Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1916)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London : B. T. Batsford · leaf 33
f the ground without expecta-tion or preparation. This is a tributewhich a painter owes toan architect who com-posed like a painter,and was defrauded ofthe due reward of hismerits by the wits ofhis time, who did notunderstand the principlesof composition in poetrybetter than he, and whoknew little… … Fig. 8.—.St M.\ry-le-Str.\nd fro.m the West.James Gibbs, Architect. of letters, and both have left some of the fairest ornaments whichto this day decorate their several countries — the facade of theLouvre, Blenheim, and Castle Howard. In addition to designing buildings, \anbrugh also wrote…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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