CONTENTS. 



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CHAP. VI. Of the causes which may influence our feeling and judgment in matters of 



taste 47 



The imperfection of the elementary senses 48 



. , other faculties of the mind 48 



The limited sphere of individuals 48 



Particular associations of ideas.... 49 



CONCLUSION. 



The natural progress of taste in the mind 50 



Danger of proceeding on our own taste, before it become fixed and 



can be resolved into good sense 51 



PART II.— Of Painting. 



INTRODUCTION. 



Painting intimately connected with taste and rural improvement, be- 

 cause it tends to perfect our judgment in visible objects 53 



Arrangement of this part of the subject 53 



CHAP. I. Of the general principles of landscape painting. 



Design 54 



Disposition, drawing, and perspective 55 



Light, shade, and keeping— colouring 56 



Expression — general effect — grace 57 



CHAP. II. Of the advantages to be derived from the study of the principles and practice 



of painting, in architecture, and laying out grounds 58 



Its use in perfecting the faculty of taste 59 



In assisting in the discrimination of character 60 



In assisting in the composition of realscenery 61 



The advantages of perspective and optics in architecture 62 



The advantages of practising drawing or painting 62 



CHAP. III. Of the advantages to be derived from studying prints and paintings 65 



They enable the improver to distinguish the excellent from the in- 

 ferior scenes in nature » 65 



They may sometimes mislead those who are not acquainted with the 

 practice of drawing or painting > 



