... overflows the form rather than depends on the external work,—but the Greek creation can only awaken a sublimated carnal or sensuous delight. Now having entered somewhat into the heart of meaning of Greek sculpture, I can see that this is a wrong account of the matter. The critic has got into the real spirit of the Indian, but not into the real spirit of the Greek work; his criticism from that moment, as ...
... t value. There the manifestation of the Spirit is secondary, however beautiful and charming it may be; it is based on ignorance or partial lesser knowledge and it is perishable. The beauty of Greek sculpture is of this type. The Greeks wanted to express this lesser beauty and charm of life. But there is another type which surrenders its independent existence and becomes the vehicle and embodiment of ...
... many admitted, that an acknowledgment of the greatness of Greek art in its own province ought not to prevent the plain perception of the rather strait and narrow bounds of that province. What Greek sculpture expressed was fine, gracious and noble, but what it did not express and could not by the limitations of its canon hope to attempt, was considerable, was immense in possibility, was that spiritual ...
... this point of view the function of the artist is very high—indeed, it can even be the highest, if he can rise to it. When I saw you sitting in the Gallery and copying the master-pieces of Greek Sculpture I wondered how many of you were conscious of the connection of art with life. Appolo Belvedre is not merely an image done by some one off-hand. It is a product—a ripe product of Greek Culture which ...
... painting – are the expression of passions and have no mystery about them. Sri Aurobindo : What is he talking about? He seems to have s queer mind. Where is the expression of passions in Greek sculpture? On the contrary it is precisely their restraint that is very evident everywhere in this art. The Greek are well-known for restraint and control. Compared to other peoples' art it is almost cold ...
... days later, the talk was about Aldous Huxley's Ends and Means and Eyeless in Gaza. Or as the random breeze blew, the conversation might for a moment light Page 694 upon Greek sculpture or modem German art or on the impressionists or on Roger Fry's views on Art. On 24 January 1939, when the discussion was on the susceptibility of some races to beauty, Sri Aurobindo went into ...
... which movement, which part of the body rests when another is at work, the proportions between the different limbs, etc. Painters as well as sculptors had been very enthusiastic about some Greek sculptures that had been recently unearthed in Rome. They also felt the urge to depict nude bodies, and even when the body was hidden by draperies, they wanted the anatomy of the body to show under the folds... rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman manuscripts, by the finding of antique statues, by their passion ate study of ancient "pagan" civilizations, the Italians aspired to free themselves from the burden of the Middle Ages. They looked at life in a new way, and they loved it; it had lost its taint of sin. And this finding reawakened in them the passionate curiosity of the Greeks; they eagerly turned ...
... library, there was an enormous museum section. It displayed original antiquities—illustrating the histories, arts, crafts of numerous civilisations. I was fascinated to see ancient paintings, Greek sculptures, Assyrian winged bulls about forty feet high. There were priceless objects which had been excavated and now exhibited with informative notes. There were also Egyptian mummies and Sarcophaguses ...
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