In this podcast episode, Eduardo and Pedro Luis will be discussing the parallels for the two root meanings of the word “picturesque”, those being the French word “pittoresque” which means “like a picture” and the Italian word “pittoresco” which means “like a painter.” We use Nathaniel Parker Willis as a reference to get the meaning of the word “picturesque” from his novel American Scenery: Or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Does beauty truly lie on the eye of the beholder?