... poems, imagery should not be confused with actual visual image-making. In the description of fictional characters the writer may not suggest visual images at all for example. All these distinctions between literature and non-literature: personal expression, realization, lack of practical purpose and fictionality are restatements within a framework of semantic analysis of age old aesthetic terms such as: unity in variety ... above. This is because art was held to be an imitation of nature or reality, and Plato and Aristotle's theories on nature and reality were widely different, as were ...

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• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... commonplace. (164) I'm disappointed that I cannot report any extravagancies in his opinions on the old masters. Perhaps both were trying to put down in paint ideas which were more suitable to literature. (165) A strange beauty in them. (198) And the passion that held Strickland was a passion to create beauty ... on the other side, we can appreciate him as a talented artist, a creator of beauty. His passionate devotion to his art arouses our admiration. My personal impression of Strickland is that of a human being. I cannot appreciate his talent and his art, because I think that the most ...

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• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School