Chapter IV.--Description

Difficulties of Language for making Pictures 49

Painting and Sculpture 50

Advantages of Language 50

Enumeration and Suggestion 52

Enumerative Description 54

Suggestive Description 55

Value of Observation 55

The Point of View 56

Moving Point of View 58

The Point of View should be stated 58

Mental Point of View 59

Length of Descriptions 63

Arrangement of Details in Description 64

The End of a Description 70

Proportion 73

Arrangement must be natural 74

Use Familiar Images 75

Simile, Metaphor, Personification 77

Choice of Words. Adjectives and Nouns 78

Use of Verbs 79

Suggestive Questions and Exercises 81

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