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 32
ded that helpedhim to find new expression in his work, and to record some indicationof national temperament and personal individuality. The so-calledpurists who succeeded Wren, and reverted more closely to the style ofPalladio, possessed but a part of his powers, and, unable to appreciatethe… … Fig. 6.—St Stephens, Walbrook. Sir Christopher Wren, Architect. io THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM manner and achieve nobler effects. Among the pseudo-purists wasColin Campbell, a capable designer, and the compiler of the firstthree volumes of the Vitruvius Britannicus, and Hawksmoor,…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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