I am not the fruit which hangs low, But a branch far below that. A mild branch from which no fruits grow. The high-hung fruits flaunt a fair glow, And the low-hung fruits are ersatz. I’m not even a fruit hung low. When the summertime sun still shone, Rats perched on me to nab a snack, Because from me, no peaches grow. The fruits above me grow so slow; I couldn’t bear if they grew fast. I am not the fruit which hangs low. A peach above, weighed down by snow, Loses its grip and tumbles past Me, the branch from which no fruits grow. This privilege, I can’t bemoan; Without fruit, nothing holds me back. I am not the fruit which hangs low, But a branch from which no fruits grow.
While the themes and styles of Neoclassicism can be traced back to the works of Nicolas Poussin or Claude Lorrain, what became the most influential to the era was the finding and excavation of Herculaneum and Pompeii in 1738 and 1748 respectively. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 buried both cities, but it preserved their frescoes, villas, and many of their valuable statues. The rise of Neoclassicism was built on the travel of many influential Europeans to Rome on the Grand Tour to get a first-hand view of the antiques along with the rise of the enlightenment period. The writings of Johann Wickelmann were very influential as well on the movement. Winckelmann was one of the first to start writing about the Greco Roman ideals of beauty and idealized that view of beauty which opened more people to be inspired by antiquity. The ideals of classical art such as its realism, restraint, harmony, and order made the neoclassical movement tie in well with the enligh...
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