Italian Travel Sketches
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The bizarre juxtaposition of styles in a church begins to look a proper combination as soon as we get an inkling of the unceasing processes by which art grows and changes. The great transition THE OBSESSION OF ROME 91 from Pagan to Christian art, ever present in the spectacle of Rome, appears not only to justify these odd contiguities, but to give them a satisfying look. We Hke to see the old Roman tombs and sarcophagi adapting themselves to the new Christian faith, the superposing, for example..., of mosaic crosses above a group of satyrs and cupids on an ancient sarcophagus in the church of S. Maria in AracoeH.^ We may learn to accept so palpable an artistic anomaly as the figure of S. Agnese in her church on the Via Nomentana, an antique statue of oriental marble in which one leg is exposed up to the knee. A growing apprehension of the continuity of a nation's Hfe, of how the new genera- tions hold on to the old ones, will reconcile us to much in Rome — the turning of fine old palaces into banks, hotels, and shops, and even the dust heaps and look of wanton wreckage which the latest " improvements '* are importing into the scene.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The bizarre juxtaposition of styles in a church begins to look a proper combination as soon as we get an inkling of the unceasing processes by which art grows and changes. The great transition THE OBSESSION OF ROME 91 from Pagan to Christian art, ever present in the spectacle of Rome, appears not only to justify these odd contiguities, but to give them a satisfying look. We Hke to see the old Roman tombs and sarcophagi adapting themselves to the new Christian faith, the superposing, for example..., of mosaic crosses above a group of satyrs and cupids on an ancient sarcophagus in the church of S. Maria in AracoeH.^ We may learn to accept so palpable an artistic anomaly as the figure of S. Agnese in her church on the Via Nomentana, an antique statue of oriental marble in which one leg is exposed up to the knee. A growing apprehension of the continuity of a nation's Hfe, of how the new genera- tions hold on to the old ones, will reconcile us to much in Rome — the turning of fine old palaces into banks, hotels, and shops, and even the dust heaps and look of wanton wreckage which the latest " improvements '* are importing into the scene.
What to read after Italian Travel Sketches?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Sully, James, 1842-1923 to read onlineMoreLess
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