... full of dignity; that magnitudes which had added enormity to coarseness have become replete with strength and even majesty; that colors which had been esteemed unrefined, immodest, and glaring, are as expressive, tender, changeful, and capacious of... North America: The United States - Page 73by Samuel Edward Dawson, Henry Gannett - 1898Full view - About this book
| George Wharton James - Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) - 1900 - 448 pages
...which had added enormity to coarseness have become replete with strength and even majesty; that colors which had been esteemed unrefined, immodest, and glaring,...they can be understood. " It is so with the Grand Canyon. The observer who visits its commanding points with the expectation of experiencing forthwith... | |
| United States. National Park Service - Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico) - 1950 - 280 pages
...writing of the remarkable scenic features of the Colorado Plateau, Capt. CE Button stated in 1884: "Great innovations, whether in art or literature,...must be cultivated before they can be understood." This penetrating analysis of the problem that is faced in obtaining maximum recreational value from... | |
| Mark Neumann - Grand Canyon (Ariz.) - 1999 - 400 pages
...of the sublime. The Grand Canyon is "a great innovation in modern ideas of scenery," claimed Dutton. "Great innovations, whether in art or literature,...estimated, and must be cultivated before they can be understood."29 Dutton's government report serves as a benchmark for mapping the aesthetic contours... | |
| Donald Worster - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 692 pages
...coarseness have become replete with strength and even majesty: that colors which had been esteemed unrefmed, immodest, and glaring, are as expressive, tender,...must be cultivated before they can be understood. The newcomer does not arrive fully prepared to appreciate the canyon. But with long, careful study... | |
| Simon Coleman, Mike Crang - Business & Economics - 2002 - 264 pages
...modern ideas of scenery', claimed Dutton in his 1882 survey report for the United States Goverment. 'Great innovations, whether in art or literature,...must be cultivated before they can be understood' (in Sheldon 1881: 142). In part cultivating the canyon as a 'great innovation', Dutton called upon... | |
| Edward Dolnick - History - 2009 - 386 pages
...strange region with a shock." Dutton diagnosed the ailment. "Great innovations, whether in art or in literature, in science or in nature, seldom take the...must be understood before they can be estimated." See Tertiary History, pp. 141-2. "rattlesnakes crawl": Powell, Exploration, p. 175. "The whole country":... | |
| Mike S. Ford - Reference - 2003 - 196 pages
...by many people for that to happen. To quote from Dutton's "Tertiary History," [Farquhar #73\"Great innovations, whether in art or literature, in science...must be cultivated before they can be understood." Both these books outline the changes in attitude that have come about, and trace the significance of... | |
| Richard A. Grusin - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 244 pages
...which had added enormity to coarseness have become replete with strength and even majesty; that colors which had been esteemed unrefined, immodest, and glaring,...must be cultivated before they can be understood." Like the process of geological research and deduction by which Dutton verified that the Grand Canyon... | |
| Scott Herring - Art - 2004 - 228 pages
...with a sense of oppression, and perhaps with horror." To overcome the horror requires time, because "Great innovations, whether in art or literature,...must be cultivated before they can be understood" (141-42). 13 Among early commentators on the canyon, the uniqueness of the place confines writing about... | |
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