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 29
ct. 6 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND 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 writings of many eminent architects of former times, asSerlio, Fontana, Vignola, and Philibert de lOrme, and leave… … Fig. 5.—Villa Rotonda, Vicenza. Andrea Palladio, Architect. Christopher Wren became the foremost architect, and displayed anextraordinary genius that has gained for him universal admiration.Unlike 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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