PLATE I
PLATE II
[CONTENTS.]
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| [PREFACE.] | iii |
| [ADVERTISEMENT. ]The plates and figures. | xxii |
| [ERRATA.] | xxiv |
| [INTRODUCTION.] The use and advantage of considering solid objects as only thin shells composed of lines, like the outer-coat of an onion. | |
| [CHAPTER I.] Of Fitness, | 13 |
| [CHAPTER II.] Of Variety, | 16 |
| [CHAPTER III.] Of Uniformity, Regularity, or Symmetry, | 18 |
| [CHAPTER IV.] Of Simplicity, or Distinctness, | 21 |
| [CHAPTER V.] Of Intricacy, | 24 |
| [CHAPTER VI.] Of Quantity, | 29 |
| [CHAPTER VII.] Of Lines, | 37 |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] Of what sort of parts and how pleasing Forms are composed, | 39 |
| [CHAPTER IX.] Of Compositions with the Waving Line, | 48 |
| [CHAPTER X.] Of Compositions with the Serpentine Line, | 50 |
| [CHAPTER XI.] Of Proportion,. | 67 |
| [CHAPTER XII.] Of Light and Shade, and the manner in which objects are explained to the eye by them, | 93 |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] Of Composition with regard to Light, Shade, and Colours, | 106 |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] Of Colouring, | 113 |
| [CHAPTER XV.] Of the Face. 1. In the highest taste, and the reverse. 2. As to character and expression. 3. Of the manner in which the lines of the Face alter from infancy upwards, and shew the different Ages, | 122 |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] Of Attitude, | 135 |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] Of Action. 1. A new method of acquiring an easy and graceful movement of the hand and arms. 2. Of the head, &c. 3. Of dancing, particularly the minuet. 4. Of country-dancing, and, lastly, of stage-action. | 138 |
| [Prints Publish'd by W. Hogarth.] | |
| [Figures referr'd to in the Book.] |