Phillipps, L. March (Lisle March), 1863-1917 · New York : H. Holt and Co. · leaf 160
that incomparably vigorous rendering of the lifeof a period, and we are, no doubt, rightly proud of it.But we have paid a price for it. We have given upfor it the Greek idea of sight as an independentwitness. The idea that the mind can receiveimpressions of truth through the eye has beenlost.… … WHAT ART MEANT TO THE GREEKSideas and theories, our whims and caprices. Butwe can no longer draw from it that succour whichthe Greeks drew when they looked up at theirtemples, raised on rocky pedestals for clearer view,and read there, in visible form depicted, the beautyand pleasantness of noble…
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