| 单词 | genius loci |
| 例句 | That idea of genius loci—the spirit of a place—comes as a happy accident. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z And how could they be in any art that is, above and beyond all else, a celebration of genii loci, spirits of place? Through Catastrophe, and in Community, the Art of Daniel Lind-Ramos 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z It may not be modern but it’s powerful in its genius loci. Will Self, on himself 2012-08-20T11:45:00Z “The ancient Romans spoke of the genius loci, the spirit of the place - the effect a place has on one’s psyche,” wrote the Old Senate Chamber Architectural Advisory Committee. State House restoration to be complete in December 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Kosky is the latest in a series of innovative directors that Reese has invited to put their own spin on the works of the theater’s genius loci. ‘The Threepenny Opera,’ Without the ‘Cabaret’ Clichés 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z “The Old Senate Chamber has sheltered events that affected the course of history. The genius loci of this room must be felt by all those who enter it.” State House restoration to be complete in December 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Because she wears a helmet, she’s been called Athena in the past, though she probably represents some regional genius loci modeled, at a remove of thousands of miles, on Greco-Roman prototypes. Art Review: When East Met West Under the Buddha?s Gaze 2011-08-10T23:20:02Z Olmsted knew how to draw genius loci, the genius of the place, out of the most unforgiving rock and rubble-strewn landscape. 'Genius of Place': the restless genius of Frederick Law Olmsted, America's first landscape architect 2011-06-22T19:04:05Z When she joined the City Ballet, in 1984, the company was entering a difficult period of transition, brought on by the death of its founding choreographer and genius loci, George Balanchine. Nothing To Hide: Wendy Whelan Retires 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Landscapes are often talked about in terms of possessing a “genius loci,” and the same can surely be said of theaters. Theater Review: Onstage in London, Works That Look Back in Time as They Move Forward 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z As I pedaled on through the bosky, quiet terrain, I became aware of a peculiar genius loci, the spit’s ephemeral sense of place. An Unmissable Summer Holiday in the Baltics 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z He is not influenced by the genius loci; he has no personal interest whatever in Dublin. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z The constant uncertainty was fascinating; only in such unhurried rambles does the genius loci reveal itself. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z The mansion and town of Ferney were alike the creation of the genius loci; he was architect and builder of both. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z And now the inspiration of the country, the genius loci, comes upon us more and more. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Or he may entrust himself to the other genius loci of the place, represented by the acting manager rejoicing in a foreign name not to be mastered all at once by the sharpest British ear. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, September 30th 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:22.100Z The "genius loci," the "dryad" or "hamadryad," is the counterpart of the cherubim guarding the ark and the mercyseat of the Jewish temple. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z A lady and a gentleman, their backs to our friends, stood before the image of the genius loci; the lady was dressed in white, including a white bonnet. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z The genius loci haunts Historic Tower Hill, For, judging by their vaunts, Men lose their heads there still. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:15.237Z His mind grew up at Oxford, and few have shown so much of the genius loci. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z He will adore the “genius loci,”2492 or all the gods of Mauritania or of Britain. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius Not only were these creatures supposed to influence men, but they were also believed to guard places, and a genius loci was the same as the God of Ekron, or any other locality. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z His sermon was, in fact, quite in accordance with the day and the genius loci. The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides For Isabel Otis the genius loci had a more powerful and enduring magnetism than any man or woman she had ever known. Ancestors A Novel All this Kentish country, between London and Dover, figures indeed repeatedly in Dickens; he is to a certain extent, for our own time, the genius loci. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. The genius loci must look with wonder on the gigantic offspring of the little railway, which has swallowed up its own sire. Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years To me, who find it so difficult to tell the little that I know, he stands essentially as a genius loci. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 The sense of imminence increased, of a genius loci unguessed and troublous, vaguely threatening in the perfumed dark. Wild Oranges One evening the guests at the hotel arranged a concert, and to our surprise—for we knew how diffident he was—Paul, evidently moved by the genius loci, volunteered to take part in it. War Letters of a Public-School Boy About 1818, Etienne acquired a single share in the Constitutionnel, and after a year's service became impregnated with the air of the Rue Montmartre—with the spirit of the genius loci. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 Rome, as perhaps only Venice, is an organic city, almost a living being; its genius loci no allegory, but its own real self. The Spirit of Rome Browne, however, was free from the genius loci, being a Devonshire man born and of Exeter College, Oxford, by education. A History of Elizabethan Literature Thus Mr. Bligh Bond in his book, The Gate of Remembrance, implies that the whisperings of the genius loci enabled him to make his astonishing discovery of the lost Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury Abbey. Border Ghost Stories The last is a study of the genius loci of such places of mellow 124 associations as Eton and the Turf. When Winter Comes to Main Street A hard-featured hag, in a faded suit of an obsolete fashion—the genius loci—received the party. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 I missed the excursion to Shakspeare's House in this way, and the paper on the Bard of Avon, full of the genius loci, must have been as edifying as a sermon. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Thus each college comes to have a genius loci of its own. Colleges in America We who love St. Hospital," continued the Master, still tremulously, "have, I doubt not, each his different sense of the genius loci. Brother Copas Even the genius loci is educative, in its own quiet, subtle way. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular "The place is the devil," he said, and according to his own showing he did homage to the genius loci. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Just here it was that our Mayor fell out with our genius loci. The Mayor of Troy To possess its rarest stamp was mysteriously connected in my mind with being given the freedom of the land itself, and introduced with warm recommendations to its genius loci. The Joyful Heart He is the "genius loci," the Saint venerated above all others. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two The governor did die soon after his arrival on the island, and no doubt immediately after he had disturbed, in the manner related, the genius loci. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 As a consequence of this return of Nature's children to Nature's breast, the genii loci, the sylvan sprites, are all frightened inland from the borders of the beautiful river. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 The passage of so modern a thing as an aeroplane seemed almost a desecration of the spirit of antiquity, an insult to the genius loci. Round the World in Seven Days This time a new and uninviting customer appeared upon the scene, the genius loci of the old stable, namely, the "fretful porcupine." In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs That the genius loci is Episcopalian Protestant no one will deny. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Every building was in old times the combined expression of the individual man and the genius loci. Evesham It may be said in passing that this genius loci is here very much the presiding genius. The New Jerusalem But the genius loci here impresses on the trade in discarded odds and ends a peculiar character of its own. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Garrick, and not Shakespeare, is the genius loci. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 At the present moment, with all its toleration, all its liberality, all its comprehensiveness, and all its scrupulous honour, the genius loci, the guardian spirit of the place, was Protestant. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement I enjoy it greatly, and the genius loci receives me as to a home.' Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Being quite ignorant of the whereabouts of his regiment—when last heard of they had been in trenches near Ypres—and failing to recollect the existence of that autocratic but indispensable genius loci, the R.T.O., All in It : K(1) Carries On A Continuation of the First Hundred Thousand The spirit of the mighty dead seemed to hover around, as a sort of genius loci, rescuing the wretched tenement from otherwise deserved oblivion, and making its very dinginess venerable! The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 388, September 5, 1829 Is it the tomb of dead lovers, the memorial of some great deed, or an altar to the genius loci? Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Early knowledge of the genius loci has left an impression on the editor's mind which has produced this very completely illustrated edition. Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849 He was the soul of the merriment of the company, fullest of witticisms, keenest in appreciation of the liberty of the occasion, and the genius loci. The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I To me, who find it so difficult to tell the little that I know, he stands essentially as a genius loci. Memories and Portraits The little world is well governed, and seems to go of itself; duty is the genius loci—but duty tinged with a reserve and self-control which is the English characteristic. Amiel's Journal Supreme is the spell of the genius loci. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales This time a new and uninviting customer appeared upon the scene, the genius loci of the old stable, namely, the “fretful porcupine.” Locusts and Wild Honey The genius loci, the Chevalier himself, was not the last to welcome this prime stay and ornament of his establishment. The Fortunes of Nigel The loon is the genius loci of the wild northern lakes, as solitary as they are. Birds and Poets : with Other Papers This poetical name is none the less appropriate now that the modern electrician is preparing to draw his lightnings from its waters and compel the genius loci to become his willing bondsman. The Story of Electricity The reader comprehends that Uthwart was come where the genius loci was a strong one, with a claim to mould all who enter it to a perfect, uninquiring, willing or unwilling, conformity to itself. Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays They are its tradition, its memory, its quintessence, the genius loci incarnate. The Deserted Woman |
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