LESSON 58 
LANDSCAPE Types — THE Brook 
HE purpose of this lesson is to make an intimate 
study of a specific landscape motive or what is 
more properly speaking a landscape type, namely 
a brook. This lesson is also intended to serve 
as a model upon which the teacher will provide 
~) other lessons with which to introduce his pupils 
to other landscape types and motives which may 
happen to be available in their neighborhood. 
Landscape Types and Motives 
A landscape type may be roughly defined as a generalized form 
—one which is widely repeated. The principal types are as fol- 
lows: 
Mountains. 
Hills. There are many different kinds of hills forming 
sub-types. 
Plains, including prairies and deserts. 
Valleys. 
Cultivated and inhabited farming country. 
The Ocean. 
Lakes of many sizes and kinds. 
Rivers. 
Brooks. 
Forests. 
A landscape motive may be roughly defined as the most prom- 
inent and most frequently repeated feature in a given or limited area, 
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