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344 SECOND PERIOD.
ears attached to his helmet. The inscription indecipherable,
all but " SUPERBIA."
Spenser has analyzed this vice with great care. He first
represents it as the Pride of life; that is to say, the pride which
runs in a deep under current through all the thoughts and acts
of men. As such, it is a feminine vice, directly opposed to
Holiness, and mistress of a castle called the House of Pryde,
and her chariot is driven by Satan, with a team of beasts,
ridden by the mortal sins. In the throne chamber of her
palace she is thus described :
" So proud she shyned in her princely state,
Looking to Heaven, for Earth she did disdayne;
And sitting high, for lowly she did hate:
Lo, underneath her scornefull feete was layne
A dreadfull dragon with an hideous trayne;
And in her hand she held a mirrhour bright,
Wherein her face she often vewed fayne "
The giant Orgoglio is a baser species of pride, born of the
Earth and Eolus; that is to say, of sensual and vain conceits.
His foster-father and the keeper of his castle is Ignorance.
(Book I. canto vm.)
Finally, Disdain is introduced, in other places, as the form
of pride which vents itself in insult to others.
§ lxxxix. Fourth side. Anger. A woman tearing her dress
open at her breast. Inscription here undecipherable; out in
the Renaissance copy it is " ira crudelis est in me."
Giotto represents this vice under the same symbol; but it
is the weakest of all the figures in the Arena Chapel. The
"Wrath" of Spenser rides upon a lion, brandishing a firebrand, his garments stained with blood. Rage, or Furor,
oc«urs subordinately in other places. It appears to me very
strange that neither Giotto nor Spenser should have given any
representation of the restrained Anger, which is infinitely the
most terrible ; both of them make him violent.
§ xc. Fifth side. Avarice. An old woman with a veil
over her forehead, and a bag of money in each hand. A figure
very marvellous for power of expression. The throat is all
| Title | The stones of Venice - 2 |
| Creator | Ruskin, John |
| Publisher | J. Wiley |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1889 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000390 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 344 SECOND PERIOD. ears attached to his helmet. The inscription indecipherable, all but " SUPERBIA." Spenser has analyzed this vice with great care. He first represents it as the Pride of life; that is to say, the pride which runs in a deep under current through all the thoughts and acts of men. As such, it is a feminine vice, directly opposed to Holiness, and mistress of a castle called the House of Pryde, and her chariot is driven by Satan, with a team of beasts, ridden by the mortal sins. In the throne chamber of her palace she is thus described : " So proud she shyned in her princely state, Looking to Heaven, for Earth she did disdayne; And sitting high, for lowly she did hate: Lo, underneath her scornefull feete was layne A dreadfull dragon with an hideous trayne; And in her hand she held a mirrhour bright, Wherein her face she often vewed fayne " The giant Orgoglio is a baser species of pride, born of the Earth and Eolus; that is to say, of sensual and vain conceits. His foster-father and the keeper of his castle is Ignorance. (Book I. canto vm.) Finally, Disdain is introduced, in other places, as the form of pride which vents itself in insult to others. § lxxxix. Fourth side. Anger. A woman tearing her dress open at her breast. Inscription here undecipherable; out in the Renaissance copy it is " ira crudelis est in me." Giotto represents this vice under the same symbol; but it is the weakest of all the figures in the Arena Chapel. The "Wrath" of Spenser rides upon a lion, brandishing a firebrand, his garments stained with blood. Rage, or Furor, oc«urs subordinately in other places. It appears to me very strange that neither Giotto nor Spenser should have given any representation of the restrained Anger, which is infinitely the most terrible ; both of them make him violent. § xc. Fifth side. Avarice. An old woman with a veil over her forehead, and a bag of money in each hand. A figure very marvellous for power of expression. The throat is all |
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