CONTENTS. XXVll 



And in real scenes — Turkey — Holland 187 



Objections to them stated and considered 188 



Trees the dress of buildings — Phryne 194 



Bareness and monotony the diseases of modern improvement- • 196 

 The best preservative against all extremes, is a study of the 



grand, beautiful, and picturesque in buildings ibid. 



The sublime in buildings . 19f 



Mr. Burke — Succession and uniformity ibid. 



The sublime of intricacy 193 



Effects of intricacy and uniformity compared 200 



San Pietro Martire of Titian • • 201 



Massiveness in buildings 202 



Lightness of style in writing — Voltaire. Note 203 



Pffistum — Blenheim — Anecdote of Voltaire. Note 204 



Massiveness in figures. Note on Blenheim 205 



Analogy between rocks and buildings 206 



Grandeur of marked divisions, as towers 209 



Wollaton house and Nottingham castle. Note 210 



Vanbrugh— Character of Blenheim : 212 



Summits of buildings 217 



Town of Tivoli 218 



And of Bath 220 



Appearance of buildings in the general view of a city ibid. 



Remark on the appearance of a mansion with its offices 221 



Chimnies 224 



Summits of buildings in pictures, &c. their various characters- • 231 



The beautiful in buildings 234 



Waving lines. Anecdote of Hogarth — Note 



Twisted columns •• 235 



