W.B. Yeats and the Winds of Doctrine; The Literary Environments of His Early Life and Their Contribution to His Theory of Poetry

Dieses historische Buch kann zahlreiche Tippfehler und fehlende Textpassagen aufweisen. Kaufer konnen in der Regel eine kostenlose eingescannte Kopie des originalen Buches vom Verleger herunterladen (ohne Tippfehler). Ohne Indizes. Nicht dargestellt. 1907 edition. Auszug: ...charm, not found again in the variation of all the other rooms and galleries; the graceful form of everything charms us, but chiefly in those rooms decorated in the Rococo Style. The Vestibule. Three barred gates, lavishly gilded admit the visitor, on the garden side, to the interior. The King used always to enter the castle by the marble court, from which a broad avenue leads down to the lake. The porch and vestibule afford some idea, by their noble architecture, of the surpassing grandeur of the vast interior apartments. The white columns of Tyrolean marble give to this vestibule a majestic appearance. The decorative ornamentation of the walls and ceiling, with their pictures and designs in gold, would have, if the original plan had been carried out, itself given to the vestibule a princely appearance; but, as it is, the very sim plicity of this hall forms an effective background for the much admired centre-piece, --the group of pea-cocks standing on a pedestal. This masterpiece of French industrial art rises to a height of nearly ten feet. On the pedestal of many-coloured marble is a huge vase of Italian marble; the block in the middle is made of Belgian granite. A gigantic pea-cock is perched in a majestic pose upon the vase. Its head and neck are of silver, whilst the body is cast in bronze; the eyes of its long trailing tail enamelled in gold. The female is seated on the pedestal, and completes a group full of nature and life. This interesting masterpiece of Parisian art was produced by the firm of Thierry and Breul in Munich. One is bound to admit that this great work is well chosen with a view to preparing us for all the splendour that will meet us in the other rooms. From the..