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CHAPTER II.-On the assortment of colours with respect to reading by
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Article 1.-Reading of a few minutes' duration
Article 2.-Reading of some hours' duration
CHAPTER III.-On the assortment of colours with respect to reading
by artificial light
CHAPTER I. On the employment of colours in Egyptian architecture 221
CHAPTER II. - On the employment of colours in Greek architecture 223
CHAPTER III.-On the employment of colours in Gothic architecture 224
CHAPTER I. On the assortment of stuffs with the wood of chairs. ib.
CHAPTER II. On the selection of frames for pictures and engravings 231
CHAPTER III.-On the general decoration of the interiors of churches 235
CHAPTER IV.-On the decoration of museums and galleries
Article 1. Pinacotheca, or picture galleries
Article 2. Glyptotheca, or sculpture galleries
Article 3.- Museums of natural history
The choice of colours for a theatre
Article 1.- Interior of the boxes
Article 2. The fronts of the boxes
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239
CHAPTER VI.-On the decoration of the interiors of houses and
palaces, with respect to the assortment of colours
244
§ 1. On the assortment of colours in connection with the decora-
tion of interiors, intended to receive tapestry or paper-hangings 245
Article 1.-The wainscoting
Article 3.-Cornice of the ceiling
Article 4.-Chairs placed in front of the wainscoting
Article 5.-Window and bed-curtains
246
§ 2. On the assortments of colours in interiors, the walls of which
are panelled or covered with marble or stucco, or decorated
with painted wood, stone, or stucco
Article 1.-Panelled interiors
Article 2.-Interiors covered with marble
Article 3.-Interiors covered with stucco
Article 4.-Interiors covered with wood or any kind of coating,
painted in several colours
SECTION III.
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262
§ 1. Of the advantages of contrast considered with regard to the
optical strengthening or purifying of the colour of cloths for
clothing
Article 1.-Of uniforms, the colours of which are complementary ib.
Article 2.-Uniforms of which the colours, without being comple-
mentary, are nevertheless very contrasting
Article 3.-Of a uniform composed of a single colour and white
Article 4.-Of a bi-coloured uniform, into which white enters
Article 5.-Of a bi-coloured uniform, into which black enters
Article 6.-Of a uniform in which there are more than two
colours, not comprising either black or white .
Article 7.-Of a uniform composed of different hues of the same
colour
Article S.-Of uniforms composed of two tones of the same scale. ib.
Article 9.-Of a uniform of one colour
§ 2. On the influence of superficial proportions according to which
cloths of different colours are associated in many-coloured uni-
forms
§ 3. Of the advantages of contrast considered with regard to the
apparent freshness of cloths for clothing
CHAPTER II.-On female clothing
Introduction
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274
§ 1. On the assortment of colours in the dress of women with white
skins
Article 1.-Distinction of the two extreme types of women with
white skins
275
Article 2.-Of the hair and head-dress under the relation of their
respective colours
276
Article 3.-Of the complexion and the contiguous drapery under
the relation of their respective colours
Article 4.-Of the head-dress, in relation to the coloured rays
which it may reflect upon the skin.
§ 2. On the assortment of colours in the dress of women with
copper-coloured skins
3. On the assortment of colours in the dress of women with
black or olive skins
279
2nd Supposition.-The painter wishes to dissimulate a tint of the
complexion
1st Supposition. The painter wishes to heighten the tint of a
Application of the law of contrast of colours to horticulture
CHAPTER I.-On the art of arranging ornamental plants in gardens,
so as to derive the greatest possible advantage from the colours of
their flowers
§ 1.-Associations of flowers which relate to the harmonies of con-
trast
293
Article 1.-Associations of flowers which relate to the harmonies
of contrast of colour
Article 2.-Associations of flowers which may be classed in rela-
tion to the harmonies of contrast of scale
295
Article 3.-Associations of flowers which relate to the harmonies
of contrast of hues
§ 2. Associations of flowers which relate to the harmonies of
analogy
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of scale
297
Article 2.-Associations of flowers which relate to the harmonies
of analogy of hues.
CHAPTER II.-On the art of assorting ligneous plants in gardens so
as to derive the best possible advantage from the colour of their
foliage
CHAPTER III.—Examples of plants which may be associated together
under the relation of the colour of their flowers
CHAPTER IV.-Examples of plants which can be associated together
under the relation of the colour of their foliage
SUB-SECTION II.
On the distribution and planting of trees, &c., in masses
CHAPTER I. Of lines of plants
Article 1.-Of the lines of plants called Screens
Article 2.-Of lines of plants considered as elements of masses
CHAPTER II. Of homogeneous masses
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300
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§ 1.-Isolated heterogeneous or varied mass
§. 2.-Heterogeneous or varied masses, subordinated to each other. ib.
Article 1.-General considerations
Article 2.-Rules to be followed in planting heterogeneous masses
subordinated to each other
CHAPTER IV.-On the principles upon which the system of planting
described in the two preceding chapters is based.
PART III.
EXPERIMENTAL ESTHETICS OF COLOURED OBJECTS.
Interference of the preceding principles in judging of coloured objects
with respect to their colours, considered individually and in the
manner under which they are respectively associated .
SECTION I.
Interference of the law of simultaneous contrast of colours with the
judgment we exercise upon all coloured bodies, viewed under the
relation of the respective beauty or purity of the colour and of the
equality of the distance of their respective tones, if these bodies
belong to the same scale
366
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368
CHAPTER I.-On the comparison of two patterns of the same colour. ib.
CHAPTER II.—Influence of a surrounding colour upon one colour when
compared with another colour
CHAPTER III.-On the effect of contrast upon the browns and the
lights of most of the scales of wool and silk employed in tapestry
and carpets
CHAPTER IV.-Means afforded by contrast by which we may become
certain if the tones of a scale of colour are equidistant
SECTION II.
369
Interference of the law of simultaneous contrast of colours with our
judgment on the productions of different arts which address the
eyes by coloured materials
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373
CHAPTER I. Of the binary associations of colours considered critically ib.
CHAPTER II.-Of the complex associations of colours reviewed criti-
378
CHAPTER III.—Of the twofold influence presented under the critical
point of view, that the physical condition of the coloured ma-
terials employed in various arts, and the speciality of these arts,
exercise upon the particular products of each of them.
380
§ 1. Of the arts of painting with coloured materials in a state of
so-called infinite division, considered relatively to the physical
state of these materials, and the speciality of the art employ-
ing them
§ 2. Of the arts which address the eye by employing coloured
materials of a certain size, considered relatively to the physical
condition of these materials, and to the speciality of the art
employing them
Article 1.-Tapestries, carpets, mosaics, and coloured glass win-
dows, corresponding to paintings in chiar'oscuro
Article 2.-Tapestries, carpets, mosaics, and coloured glass win-
dows, corresponding to painting in flat tints
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