Goethe among the Ancients: Nature and Architecture
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https://doi.org/10.4995/vlc.2018.8713Keywords:
Goethe, Sicily, architecture, myth, archetypeAbstract
During his trip to Sicily, a striking triad influenced Goethe. In the first place, a certain mythological predisposition presides over his descriptions. Second, he includes in his narration digressions about geology, geography, and botany. Finally, he dwells on detailed allusions to his artistic experiences, which include principally those related to architecture. As a result, Goethe combined in Sicily the experience of the ancient myth with the intimate conviction that feeling the natural and the Greek, as far as architecture is concerned, joins him to a meaning with validity in his time.
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Accepted 2018-02-14
Published 2018-04-19