CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. 



General meaning of the word picturesque ST 



Mr. Gilpin^s definition of it examined •» 38 



It lias not an exclusive reference to painting- • • • • 40 



The beautiful and the sublime, have been pointed out and illus- 

 trated by painting, as well as the picturesque ibid. 



Apology for making use of the word picturesqueness- • . • • 42 



The picturesque, as distinct a character, as either the sublime or 



the beautiful '• • • 4$ 



The picturesque arises from qualities directly opposite to those 



of beauty 49 



What those qualities are » 50 



Picturesque and beautiful in buildings 51 



Ditto in water 56 



Ditto in trees 57 



Ditto in animals 58 



Ditto in birds • 61 



Ditto- in the human species 63 



Ditto in the higher order of beings ibid. 



Ditto in painting -*• 64 



CHAPTER IV. 



General distinctions between the picturesque and the beautiful 68 



Ditto between the picturesque and the sublime- • 83 



The manner in which they operate on the mind - • • ST 



Of texpor as a cause of the sublime OS 



CHAPTER V. 



To create the sublime above our contracted powers : — The art 

 of improving therefore depends on the beautiful and the pic- 



turesque * lys? 



Beauty alone has hitherto been aimed at 103 



But they are seldom unmixed; and insipidity has arisen from try- 

 ing to separate them * • 104 



Instance of their mixture in the human countenance ibid. 



Y)ilto in flowers, shrubs and trees 103 



Ditto in buildings 109 



Illustration, from the mixture of discords with the most flowing 

 melodies in music- » 



