ISBN: 9781153583459

Excerpt: ...upon Music, he says that the Christian religion is essentially melodious for this single reason, that she delights in solitude; the forests are her ancient abode, and her musi… Plus…

Excerpt: ...upon Music, he says that the Christian religion is essentially melodious for this single reason, that she delights in solitude; the forests are her ancient abode, and her musician ought to be acquainted with the melancholy notes of the waters and the trees; he ought to have studied the sound of the winds in cloisters, and those murmurs that pervade the Gothic temple, the grass of the cemetery, and the vaults of death. He repeats the ancient fable that the designers of the cathedrals were applying forest scenery to architecture; Those ceilings sculptured into foliage of different kinds, those buttresses which prop the walls and terminate abruptly like the broken trunks of trees, the coolness of the vaults, the darkness of the sanctuary, the dim twilight of the aisles, the chapels resembling grottoes, the secret passages, the low doorways, in a word everything in a Gothic church reminds you of the labyrinths of a wood, everything excites a feeling of religious awe, of mystery, and of the Divinity. The birds perch upon the steeples and towers as if they were trees, and the Christian architect, not content with building forests, has been desirous to retain their murmurs, and by means of the organ and of bells, he has attached to the Gothic temple the very winds and the thunders that roll in the recesses of the woods. Past ages, conjured up by these religious sounds, raise their venerable voices from the bosom of the stones and sigh in every corner of the vast cathedral. The sanctuary re-echoes like the cavern of the ancient Sibyl; loud-tongued bells swing over your head; while the vaults of death under your feet are profoundly silent. He praises the ideals of chivalry; gives a sympathetic picture of the training and career of a knight-errant, and asks: Is there then nothing worthy of admiration in the times of a Roland, a Godfrey, a Coucey, and a Joinville; in the times of the Moors and the Saracens; . . . when the strains of the Troubadours... Henry A. Beers, Books, History, A History Of English Romanticism In The Nineteenth Century Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; Art / History / General; Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); History / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9781153583459

Excerpt: ...upon Music, he says that the Christian religion is essentially melodious for this single reason, that she delights in solitude; the forests are her ancient abode, and her musi… Plus…

Excerpt: ...upon Music, he says that the Christian religion is essentially melodious for this single reason, that she delights in solitude; the forests are her ancient abode, and her musician ought to be acquainted with the melancholy notes of the waters and the trees; he ought to have studied the sound of the winds in cloisters, and those murmurs that pervade the Gothic temple, the grass of the cemetery, and the vaults of death. He repeats the ancient fable that the designers of the cathedrals were applying forest scenery to architecture; Those ceilings sculptured into foliage of different kinds, those buttresses which prop the walls and terminate abruptly like the broken trunks of trees, the coolness of the vaults, the darkness of the sanctuary, the dim twilight of the aisles, the chapels resembling grottoes, the secret passages, the low doorways, in a word everything in a Gothic church reminds you of the labyrinths of a wood, everything excites a feeling of religious awe, of mystery, and of the Divinity. The birds perch upon the steeples and towers as if they were trees, and the Christian architect, not content with building forests, has been desirous to retain their murmurs, and by means of the organ and of bells, he has attached to the Gothic temple the very winds and the thunders that roll in the recesses of the woods. Past ages, conjured up by these religious sounds, raise their venerable voices from the bosom of the stones and sigh in every corner of the vast cathedral. The sanctuary re-echoes like the cavern of the ancient Sibyl; loud-tongued bells swing over your head; while the vaults of death under your feet are profoundly silent. He praises the ideals of chivalry; gives a sympathetic picture of the training and career of a knight-errant, and asks: Is there then nothing worthy of admiration in the times of a Roland, a Godfrey, a Coucey, and a Joinville; in the times of the Moors and the Saracens; . . . when the strains of the Troubadours... Henry A. Beers, Books, History, A History Of English Romanticism In The Nineteenth Century Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153583459

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. S… Plus…

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; Art / History / General; Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); History / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Books Art~~History~~General History-Of-English-Romanticism-In-The-Nineteenth-Century~~Henry-Augustin-Beers General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: History / General; Art / History / General; Art / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); History / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9781153583459

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