Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 34
said : Ican pretend tono skill in thedetail of archi-tecture. I judgenow of the art,merely as apainter. When Ispeak of \an-brugh, I mean tospeak of him inthe language ofour art. Tospeak then ofVanbrugh in thelanguage of apainter, he had originality of invention, he understood light and shadow, he… … Fiu The Radcliffe Librarv, Oxford.James Gibbs, Architect. THE LIVES AND WORK OE ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM the background, by which the design and invention is set off tothe greatest advantage. What the background is in painting, inarchitecture is the real ground on which the building is erected ; andno…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture
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