Chapter III., Of the Inferior Mountains

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§1. The inferior mountains are distinguished from the central, by being divided into beds. 290
§2. Farther division of these beds by joints. 290
§3. And by lines of lamination. 291
§4. Variety and seeming uncertainty under which these laws are manifested. 291
§5. The perfect expression of them in Turner's Loch Coriskin. 292
§6. Glencoe and other works. 293
§7. Especially the Mount Lebanon. 293
§8. Compared with the work of Salvator. 294
§9. And of Poussin. 295
§10. Effects of external influence on mountain form. 296
§11. The gentle convexity caused by aqueous erosion. 297
§12. And the effect of the action of torrents. 297
§13. The exceeding simplicity of contour caused by these influences. 298
§14. And multiplicity of feature. 299
§15. Both utterly neglected in ancient art. 299
§16. The fidelity of treatment in Turner's Daphne and Leucippus. 300
§17. And in the Avalanche and Inundation. 300
§18. The rarity among secondary hills of steep slopes or high precipices. 301
§19. And consequent expression of horizontal distance in their ascent. 302
§20. Full statement of all these facts in various works of Turner.—Caudebec, etc. 302
§21. The use of considering geological truths. 303
§22. Expression of retiring surface by Turner contrasted with the work of Claude. 304
§23. The same moderation of slope in the contours of his higher hills. 304
§24. The peculiar difficulty of investigating the more essential truths of hill outline. 305
§25. Works of other modern artists.—Clarkson Stanfield. 305
§26. Importance of particular and individual truth in hill drawing. 306

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