XXVlll CONTENTS. 



Temple of die Sybil : the qualities of beauty according to Mr. 



Burke, applied to it 237" 



Beauty in the surface and tint of buildings— the buildings in 



Mr. Locke's Claude 240 



By what means they might cease to be beautiful and become 



simply grand, and picturesque 242 



Symmetry — -Grecian and Gothic architecture. Note 24-1 



The doctrine of insensible transitions applied to ruins 246 



Association of ideas 247 



Ruins in the pictures of Claude 249 



Claude and Caspar 253 



Conjecture why Claude so often painted ruins, and Gaspar 



so rarely. • • • 253 



One great use of buildings in landscape, a resting place for 



the eye s 254 



Salvator "Rosa seldom painted any buildings in his landscapes- • 255 



The picturesque in buildings 258 



Mixed with beauty •••..«• 259 



With grandeur • 260 



Ruins of Greek and Roman buildings- ♦ 262 



Of abbeys 263 



Of castles — of old mansion-houses • • 264 



Of cottages, mills, &c. •» 265 



Picturesque habitable buildings • ibid. 



Advantages of turning the windows towards the best points 



of view * 268 



On bridges ■>'• 271 



Stupendous bridge in China * 272 



Grecian and Gothic Bridges ....<•...*....».... » • 274 



