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Identifier: antiquitsherculan07davi (find matches)
Title: Les antiquités d'Herculanum : avec leurs explications en françois
Year: 1780 (1780s)
Authors: David, François-Anne, 1741-1824 Maréchal, Sylvain, 1750-1803
Subjects: Art, Roman -- Italy Herculaneum (Extinct city) Herculaneum (Extinct city) -- Pictorial works
Publisher: A Paris : Chez David, graveur ...
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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uédifice qui en approche. Labeauté du travail lui donne un grand prix ; mais elle prendun nouveau degré dintérêt, sil cft vrai quelle nous repri-fente Augufte fous les attributs de Jupiter. Un excès de reconnoiflance ou de vanité fit imaginer lesproportions gigantefques, les flatues coloflales. Il fembladabord quun grand homme devoit être en effet plus grandquun homme ordinaire. LAmazone Taleftris , en préfencedAlexandre , vit avec étonnement que la taille du Héros ré-pondoit fi mal à la grandeur de fes allions : car ajoute Q. Cur-»tius , Hominibus bsrbaris in corpomm majeflate vcneratio ejl, ma-gnorumque operum non aiios capaces putant quam quos eximia fpe-^cie donare nature dignata e/îy\l. 5. Dun autre côté, un Sou-verain , fier de fon rang, voyant avec peine que , quoiquélevéfur un trône au-deffus de tout un Peuple, fa taille nen de-venoit pas plus haute , appella les arts au fecours de fonîimour - propre humilié j. & lArtifte eomplaifant ne fe fit pas Uû
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TomVII. (55 )fcrupule de violer les régies de la nature, en faveur du Mo-narque orgueilleox. Ceft ainfi que les Auguftes , les Tibères,les Nérons les Dc-mitiens, & beaucoup dautres , eurent lesâ honneurs de la Statue ColofTale. Ces honneurs étoient mieuxmotivés, quand ils avoient les Dieux pour objxts. Car, quoi-ique liiomme ait fait fes Divinités à (a reffembiance , il fentitnéanmoins que, pour être conféqnent, il devoit leur donnerâ¢des proportioms plus grandes , plas hsrdjes , plus dignes du rôlequil fe propofoit de leur faire jouer. La Nature Divine , co-piée daprès la Nature Hanaaine , devoit, pour nêtre point con-fondue avec celle-ci , en différer au moins par le volume ,& comme dit Ifidore : I^itur ut Tanpla domrlmspulcnora , fie&fimulachra curporibui ampUora faciebant , VIH. 7. On eft convenu de diftmguer trois fortes de ftatuos de cegenre : les Auguftaks ^ quand elles font de moitié plus hautesque le corps hunnain : tel eft notre fcronze ; HéroÃ

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  • bookid:antiquitsherculan07davi
  • bookyear:1780
  • bookdecade:1780
  • bookcentury:1700
  • bookauthor:David__Fran__ois_Anne__1741_1824
  • bookauthor:Mar__chal__Sylvain__1750_1803
  • booksubject:Art__Roman____Italy_Herculaneum__Extinct_city_
  • booksubject:Herculaneum__Extinct_city_____Pictorial_works
  • bookpublisher:A_Paris___Chez_David__graveur____
  • bookcontributor:Getty_Research_Institute
  • booksponsor:Sloan_Foundation
  • bookleafnumber:208
  • bookcollection:getty
  • bookcollection:americana
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