It means to refer back to a past that never was - kind of like refering to a golden age often in art and architecture.
Its one of those long german philosophy words.
Please help then i can sleep tonight.
2006-09-06 08:35:04 · 9 answers · asked by Bebe 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I have just found out the word is versimilitude.
2006-09-06 09:55:35 · update #1
Check out this link:
http://www.anthrobase.com/Txt/F/Fure_J_S_01.htm
I don't have time to read it right now, but I think you may find your answer there.
2006-09-06 08:53:38 · answer #1 · answered by zia269 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nostalgia.
2006-09-11 19:37:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Valhalla comes to mind.....having to do with the Germanic /Teutonic knights but this may not be what you need,will ponder it further.
2006-09-06 15:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by toe_clamp 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a hard one, i searched the web for it and dictionary.com for it but i(got very close)couldnt. Maybe if ull look harder than i did and you'll find it.
good luck
2006-09-06 15:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by thats it 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baroque?? But no, I think that started in Italy.
Sorry, man.
2006-09-06 15:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by followthedot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mirage, because it takes time to see what isn't and never was.
2006-09-06 15:47:42 · answer #6 · answered by Kris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it could be mythologizing.
2006-09-06 17:11:08 · answer #7 · answered by mikayla_starstuff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
words that come to my mind are:
Jugendstil
Sturm und Drang
2006-09-06 16:48:04 · answer #8 · answered by Erica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is is Confabulation?
2006-09-06 16:03:14 · answer #9 · answered by M. Romeo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋