ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PICTURESQUE
From French pittoresque (but also influenced by picture), from Italian pittoresco, from pittore painter, from Latin pictor.
7 QUOTES WITH «PICTURESQUE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
picturesque.
Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.
Lapped in poetry, wrapped in the picturesque, armed with logical sentences and inalienable words.
The landlord of colonial days may not have been the greatest man in town, but he was certainly the best-known, often the most popular, and ever the most picturesque and cheerful figure.
Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God's many forms, appears only in orderly ways that are beauteous and picturesque, or that the mystical appears only in completely silent ways. All are true. Except for the 'only' part.
Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.
It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.
I live in my house as I live inside my skin: I know more beautiful, more ample, more sturdy and more picturesque skins: but it would seem to me unnatural to exchange them for mine.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICTURESQUE»
Discover the use of
picturesque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
picturesque and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gardens and the
Picturesque: Studies in the History of ...
"Ranging over subjects from the cult of thepicturesque to verbal-visual parallels within gardens, from allegorical imagery to landscapepainting, these essays brilliantly invoke Hunt's fascination with the idea of the garden both as amilieu ...
2
Visual Planning and the
Picturesque
A previously unpublished work by Nikolaus Pevsner, much of which was published as journal articles in the Architectural Review in the 1940s and 1950s during Pevsner's term as editor.
Nikolaus Pevsner, Mathew Aitchison, 2010
3
The Politics of the
Picturesque: Literature, Landscape, and ...
This volume of essays by scholars from various disciplines in Britain and America incorporates a range of historically and theoretically challenging approaches to the topic.
Stephen Copley, Peter Garside, 1994
4
The tour of doctor Syntax in search of the
picturesque, a ...
What tho' the blackbird and the thrush " Make vocal ev'ry verdant bush — " Not
one among the winged kind " Presents an object to my mind ; " Their grace and
beauty's nought to me ; " In all their vast variety " The picturesque I cannot see.
William Combe, Syntax (dr. fict. name.), 1812
5
Technologies of the
Picturesque: British Art, Poetry, and ...
A study of how art and technology mutually align their representations of nature in order to transform land into intelligible landscapes.
6
Inquiry Into the
Picturesque
In these probing essays, Sidney K. Robinson re-examines the picturesque in its late eighteenth-century phase.
7
Uvedale Price (1747-1829): Decoding the
Picturesque
The first biography of the 18th century landscape gardener, Uvedale Price, showing the key interconnections between his roles as landowner, art collector, forester, landscaper, connoisseur and scholar.
C. Watkins, Ben Cowell, 2012
8
A
Picturesque Tour Through Holland, Brabant, and Part of ...
LETTER. VI. DELFT. BEAR SIR, J|HE pleasure we first found in travelling through
this country by water has not diminished. We yesterday hired the roof of the
trekschuit for this place, which is about six miles distant. The trekschuit is a large
boat ...
9
A
picturesque tour of Italy, from drawings made in 1816-1817
PREFACE Though numerous representations of Italian scenery have already
been presented to the public eye, yet in a country abounding so much with
picturesque details, and affording so many varieties of combination, an artist is in
no ...
10
Picturesque Prison: Evelyn Waugh and His Writing
This study of the life and works of Evelyn Waugh traces the novelist's pursuit of his vocation and his long retreat from a world which he came to regard as a spiritual dungeon.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICTURESQUE»
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picturesque is used in the context of the following news items.
Custom Built Log Cabin Includes Theater Room, Pool, Picturesque …
Built as a place of relaxation for family and friends on over three acres in picturesque Bull Valley, this home is surrounded by Scotch pine and ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
Spring Lake Park: Plan transforms dusty lakebed to picturesque …
Organizers say Spring Lake Park will be the new destination spot in the metro for families to enjoy the outdoors. Right now, it looks like a giant ... «KETV Omaha, Jul 15»
Guy Ritchie's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. highlights Italy's beauty spots
And the city, with its picturesque Bay, was the perfect location for impressive Italian exteriors and offered the added bonus of getting the cast ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Community to clean up picturesque pond clogged with litter
A COMMUNITY has kick-started a major clean-up operation after a picturesque pond became clogged with litter. Residents of Louth say they ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
History abounds along picturesque Battle Creek
Battle Creek may be one of the shorter waterways on the Prairies, but few can match it for the mix of history and scenery around every corner of ... «Western Producer, Jul 15»
Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Returns West to …
Washougal MX Park has hosted a round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship since 1980 and features arguably the most picturesque ... «PaddockTalk, Jul 15»
Travel Diary: Six picturesque places in New Zealand you must visit
Travel Diary: Six picturesque places in New Zealand you must visit. Published on July 21, 2015 3:56 pm. Travel Diary: Six picturesque places in New Zealand ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
Picturesque walking path honours 'community-minded' Wayne
STEP OUT: Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour Daybreak's Graeme Spink and Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour's Ray Smith take a stroll on the Wayne ... «Coffs Coast Advocate, Jul 15»
Thousands of people enjoyed a free two-day festival in a …
Thousands of people enjoyed a free two-day festival in a picturesque park in Walthamstow. Tuesday, 21 July 2015 By Matthew Stanton. MUSIC: Femi Kuti ... «Yellow Advertiser, Jul 15»
LOOK: North Wales' most picturesque holiday cottages revealed
North Wales is home to some of the most picturesque holiday cottages in the UK - and here are the pictures to prove it! Dotted around the ... «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
