Chapter II: , Of the Central Mountains

§ 1. Similar character of the central peaks in all parts of the world. 275 § 2. Their arrangements in pyramids or wedges, divided by vertical fissures. 275 § 3. Causing groups of rock resembling an artichoke or rose. 276 § 4. The faithful statement of these facts by Turner in his Alps at Daybreak. 276 § 5. Vignette of the Andes and others. 277 § 6. Necessary distance, and consequent aerial effect on all such mountains. 277 § 7. Total want of any rendering of their phenomena in ancient art. 278 § 8. Character of the representations of Alps in the distances of Claude. 278 § 9. Their total want of magnitude and aerial distance. 279 § 10. And violation of specific form. 280 § 11. Even in his best works. 280 § 12. Farther illustration of the distant character of mountain chains. 281 § 13. Their excessive appearance of transparency. 281 § 14. Illustrated from the works of Turner and Stanfield. The Borromean Islands of the latter. 282 § 15. Turner's Arona. 283 § 16. Extreme distance of large objects always characterized by very sharp outline. 283 § 17. Want of this decision in Claude. 284 § 18. The perpetual rendering of it by Turner. 285 § 19. Effects of snow, how imperfectly studied. 285 § 20. General principles of its forms on the Alps. 287 § 21. Average paintings of Switzerland. Its real spirit has scarcely yet been caught. 289