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It was not from want of perceiving the beauty of external nature but from the different way of perceiving it, that the early Greeks did not turn their genius to portray, either in colours or in poetry, the outlines, the hues, and contrast of all fair valleys, and bold cliffs, and golden noons and rosy lawns which their beautiful country affords in lavish abundance.

Primitive people ever so far as I know, enjoy that what is called the picturesque in nature, wild forests, beetling cliffs, reaches of Alpine snow are with them great hindrances to human intercourse, and difficulties in the way of agriculture, they are furthermore the homes of the enemies of mankind, of the eagle, the wolf, or the tiger, and are most dangerous in times of earthquake or tempest Hence the grand and striking features of nature are at fist looked upon with fear and dislike. I do not suppose the Greeks different in this respect from other people, except that the frequent occurrence of mountains and forests made agriculture peculiarly difficult and intercourse scanty, thus increasing their dislike for the apparently reckless waste in nature. We have even in Homer a similar feeling as regards the sea,---the sea that proved the source of all their wealth and the condition of most of their greatness before they had learned all this, they called it "the unvintagable sea" and looked upon its shore as merely so much waste lord. We can therefore easily understand, how in the first beginning of Greek art, the representation of wild landscape would find no place, whereas fruitful fields did not suggest themselves as more than the ordinary background. Art in those days was struggling with material nature to which it felt a certain antagonism.

There was nothing in the social circumstances of the Greeks to produce any revolution in this attribute during their greatest days. The Greek republics were small towns where the pressure of the city life was not felt. But as soon as the days of the Greek republics were over, the man began to congregate for imperial purposes into Antioch or Alexandria or lastly into Rome, tan we seek the effect of noise and dust and smoke and turmoil breaking into the natural longing for rural rest and retirement so that from Alexander’s day...We find all kinds of authors---epic poets, lyricists, novelists and preachers... agreeing in the praise of nature, its fine colors and its varies sounds. (Word Count: 410)


Greeks and the Natural Beauty
Greeks had been unable to understand the value of natural beauty; and was reluctant to show it in their art. In today’s world ignorant people also unaware of the natural beauty. In fact, natural beauty was a hurdle for Greeks in many ways and was also a problem for their agricultural growth. Moreover mountain ranges and beautiful jungles further aggravated their dislike towards natural beauty. In addition, it can be imagined that fascinating fields could only find its place in the simplest background of pictures. However, after the industrial revolution which caused pollution problem, people started to feel the importance of natural beauty. Ever since we can find the numerous artist, novelist, writers etc. who praises the external natural beauty. (Word count 120)