CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Elements of Pictures ..... 1

Sect. I.—Definition of a Picture . . 1

Sect. II.—Pictorial Effect ... 3

Sect. III.—Breadth ..... 5

CHAPTER II.

Rui.es for Producing Pictorial Effect . 11
Sect. I.—Simplest Arrangements: — Collins',

Bonington's and Stanfield's Principle 11
Sect. II.—Claude's Principle . . .13
Sect. III.—Rembrandt, Turner, and Collins'

Principle . . . . . .15

Sect. IV. — Complex Arrangements ; — Old

Principle of Three Lights, Rembrandt 17

Sect. V. New Principle, Turner . . 1.9

„ Fundamental Arrangement . . 21