Chapter II: Preface: iii

ADVERTISEMENT.
_The plates and figures_. xxii

INTRODUCTION.
_The use and advantage of considering
solid objects as only thin shells composed
of lines, like the outer-coat of an onion_. 1

CHAPTER I.
_Of FITNESS_, 13

CHAPTER II.
_Of VARIETY_, 16

CHAPTER III.
_Of UNIFORMITY, REGULARITY, or
SYMMETRY_, 18

CHAPTER IV.
_Of SIMPLICITY, or
DISTINCTNESS_, 21

CHAPTER V.
_Of INTRICACY_, 24

CHAPTER VI.
_Of QUANTITY_, 29

CHAPTER VII.
_Of LINES_, 37

CHAPTER VIII.
_Of what sort of parts and how PLEASING
FORMS are composed_, 39

CHAPTER IX.
_Of COMPOSITIONS with the
WAVING LINE_, 48

CHAPTER X.
_Of COMPOSITIONS with the
SERPENTINE LINE_, 50

CHAPTER XI.
_Of PROPORTION_, 67

CHAPTER XII.
_Of LIGHT and SHADE, and
the manner in which objects are explained
to the eye by them_, 93

CHAPTER XIII.
_Of COMPOSITION with regard to LIGHT,
SHADE, and COLOURS_, 106

CHAPTER XIV.
_Of COLOURING_. 113

CHAPTER XV.
_Of the FACE_.
1. _In the highest taste, and the reverse_.
2. _As to character and expression_.
3. _Of the manner in which the lines of the
Face alter from infancy upwards, and shew
the different Ages_, 122

CHAPTER XVI.
_Of ATTITUDE_, 135

CHAPTER XVII.
_Of ACTION_.
1. _A new method of acquiring an easy and
graceful movement of the hand and arms_.
2. _Of the head, &c._
3. _Of dancing, particularly the minuet_.
4. _Of country-dancing, and, lastly, of
stage-action_. 138

_Prints Publish'd by_ W. HOGARTH.

FIGURES _referr'd to in the_ BOOK.

ERRATA.

[Transcriber's note: Hogarth's corrections are now incorporated within the text.]