Word: greek
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reaction against the classicism and rationalism of the preceding period. Instead of addressing themselves only to the cold understanding of their readers, the writers of the Romantic school appealed to the imagination, the faith, and the superstition of the people. Instead of a onesided worship of Latin and Greek literature they proclaimed the universality of literature in all ages and among all nations. The great works of Schiller and Goethe, white lifting German literature to a higher plane, had tended to remove it further and further away from the understanding of the masses. The Romantic School endeavored to restore literature...
...knowledge of the architecture and sculpture of Pergamon. By the aid of the large sum of money voted by the German government extensive researches have been made, and many relics have been brought to Berlin, which has become one of the chief centres of the study of Greek...
...which sacrifices were made. Views were also shown of the sculptures on the friezes of the different buildings, which are valuable as giving an idea of the implements of warfare used at that time. The sculpture of Pergamon lacks the grace and beauty which marks the higher period of Greek art. It is too huge and cumbersome, but displays energy and unbounded fire...
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...University of Leipsig there is a course in the principles and theory of dancing, especially those of the Greek chorus...