The Christmas holydays in Rome by Kip William Ingraham 1811-1893

Author:Kip, William Ingraham, 1811-1893. [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Boston, New York, E.P. Dutton and company
Published: 1869-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

these spoils of the tomb. But as they sing the hymns for the dead, with what solemn emphasis must they chant the words of the "Dies Irse,"—

" Lacrymosa dies ilia Qua resurget ex favilla Judicandus homo reus. Huic ergo parce Deus, Pie Jesu Domine! Dona eis requiem."

" That day of doom, that day of tears, When guilty man awakes in fears, From dust, and 'fore his Judge appears. O bounteous Jesus, Lord forever blest! Give faithful souls departed endless rest.'*

CHAPTER XIII.

CHRISTIAN ART. OVERBECK.

NE of the wonders of Rome at the present day is a German artist of the name of Over-beck, with whose reputation we had been famihar long before we left home. He is said to have broughr Christian art to a higher degree of perfection than any who are now living. It is one of the pleasures indeed of this land of paintings and statues, to study the progress of art in past ages, and to mark how it has been gradually modified and changed by the progress of the religious principle.

The ancient Greeks worshipped only physical beauty, and deified the human form. They drew their inspiration from the old Mythology, and in the arts produced Apollo as the model of manly vigor, and Venus as the embodiment of female loveliness. They bequeathed this feeling to those who came after them and studied their creations of matchless grace ; and thus for ages artists seemed to seek their inspiration only in "the fair humanities of old religions." Forming to themselves a standard of ideal beauty, they mused over it through long years of earnest toil, seeking to develop the conception and perpetuate it in the changeless marble. Sometimes every thought and

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