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CHAPTER XV.

Conclusion—Concerning Colour—New Theory of Colours andShadows, by Dr. Milner — Application of the same —Harmony — Discord — Contrast—Difficulty of Comparisonsbetween Art and Nature.

The Art of Painting has been usually treated under four distinct

heads, viz.

Composition. Design, or Drawing. Expression, and Colouring .Each of which may, in some measure, be applied to Land-scape Gardening, as it has been treated in this work.

Composition, includes those observations on utdity, scale, per-spective, &c. contained in Chap. I, and II.

Design, may be considered as belonging to the remarks on water,wood, fences, lines, &c. contained in Chap. Ill,IV, V, VI, and VII.

Expression, includes all that relates to character, situation,arrangement, and the adaptation of works of artto the scenery of nature, which have been discussedin the remaining chapters of this work; and lastly,

Colouring , so far as it relates to certain artificial objects, hasbeen mentioned in Chap. XI.