Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture (1915)
Swarbrick, John, b. 1879 · London, B.T. Batsford, ltd., New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 104
otnote to the Preface ofthe Works, the brothers incidentally make an allusion to Cinque-cento work. In the time of Raphael, Michael Angelo, JulioRomano, Polidoro, Giov. dUdine, Vasari, Zuchero and Algardi,they wrote, there is no doubt there were much greater remains ofthegrotte1 than what are now… … Fig. 51.—Plaster Bas-Relief,Harewood House, London.(See Fig. 202.) 74 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM were decorated the loggias of the Vatican, the villas Madama,1Pamfile,2 Caprarola,3 the old palace at Florence,4 and indeed what-ever else is elegant or admirable in the finishings of…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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