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Front Cover TO VOL Essay on Artificial Water Different accidents by which natural lakes are formed—Pieces The two principal changes, are by removing earth from, or Remarks on digging out the soil previous to its being disposed of Arguments for enriching the banks of made-water Character of simplicity 1 1 >»' '''47 The strong attraction of water, and its influence on all around They all may, and should be imitated Of forming and planting islands And of their disproportion—Small pools in wooded scenes-• The use of islands in disguising the'appesrance of the head-• •'• The trees most proper for islands The great defect of Mr JJrown's system- • Difficulties in treating the subject, and whence they arise---- hardens in Italy; their general character- •• - ibid Arguments in favour of the old Italian gardens, from the cba- Anecdote of Lord Stair—Note—Gravel and terraae walk com- Revolution in gardening and politics compared How a real and progressive improvement in gardening might Richmond terrace Note Distinction between architecture in towns, and in the country • None so 'likely to produce a reform on that point as architect- Alsoofrocks Note And in real scenes—Turkey—Holland Bareness and monotony the diseases of modern improvement-• Massivenessin buildings-• • Grandeur of marked divisions, as towers -' '' Surrimits of buildings- - ; • Appearance of buildings in the general view of a city ibid Summits of buildings in pictures, &c their various characters- • Temple of the Sybil: the qualities of beauty according to Symmetry—Grecian and Gothic architecture Note Claude and Caspar The picturesque, in buildings • Of castles—of old mansion-houses -» On bridges' •* '•» Lightness and Massiveness—Quotation from Milton Stone and wood Drawing of Tintoret Note-- Twisted columns in one of the cartoons Bolognese school of painting Landscapes—Roman and Florentine schools « Landscapes of Bolognese school • • • Argument drawn from them for varying the summits ibid Ostade 32ft Wovermans • • • • • On slanting roofs • Goldsmith—sham villages in China Note Quotation from Milton Note * 3fil Grecian and Gothic Bridges •'•;•« About this Book - From Google
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