![]() Through this lengthy description Radcliffe is highlighting theories of the picturesque, which combines sublime and beautiful elements. The effect of the light, too, was interesting on the surrounding figures it threw a strong, though pale gleam, and glittered on their bright arms while upon the foliage of a gigantic larch… appeared a red, dusky tint, deepening almost imperceptibly into the blackness of night” (Radcliffe, 601). Foix stopped to observe the picture, which the party in the cave presented, where the elegant form of Blanche was finely contrasted by the majestic figure of the Count…and each was rendered more impressive by the grotesque habits and strong features of the guides…who were in the background of the piece. Foix pauses to describe his view of Blanche and her father in the landscape: An example of this kind of artistic ‘tableau’ occurs when St. The Mysteries of Udolpho is full of landscape description, so much so that critics have named her style “a pictorial art.” Radcliffe engages in “elf-conscious scene painting” (Cottom, 38), where popular theories of landscape are described in detail. ![]() One of the unique aspects of Ann Radliffe’s novels is her emphasis on landscape. ![]() ![]() Landscape, Setting, and Character Landscape ![]()
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