Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 27
HE LIVES AND WORK OF ROHl-.RT AM) JAMES ADAM and a copy, in which he made notes, is now in the library ofWorcester College, Oxford. The entries show that he was familiarwith the writino-s of many c-niinent architects of former times, asSerlio, Fontana. Yignola, and Philibert de IOrme, and leave us… … Fig. 5.—ViLL.\ RoTONDA, \iCENZA. Andrea Palladio, Architect. Christopher Wren became the foremost architect, and displayed anextraordinary genius that has gained tor him universal admiration.Inlike Inigo Jones, he never travelled in Italy, and only appears tohave been abroad during the latter half…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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