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Published in 1967: When first published forty years ago, this now well-known study was regarded as something of a pioneering venture in the field of visual romanticism. Despite susbsequent works on the various aspects of this subject, The Picturesque has always remained the most informative and illuminating historical introduction to the study of visual values as reflected in English literature, painting and lanscaping at the turn of the eighteeth and nineteenth centuries.
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INDEX
A Bibliography is to be found under “Books”
ABBEYS, 95, 103, 145, 152, 168, 194.
Abercrombie, Prof. Lascelles, 24.
Abruptness, 3, 66, 104.
“Accidents,” 8, 61, 192, 209.
Adam, Robert (1728–1792), 128, 188, 189, 257.
his definition of “movement,” 189.
his drawings in Soane Museum, 190.
on Sir John Vanbrugh, 190.
Adar, Dr., referred to, 127.
Addison, Joseph (1672–1719), 30, 87, 128, 129.
Agar-Robartes, Hon. Gerald, 259.
Age, effects of, 74.
Aggas, Robert (1619–1679), 251.
Agricultural reform, 140.
Aikman, William, painter (1682–1731), mentioned, 46.
Akenside, Mark (1721–1770), 44.
Albano, Francesco, mentioned, 67.
Albano, Italy, 88.
Alison, Rev. Archibald (1757–1839), 15, 65, 78.
Alps, the, 9, 11, 12, 27, 55, 84–89.
Ambleside, Westmorland, 107, 108.
Amory, Thomas (1691?–1788), 232.
Angelo, Henry, 241, 254.
Michael (1475–1564), 227.
Animals, Gilpin (Rev. William) on, 119.
picturesque attributes of, 119.
Approaches, Humphry Repton’s ideas of, 171.
Arc de Triomphe, Paris, 200.
Archaeology, 48, 96.
Arches, triumphal, 158.
Architecture, 4, 5, 30, 48, 57, 92, 93, 96, 102, 184, 186 et seq., 244.
effect of the Picturesque on, 187, 210.
Indian, 165, 182.
modern domestic, 209.
picturesque, definition of, 187, 188, 217.
picturesque, Payne Knight’s definition of, 215.
Roman, 179.
Aristotle (385–322 B.C.), 8, 52, 61.
Arley Hall, Cheshire, 184.
Arnald, George (1763–1841), 267.
Arne, Michael, 241.
Art, picturesque, 5.
Puritan abhorrence of, 24.
Arundel, Earl of, 85.
Ashridge Park, Herts, 183, 197, 214.
Asselyn, Jan (c. 1610–1660), 11.
Association, Theory of, 15, 16, 60, 78.
Association of ideas, 15, 17, 65, 191, 217, 228.
Astonishment, 81, 126.
Atkinson, P., architect, ...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface to the 1967 Reprint
- Table of Contents
- LIST OF PLATES
- I. THE PROSPECT
- II. IDEAL AND PICTURESQUE LANDSCAPE
- III. THE SUBLIME, THE BEAUTIFUL, AND THE PICTURESQUE
- IV. PICTURESQUE TRAVEL
- V. GARDEN SCENES
- VI. ARCHITECTURE
- VII. LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES
- APPENDIX
- NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS
- INDEX