Chapter II., Of Truth of Clouds: First, of the Region of the Cirrus. |
| §1. | Difficulty of ascertaining wherein the truth of clouds consists. | 216 | | §2. | Variation of their character at different elevations. The three regions to which they may conveniently be considered as belonging. | 216 | | §3. | Extent of the upper region. | 217 | | §4. | The symmetrical arrangement of its clouds.[Page lxiii] | 217 | | §5. | Their exceeding delicacy. | 218 | | §6. | Their number. | 218 | | §7. | Causes of their peculiarly delicate coloring. | 219 | | §8. | Their variety of form. | 219 | | §9. | Total absence of even the slightest effort at their representation, in ancient landscape. | 220 | | §10. | The intense and constant study of them by Turner. | 221 | | §11. | His vignette, Sunrise on the Sea. | 222 | | §12. | His use of the cirrus in expressing mist. | 223 | | §13. | His consistency in every minor feature. | 224 | | §14. | The color of the upper clouds. | 224 | | §15. | Recapitulation. | 225 |
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