The Elements of Picturesque Scenery: Or Studies of Nature Made in Travel with a View to Improvement in Landscape Painting, Volume 1Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1853 - Landscape painting |
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The Elements of Picturesque Scenery: Or Studies of Nature Made in Travel ... Henry Twining No preview available - 2023 |
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afford Alpine Alpine climate Alps amongst angles appearance artist aspect basaltic beauty becomes bold boundary branches Cauterets character characteristic chiefly circumstances colour considerable constitute contrast curves dark Dartmoor Forest degree distance distinct edifice effect elegance elevation eminences especially examples extent external feet figures forests forms of mountains frequently glaciers grandeur granite grey height impressions inclined influence interest irregular kind landscape landscape painting less lichens light limestone Lizard Point lofty marked moun natural arches Nature objects observer occur outline owing painter painting peculiar perhaps picture picturesque poplar present projecting proportion pyramidal eminence Pyrenees racter reduplication remarkable rendered representation require resemblance result ridges rise rocks sandstone Saxon Switzerland scarcely scene scenery seen shape situation slopes sometimes stem stratified style Styria summit surface symmetry tains tints tion trees trunk Upper Austria Valais valley variety various vegetation vertical whereas whilst white fir willow