength, and they re- garded it as the insignia of supreme power, human or divine. Roman Emperors from Augustus onward con- stantly imported them to Rome to celebrate a victory, to ador...n a circus, or to place in pairs, one on either side of the entrance to a tomb. But when the Romans re-erected an obelisk, whether in Rome, in Egypt, or in Constantinople, they frequently, if not always, raised the monoUth a perceptible distance above the pKnth of the base. On the four comers of this plinth they placed a bronze crab — one of the emblems of Apollo — or, as in Constantinople, a square of metal, and the obelisk it- self rested upon these, daylight being distinctly visible between the obelisk and its base.
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