picturesqueness

picturesque | American Dictionary

picturesque
adjective
us/ˌpɪk·tʃəˈresk/
(esp. of a place) attractive in appearance:
We strolled through the picturesque streets of the old city.

Examples of picturesque

picturesque
In its worst guise, a preoccupation with the image leads to a superficial veneer of facadism, arguably a new picturesque, but one devoid of meaning.
Likewise, a picturesque lake in the park provided an opportunity for angling.
He was also critical of the picturesque qualities of the snaky 'stem' buildings.
The vocabulary of the picturesque, in turn, became available for metaphorical use in other spheres.
The forest becomes more than picturesque : it becomes dynamic.
And in that field the crisis will not be solved by technical advance alone or by picturesque images.
Its result was admired by many for its picturesque qualities + not one house resembled the neighbouring premises in building style and ornament.
I introduced them only because they were more picturesque and easier to handle than gold.
It is this subtlety that distinguishes these urban landscapes from the picturesque, highly controlled experiences of nineteenth-century parks.
They seek out the picturesque and the unusual and plan their trip to enjoy the sense of freedom away from home and the mundane.
So the manufactured landscape has begun to lose its industrial aesthetic and become concerned with questions of the picturesque.
The picturesque traveller 'pursued' views whilst botanising walkers 'hunted out' specimens.
It was both celebrated as "picturesque" and vilified as a source of contamination.
Despite those significant and important achievements, his charming and picturesque personality was more appealing and telling than suggested merely by his biographical data.
The illustrator intended not only to explore the picturesque aspects of the poem, but also to present his work as a painting.
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