Anniversary Addresses, 1829-36
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Each artist could choose the most favorable position for the execu- tion of his design ; and happy is the architect or sculptor who is enabled to study well his plan before putting it in execution ; and not less fortunate is he, if not opposed by false taste or the parsi- mony of those who require his services.
In passing over these grounds, where repose so many French- men in the long sleep of death, it is surprising to behold every form of tomb, used among all the nations of the earth, from t...he pyramid reared by Egyptian pride, to announce in reality the profound humility of the princes who caused them to be con- structed, because they could not occupy, in the immense pile, but a small and gloomy cell, to the basket of flowers under which the Turk and the Persian await the moment of being awakened to everlasting life. There are to be seen, near each other, the Egyptian sarcophagus, decorated with onllons, the stele of the Greeks, their cenotaphs and their monuments, — the antique bourn of the Romans, and their mausoleums re-produced^upon the soil of France, — the columbariums of the ancients, in the mortuary chapels and tombs, — the Greek orders near the architecture of the Arabs, — the leaves of the Acanthus and the Doric triglyphs, not far from wreaths of natural foliage, — the cinerary urn, the hide- ous form of the coffin, the sable wing of the Egyptians, reversed flambeaux, the bird of death, heads of contrition, crosses of every form, crowns of oak and myrtle, rose-buds, the pelican nourish- ing her young with her own blood, the humble grave-stone at the base of the superb mausoleum, roughly hammered granite near the best polished marble, the image of an illustrious man near the figure of an unknown person, marble sparkling upon more than a 44 thousand sepulchres, bronze formed into funereal monuments, and a thatched hut, furnishes a fond mother a protection for the ashes of her sons ; finally, there exists such a variety in the forms and arrangement of the three thousand stone monuments, that there cannot be discovered, among one hundred and fifty-nine small tombs, and more than six hundred mausoleums, or mortuary structures, any which are exactly alike ; nevertheless,' all the productions of art, collected in this place, are not worthy of ad- miration ; the fantastical, the ugly, and the deformed, are exhib- ited near the beautiful and elegant; but even their defects cause those to be more fully appreciated, which are truly splendid, per- fect, and admirable : thus disorder sometimes produces the sub- lime ; art employs shadows to produce more splendor, by their magical effects ; and the great Artificer of the universe often ap- proximates the most tremendous of the works, which are formed by his almighty hands.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Each artist could choose the most favorable position for the execu- tion of his design ; and happy is the architect or sculptor who is enabled to study well his plan before putting it in execution ; and not less fortunate is he, if not opposed by false taste or the parsi- mony of those who require his services.
In passing over these grounds, where repose so many French- men in the long sleep of death, it is surprising to behold every form of tomb, used among all the nations of the earth, from t...he pyramid reared by Egyptian pride, to announce in reality the profound humility of the princes who caused them to be con- structed, because they could not occupy, in the immense pile, but a small and gloomy cell, to the basket of flowers under which the Turk and the Persian await the moment of being awakened to everlasting life. There are to be seen, near each other, the Egyptian sarcophagus, decorated with onllons, the stele of the Greeks, their cenotaphs and their monuments, — the antique bourn of the Romans, and their mausoleums re-produced^upon the soil of France, — the columbariums of the ancients, in the mortuary chapels and tombs, — the Greek orders near the architecture of the Arabs, — the leaves of the Acanthus and the Doric triglyphs, not far from wreaths of natural foliage, — the cinerary urn, the hide- ous form of the coffin, the sable wing of the Egyptians, reversed flambeaux, the bird of death, heads of contrition, crosses of every form, crowns of oak and myrtle, rose-buds, the pelican nourish- ing her young with her own blood, the humble grave-stone at the base of the superb mausoleum, roughly hammered granite near the best polished marble, the image of an illustrious man near the figure of an unknown person, marble sparkling upon more than a 44 thousand sepulchres, bronze formed into funereal monuments, and a thatched hut, furnishes a fond mother a protection for the ashes of her sons ; finally, there exists such a variety in the forms and arrangement of the three thousand stone monuments, that there cannot be discovered, among one hundred and fifty-nine small tombs, and more than six hundred mausoleums, or mortuary structures, any which are exactly alike ; nevertheless,' all the productions of art, collected in this place, are not worthy of ad- miration ; the fantastical, the ugly, and the deformed, are exhib- ited near the beautiful and elegant; but even their defects cause those to be more fully appreciated, which are truly splendid, per- fect, and admirable : thus disorder sometimes produces the sub- lime ; art employs shadows to produce more splendor, by their magical effects ; and the great Artificer of the universe often ap- proximates the most tremendous of the works, which are formed by his almighty hands.
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