| 单词 | Laocoon |
| 例句 | Cal and Aron were assigned to the seventh grade because of their age, and they learned every shadow of its picture—Laocoon completely wrapped in snakes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1506, around the time he traveled there, one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity, the “Laocoon,” was excavated from a vineyard in Rome. Review | This 16-century Spanish sculptor changed how his country looked at religious art 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Three grimacing satyrs struggling to fight off a serpent entwined around their legs, indeed looked like a parody of the famous Laocoon group dug up in Rome in 1506. When Roman Statues Play Pranks 2010-06-18T15:00:00Z The newly restored “Saint Martin and the Beggar” and the magnificent “Laocoon” preside over this exhibition. El Greco is focus of two U.S. shows on 400th anniversary of his death Nothing, he heard, except for a terrible 19th-century plaster cast of some Laocoon group. When Roman Statues Play Pranks 2010-06-18T15:00:00Z It was only in the Hellenistic age that Greek artists became fascinated by expression in works like the Laocoon, in which a man contorts his face in agony. Face value: expressions bring 4D ultrasound scans to life 2013-06-06T14:37:56Z Last Generation has said it had targeted the Laocoon statue, which is believed to have been carved in Rhodes in 40-30 B.C., because of the symbolic story behind it. Climate activists tell Vatican court they never intended to hurt ancient statue in glue protest 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Last Generation said the group targeted the Laocoon statue, which is believed to have been carved in Rhodes in 40-30 B.C., because of the symbolic story behind it. Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoon statue 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Some of the limbs rival in size the parent stem, and will be gnarled and contorted in a manner recalling the writhings of the Laocoon. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z If the Laocoon had been the work of a New England artist I think the North would have found at once a warm advocate in Mr. Gladstone. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z There is now no doubt that the Laocoon is the group described by Pliny. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Ever since then, Laocoon and his sons’ struggle with the serpents has been a favorite subject for poets and artists. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z According to legend and the Vatican Museums’ own website, Laocoon warned his fellow Trojans against accepting the wooden horse left by the Greeks during the Trojan War. Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoon statue 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Farther on was the niche in which was found the famous group of Laocoon, in a room belonging to a subterranean palace of the emperor, communicating with the baths. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The boy with the gift of wood-carving having stared at Kipps' face for a moment, became involved in a Laocoon struggle with a giggle. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Of this the Laocoon is an example, which stands in the palace of the emperor Titus,—a work which may be considered superior to all others both in painting and statuary. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z When I meet a man who really believes the Presbyterian creed, I think of the Laocoon. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z The Laocoon formed for Lessing the theme, or at least the text of a work of his own, and both before and after him a great deal has been written on the subject. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z He went to the Academy Schools, and took his place humbly among the young men to draw from the cast of Laocoon there. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z In the flusterment of going in he could almost forget for a time his Laocoon struggle to explain, and in the intervals he did his best to keep forgetting. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z In the third portico, between the Antinous and the Laocoon, are two beautiful dogs. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z And why should we not have in sculpture a Lear as well as a Laocoon? a Constance as well as a Niobe? a Gismunda as well as a Cleopatra?—— Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:11.383Z Because beauty is obviously the chief aim of sculpture, Lessing tried to explain the fact that the Laocoon does not cry out, by saying that crying out is incompatible with beauty. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z We see genius struggling like Laocoon in the grasp of a power whose virulence he did not measure, and to whom sooner or later the increasing languor must yield. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z He read and translated to them, the second book of the �neid, about the downfall of Troy, the wooden horse and the fearful end of Laocoon. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z He takes a pleasure in discovering that the children of Laocoon bear no proportion to the height of their father, but the whole group makes him tremble, while other spectators are unmoved. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z There was among them, though, a man named Laocoon, a priest of Neptune, who objected to this plan. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Now Lessing criticised this opinion of Winckelmann's in his Laocoon, and improved it in the way mentioned above. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Laocoon, it is by their having left their own ground, and taken that of Poetry, Expression. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z Laocoon is the image of the most acute grief, that puts the nerves, the muscles, and the veins, in action. Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman 2011-02-28T03:00:32.460Z Whatever Lessing says about poetry in the Laocoon applies equally well to prose. The Literature of Ecstasy 2011-02-16T03:00:39.843Z And these serpents came directly to the spot where Laocoon stood with his two sons. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The same with acting; Laocoon on the stage would certainly have to shriek. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z And then in the same spirit—no, in his own grander spirit—I would have Mendelssohn improviser the Laocoon. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z But for a moment I stood in adoration, Reverent, as the sun-rays Struck between the glistening leaves; Lighting the frail, lean form, The shrunken flanks, That knew more suffering than held The agonies of Laocoon. Eidola 2011-01-17T03:00:49.097Z During the sacrifice, two enormous serpents issued from the sea, and attacked Laocoon's two sons, who stood next to the altar. Heathen Mythology "Laocoon has been punished for his lack of reverence in despising it." Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z A shrieking Laocoon could not be produced in marble, but only a figure with the mouth open vainly endeavouring to shriek; a Laocoon whose voice has stuck in his throat, vox faucibus haesit. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z The group of the Laocoon and the Farnese Hercules were both found in the ruins of Roman baths. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Picture the horror and anguish with which the citizens of Troy witness the seizure and suffocation of Laocoon and his children by the gigantic serpents. The Life-Work of Flaubert From the Russian of Merejowski Laocoon, grand priest of Neptune, in the spirit of prophecy, told them to destroy it, and to doubt the gift of an enemy. Heathen Mythology So the prophecy of Laocoon and of the sad Cassandra was proved true, for there was not a Trojan on guard. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The illustrations are entitled:—— I. Laocoon hurleth his spear against the horse. Aubrey Beardsley The door opened of itself at the summons, and I found myself in a large hall with a plaster cast of the Laocoon, and nothing else. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance After this Cardinal there came to the Pope two Ambassadors from King Francis, and they, having seen the statues of the Belvedere, lavished all the praise at their command on the Laocoon. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma In vain did Laocoon persist in his assertion that danger was near, and in vain was he commissioned by the Trojans to offer a bullock to Neptune, to render him propitious. Heathen Mythology Laocoon, trying to rescue his sons, was drawn into the serpent's coils and all three were strangled. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z This may be observed in the Laocoon, where the mouth only opens sufficiently to indicate the suppressed agony of superior humanity, without expressing the loud cry of vulgar suffering. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 I was expecting it to wind right round you like that picture of Laocoon in our mythology.” Chicken Little Jane on the Big John And, having resolved to have another made in imitation of it, he remembered Baccio, whom he sent for and asked whether he had the courage to make a Laocoon equal to the original. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 07 (of 10) Tribolo to Il Sodoma The Apollo of Belvidere & the celebrated Laocoon lose, therefore, much of their Excellence when seen by me. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) As Laocoon uttered these prophetic words, he threw his lance at the side of the wooden horse and it rebounded with a hollow sound. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Such books as Lessing's "Laocoon," such passages as the criticism on "Hamlet" in "Wilhelm Meister," fill me with wonder and despair.' Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) Ridolfi says that Veronese brought home casts from Rome, and statues of Amazons and the Laocoon seem to have inspired the Jupiter. The Venetian School of Painting Instances in the Laocoon and Theseus.limited his experience of art, can supply many for himself, and inadequate, because no number of them could illustrate the full extent of the influence of the expression. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) Joyce and I gasped, then broke simultaneously for the door as it flew open to reveal a tableau resembling the Laocoon group sans snake and party of the third part. Lighter Than You Think The conception of a material object is usually complex, involving form, color, size, and other elements; a clock is a complicated mechanism; the Gordian knot was intricate; the twining serpents of the Laocoon are involved. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions When I first saw the Laocoon in the Vatican, I felt that I saw the symbol of the country;—there was Italy writhing in the folds of the great Cobra di Capella, the Papacy. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge From the evidence of an antique gem, on which is engraved a representation of this group, we find the right arm of the Laocoon has been wrongly restored. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life For whatever knowledge of the human frame there may be in the Laocoon, there is certainly none of the habits of serpents. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) "He handles it as Laocoon did the serpents," whispered Grahame. The Art of Disappearing Effect produced upon the Trojans by Laocoon's fate. Romulus Makers of History Then the fine arts!—Carrara sends her block for the Laocoon by aid of thine; and what were all the galleries in Europe but a collection of gilt frames, but for thy backing and support. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. In the gem the hand of Laocoon is in contact with his head, and not, as restored by Giovanni da Montorsoli, raised high. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Among his best works must be reckoned the bassi-rilievi in the choir of the cathedral of Florence; his copy of the Laocoon; and the figures of Christ and Nicodemus on his own tomb. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" It was a large photograph of the Laocoon. The Pools of Silence Ancient statue of Laocoon.Its history.The statue now deposited in the Vatican. Romulus Makers of History Much of the argument of Lessing's elaborate essay on the “Laocoon” is aimed at this point, which is brought out in its completeness in his discussion of Timomachus' treatment of the raving Ajax. Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures Then followed the heavy rumbling of massive cars groaning under the weight of sculptures, these too inscribed: The Apollo Belvedere: The Laocoon, etc. The Story of Paris LAOCOONTE, Vatican Gallery, Rome, Italy.—This famous group represents Laocoon and his two sons, who were strangled by serpents at the command of Apollo. Shepp's Photographs of the World Laocoon, the priest of Neptune, struck the side of the horse with his spear. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Early in life he went to Rome, and there studied and copied the works of antiquity; among other things he made a copy of the Laocoon, which was cast in bronze at a later time. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture In 1817 the Laocoon was in the heyday of its fame, and was regarded as the supreme achievement of ancient art. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Was there ever a man called Laocoon, who strangled sea serpents? General John Regan The body of Christ is the grandest, in my opinion, that Rubens ever painted; it seems to be imitated from the Torso of Apollonius, and that of the Laocoon. Rembrandt and His Works Comprising a Short Account of His Life; with a Critical Examination into His Principles and Practice of Design, Light, Shade, and Colour. Illustrated by Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt. Reaching the shore, they glided over the land to where stood the unfortunate Laocoon, whose body they encircled with their folds. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Among the great works of the Rhodian artists none is more familiar to us than the group of the Laocoon. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture Last of all, he "turns to the Vatican," to view the Laocoon and the Apollo Belvidere, the counterfeit presentments of ideal suffering and ideal beauty. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Whilst Laocoon with his two sons stood prepared to perform the sacrifice, two enormous serpents suddenly rose out of the sea, and made direct for the altar. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome A few great works of ancient sculpture, the Laocoon, the Dying Gaul of the Capitol, the Apollo Belvedere were discovered; and collections of ancient gems and coins were formed by many of the wealthy. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Two bull’s-eyes flashed out their rich beams at the word, and lit up a tableau of three, in attitudes faintly resembling those of the Laocoon, without the serpents. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Their faces were turned to heaven, as though they expected succour from above—a group that rivalled the Laocoon. The Rifle Rangers In a few, jealousy coils itself with lengthening fold, which, like the serpent that wrapped itself round Laocoon and his sons, makes parents and children its unhappy victims. Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author "To see things as they become," the rule of Lessing's Laocoon, has not found so many adherents, but it is more certain in meaning, and more pertinent to the art of narrative. Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature It represents Laocoon, the priest of Apollo and Neptune, and his two sons writhing in the folds of two hideous serpents. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. For "the Laocoon" marble is probably the best method of expression. A Hero and Some Other Folks "He is a Laocoon," says M. Felix Pyat in his newspaper, with some confusion of metaphor, "who will strangle the Republic." Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Mrs. Mopes did a paragraph by a man named Henry James, translated into action, which seemed quite difficult, and then a person called Parker externalized a violin and gave the Laocoon in terms of sound. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) "I don't know what to do!" cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoon of himself with his stockings. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book The first object to which we hastened, was the statue of Laocoon, for so many ages, and by so many writers admired and celebrated. The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. Pale at the sight we fly; unswerving, these Glide on and seek Laocoon. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Classical groups cannot be fairly judged by the Laocoon, the Farnese Bull, or even the Niobe reliefs. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres We were shown the niche in which the Laocoon stood, when it was discovered in 1502. The Diary of an Ennuyée It is a Laocoon grouping, a wordless concentrated struggle for the sunlight, and disagreeably impressive. Certain Personal Matters Thus saying, Laocoon hurled his spear against the side of the horse, and it sent forth a hollow sound like a deep groan. The Story of Troy All say, that justly had Laocoon died, And paid fit penalty, whose guilty spear Profaned the steed and pierced the sacred side. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor Vases, altars, ornaments of every kind, encircle the Apollo, the Laocoon, and the Muses. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy The museum contains some of the noblest treasures of art, including the Laocoon, and Apollo Belvidere. The Harris-Ingram Experiment Laocoon, the priest of Poseidon, manifested his aversion by striking the side of the horse with his spear. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The terrified Trojans regarded this awful event as a punishment sent by the gods upon Laocoon for insulting Minerva by casting his spear at her gift, which they now believed the horse to be. The Story of Troy Thus while they waver and, perplext with doubt, Urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, Lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, 46 Breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out; VII . The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor It is there, also, that was discovered the group of the Laocoon. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy And then, after lesser things, the interesting, if not intensely poetical, Epilogue to Lessing’s Laocoon leads us to one of the most remarkable of all Mr Arnold’s poems, Bacchanalia, or the New Age. Matthew Arnold Two souls, each innocent and aspiring, bound together by serpents, like the Laocoon.... Read-Aloud Plays After Laocoon had hurled his spear at the wooden horse, he and his two sons went to offer sacrifice to the gods at an altar erected on the beach. The Story of Troy Among standard critical works the one that has most impressed me is Lessing's "Laocoon"—at any rate the literary parts of it. Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 The saloon was decorated with copies, in plaster, of the best statues in Italy—Niobe, Laocoon, Venus de Medicis, and the Dying Gladiator. Corinne, Volume 1 (of 2) Or Italy There was no Laocoon to warn the Boers, and they rushed at what they thought was an armoured train in trouble. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Even Lessing has sanctioned it, when in his Laocoon, he speaks of "the highest expression leaving nothing to the imagination." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 When his courtiers pointed to the Laocoon as the most illustrious monument of ancient sculpture, he turned away with horror, murmuring: 'Idols of the Pagans!' Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots Meditate in reverence before the famous masterpieces of antiquity—the Venus of Milo—the silent agony of the Laocoon, the Hyperion Belvedere. The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making The group of Laocoon appeals at once to a reader of Virgil, and the divine vengeance of Leto's children upon Niobe is manifest in the Uffizzi marbles. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series Lessing, presumably in his Laocoon, has attributed this to the effects of sheer panic; but Carver's explanation, which attributes the ochre-like tint to the hypodermic operation of the Mash-Glance, seems far more plausible. The War of the Wenuses They would tone down the expression, as Lessing argues that the sculptor did in the features of Laocoon, until it became consistent with the lines of beauty. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 But if anyone declares that this quiescent attitude means indolence or sleep, his judgment is on a par with that which was once passed on the famous statue of the Laocoon. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) So link after link of the fearful evidence wound itself around her consciousness, which struggled against it, like Laocoon in the fatal folds of the serpent. The Missing Bride In vain their priest, Laocoon, implored them to desist, hurling his spear at the horse to prove it was hollow and hence might conceal some foe. The Book of the Epic In laying down the limits of poetry and painting in Laocoon, he attacked the error of his day which used poetry for pictures, debasing it to mere descriptions of seasons, places, plants, etc. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times He is a Laocoon wrestling with serpentine sentences. Shandygaff Bodmer only dimly outlined what an infinitely greater mind defined with unerring precision some twenty years later in the 'Laocoon.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 It seemed like Laocoon struggling ineffectually in the hideous coils of the monster Python. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Then comes the question of theories of criticism—can he do with less than, say, an acquaintance with Aristotle, and Lessing's "Laocoon," or even with so little? Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" It fully accomplishes its purpose when it adds the "ornament of grace, dignity of character, and appropriated expression, as in the Apollo, the Venus, the Laocoon, the Moses of Michael Angelo, and many others." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 The name of the Laocoon cabinet indicates the masterpiece it contains, as also the cabinet of the Apollo Belvidere. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy Th' uncertain multitude with both engaged, Divided stands, till from the tower, enraged 40 Laocoon ran, whom all the crowd attends, Crying, 'What desp'rate frenzy's this, O friends! Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham Who would compare the pathos of the Laocoon to that of Canova's Magdalen? Delsarte System of Oratory We flashed past Ealing like a rocket, and I desperately drew in coils and coils of the communicator until I and Westaby Jones resembled the Laocoon. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 7, 1919. Our ideal is no longer the tranquil beauty of the soul, it is the anguish of Laocoon fighting with the hydra of evil. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters Together with San Gallo and Bramante he studied the science of architecture in Rome, where he also worked at the restoration of newly discovered antiques, and cast in bronze a copy of the "Laocoon." Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts At one end of the gallery is a fine copy in marble of the Laocoon, by Bandinelli, one of the rivals of Michael Angelo. Views a-foot Early in the spring he assisted at the discovery of the Laocoon. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti I have accordingly drawn another from the Laocoon statue, the most difficult of all the statues; have shown it to, the keeper of the Academy and am admitted for a year without the least difficulty. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. For thee doth wait Anguish and shame yet bitterer than befell Presumptuous Laocoon. The Fall of Troy To listen to him was like reading the 'Laocoon,' which he evidently had at his fingers' ends. Tracks of a Rolling Stone Mark how every muscle of old Laocoon's body is distended to the utmost in the mighty struggle! Views a-foot When we descended into the place where the statue lay, my father exclaimed at once, 'That is the Laocoon, of which Pliny speaks.' The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti And turning the group of the Laocoon upside down, he added, "Now, then, copy that!" James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography And of the Trojans some Believed him, others for a wily knave Held him, of whose mind was Laocoon. The Fall of Troy But at this very time two serpents appeared and destroyed Laocoon and one of his two sons, a portent which so alarmed the followers of Aeneas that they withdrew to Ida. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Amazement seizes all; the gen'ral cry Proclaims Laocoon justly doom'd to die, Whose hand the will of Pallas had withstood, And dared to violate the sacred wood. The Aeneid English The date of the Laocoon seems thus finally settled, after long controversy. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 My father had completed his sixth copy of a fine chalk drawing of "The Laocoon." James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography It was found at Rome, on Mount Esquiline, under the pontificate of Paul III, who placed it in the Belvedere of the Vatican, near the Apollo and the Laocoon. Paris as It Was and as It Is And both together, inevitably seizing on beings who had rejected or lost divine knowledge, maintained a hold as fatal and invincible as that of the intervolved serpents of Laocoon. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance Laocoon, follow'd by a num'rous crowd, Ran from the fort, and cried, from far, aloud: 'O wretched countrymen! what fury reigns? The Aeneid English Lessing, in his Laocoon and elsewhere, sought to deduce the special function of an art from a consideration of the means at its disposal. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Meanwhile the young soldiers, after having watched this frightful Laocoon swaying for a moment, stirred, and the malicious one darted swiftly with the rope. England, My England No, no!" would he continue, turning his footsteps towards the adjacent room, where the suffering pangs of Apollo's high priest are painfully told in marble, "let let me rather contemplate the Laocoon! A Love Story The figure by Phidias on Monte Cavallo at Rome, the Apollo, the Laocoon, the Venus, the Hercules, and the fighting gladiator, are all perfect on the just principles I have mentioned. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself We fled amaz'd; their destin'd way they take, And to Laocoon and his children make; And first around the tender boys they wind, Then with their sharpen'd fangs their limbs and bodies grind. The Aeneid English Our ideal is no longer a serene beauty of soul; it is the agony of Laocoon struggling with the hydra of evil. Amiel's Journal I had come to this balcony and its realm of sunny silence through the proper palace of the "Apollo" and the "Laocoon" and Raphael's "Transfiguration" and "Stanze." Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis Goethe has shown this in the Laocoon, and every man feels it in constant experience. Literary and Social Essays The statue represents the punishment inflicted on Laocoon a Trojan priest together with his two sons. Early European History "We were talking of Laocoon," answered Helena, rising, from her chair. Married The Augustinian monk thought of his Virgil, when he heard the word Troy, and, as the statue came nearer, he could read the name Laocoon, the celebrated priest of Apollo. Historical Miniatures The 'Venus Hanadyomene,' the glorious Venus of the Louvre, which I saw in 1814, Colonel, in its glory—the 'Laocoon'—my friend Gibson's 'Nymth,' you see, is the only figure I admit among the antiques. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family This time they saw it, for the Laocoon's helm was put down, her great sails shivered and threshed, and she stood off on the other tack. Jim Davis He recognizes the Laocoon for what it really is, the abstract type of a Greek tragedy. Cambridge Sketches I admire indeed the Laocoon, still more the Venus, but the Apollo certainly bears away the palm and I fully participate of all Winkelmann's enthusiasm for that celebrated statue. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 Pope Julius II bought the Laocoon for the Vatican, after Michael Angelo had declared it was the greatest work of art in the world, and Signor de Fredis received a pension for life. Historical Miniatures The false analogy, "ut pictura poesis," establishing, as it does, a sanction in criticism for the static in drama, flourished until Lessing exposed it in his Laocoon. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism She was the Laocoon, and her figurehead was twined with serpents. Jim Davis There is no reason why such a subject as the Laocoon should make a different impression on a saint and on a profligate. The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) Then there is the celebrated copy of the group of the Laocoon by Bandinelli, which none but the most perfect and skilful connoisseur could distinguish from the original. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 In front of Hadrian's triumphal arch, he met the crowd carrying their beloved Laocoon. Historical Miniatures Hawthorne, in his Marble Fawn, comes nearest to him; but Byron's Gladiator and Apollo, if not his Laocoon, are unequalled. Byron An American writer thus apostrophizes this grand representation: Laocoon! thou great embodiment Of human life and human history! Mosaics of Grecian History Rhodes was the seat of a famous school for sculpture and painting, from which issued the Laocoon and the Farnese Bull. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. The Apollo Belvedere, the Venus de Medici and the Laocoon first claimed my attention, and engaged me for at least an hour and a half before I could direct my attention to the other masterpieces. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 At any rate, his "Dramaturgy" is full of original ideas, and when he drew out the sphere of poetry contrasted with that of painting in his "Laocoon," all Germany resounded with his praise. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller But in the ideal realm, aloof and far, Where the calm art's pure dwellers are, Lo, the Laocoon writhes, but does not groan. The Poems of Schiller — Third period Titus appears to have erected a palace for himself adjoining; for the Laocoon, which is mentioned by Pliny as standing in this palace, was found in the neighbouring ruins. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 11: Titus Yet—as Lessing showed in his Laocoon, despite all the crabbed narrowness of his treatment—it is hopeless for the poet to enter into rivalry with the painter or sculptor. The Principles of Aesthetics The Trojans believed this story also, and their belief was strengthened by the terrible fate which just then befell Laocoon, who a little before had pierced the side of the horse with his spear. Story of Aeneas The group of Laocoon and his children can give to a great extent the measure of what the plastic art of the ancients was capable of producing in the matter of pathos. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller It might be possible, for instance, to show children the difference between the real ugliness in the priest's face of the "Laocoon" group, because of the motive of courage and endurance behind the suffering. The Art of the Story-Teller His whole body seemed to suffer, and the agony of Laocoon was marked on his face. The Physiology of Taste A madness of horror possessed him, a horror that was like the blind madness of Laocoon struggling with his sons in the coils of the giant serpent. The River's End Thus speaking, Laocoon hurled his spear into the horse's side. Story of Aeneas Lessing, in his "Laocoon," had already shown the point of contrast between painting and poetry; and aesthetics, being defined as the science of the beautiful, must of necessity embrace poetry. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller I should be very glad to show my lord an account of those statues you mention: they are much wanted in his hall, where, except the Laocoon, he has nothing but busts. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Laocoon was a Trojan priest who, having committed grievous sin, was visited with a fearful punishment. A History of Greek Art They were monsters, yellow, foul-smelling, unhuman, and he fought as Laocoon fought. The River's End The Trojans were filled with fear and astonishment at this spectacle, and they regarded the event as a punishment from the gods upon Laocoon. Story of Aeneas Whether it concerns Laocoon or ourselves is only a question of degree. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller He was convulsed in the clasp of this death of his father's, as in the coils of the great serpent of Laocoon. Women in Love Laocoon, his body convulsed and his face distorted by the torture of poison, his mouth open for a groan or a cry, has sunk upon the altar and struggles in the agony of death. A History of Greek Art The Laocoon interested me very much when I read it. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man To such a philosophy of the variations of the beautiful, Lessing's analysis of the spheres of sculpture and poetry, in the Laocoon, was an important contribution. The Renaissance: studies in art and poetry If Laocoon were only a common man he would better understand his own interests, and, like the rest of the Trojans, he would find safety in rapid flight. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller In places its waters were almost hidden by grape vines that clambered and twisted around bush and tree, forming "Laocoon groups" in which they were hopelessly intertwined. See America First Hawthorne "felt the Laocoon very powerfully, though very quietly; an immortal agony, with a strange calmness diffused through it, so that it resembles the vast rage of the sea, calm on account of its immensity." A History of Greek Art In a greater degree than the Laocoon it trenches upon the province of painting. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable But as well might Laocoon have struggled in the folds of the serpent; they pulled him on, bound him hand and foot, and held his head forcibly down on the block. The Midnight Queen The Greek artist who has to represent a Laocoon, a Niobe, and a Philoctetes, does not care for the king, the princess, or the king's son; he keeps to the man. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller The chief curiosity, if not the chief ornament of a very elegant library, filled with vases and bronzes, is a marble head, supposed to be the original head of the Laocoon. Little Travels and Roadside Sketches The right arm of Laocoon should be bent so as to bring the hand behind the head, and the right hand of the younger son should fall limply backward. A History of Greek Art The latter dealt in great elaboration with the details and elements of the stories and characters that formed its subjects, as in the Niobe group, or the Laocoon, to be mentioned later. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable From Berlin he went to Breslau, where he made the first sketches of two of his greatest works, "Laocoon" and "Minna von Barnhelm," both of which were issued after his return to the Prussian capital. Minna Von Barnhelm We already know by his description all the force, all the rage of the two monsters who menace Laocoon, and we know how all resistance would be in vain. Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller Let us say no more about the Laocoon, nor its head, nor its tail. Little Travels and Roadside Sketches No work of sculpture of ancient or modern times has given rise to such an extensive literature as the Laocoon. A History of Greek Art Now turning to the Vatican go see Laocoon's torture dignifying pain; A father's love and mortal's agony With as immortal's patience blending; vain The struggle! Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable "Nicholas, when did you break your cameo?" she asked to change the subject, looking at his finger on which he wore a ring with a cameo of Laocoon's head. War and Peace To such a philosophy of the variations of the beautiful, Lessing's analysis of the spheres of sculpture and poetry, in the Laocoon, was a very important contribution. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry As for the famous groupe of Laocoon, it surpassed my expectation. Travels through France and Italy The calmness which Hawthorne thought he saw in the Laocoon is not there; there is only a terrible torment. A History of Greek Art The wild, passionate action of the whole work remove it far from the firm, orderly work of Pheidias, and carry it almost to the extreme of pathetic representation in sculpture shown by the Laocoon. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Thus, in the Laocoon, the horror of a moment grew to be the fate of interminable ages. The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni Hamlet is to Tiberius what the Laocoon is to the Newton of Roubilliac. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 Hence Smollett's ecstasies over the Laocoon, the Niobe, and the Dying Gladiator. Travels through France and Italy The serpents in Virgil, after they had destroyed Laocoon, found an asylum from the vengeance of the enraged people behind the shield of the statue of Minerva. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 Two of the most famous sculpture groups in the world were produced at Rhodes, the Laocoon, now at the Vatican, and the Farnese Bull, now at Naples. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable These more than outweigh the Laocoon and the Belvedere Apollo at Rome. The Way of All Flesh Under Julius II followed the memorable discoveries of the Laocoon, of the Venus of the Vatican, of the Torso of the Cleopatra. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy I only wish you could see some of the statues in Italy; the Laocoon, Niobe, and others I have seen. Elinor Wyllys, Volume 2 Laocoon of his own serpents, he struggled to a certain magnificence of attitude in the muscular net of constrictions he flung around himself. The Egoist The Laocoon shows the pathetic tendency at its utmost. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable The Laocoon and the Dying Gladiator are indeed exceptions, for it is character which constitutes their chief merit,—the expression of pain, despair, and agony. Beacon Lights of History The priest Laocoon is represented at the moment when the serpents of Apollo surround him and his two sons, born through their father's sin, and bear them all three down to destruction. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Again, there is less of the motive shown than in the Laocoon. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable Like the Laocoon the Farnese Bull exhibits surprising mastery of technical obstacles, but, like the Laocoon, it falls short of true tragic grandeur. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable The Laocoon illustrates excellently the extreme results of the pathetic tendency. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable |
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