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 34
isted. Regarding Vanbrugh, Walpole wrote with disdain : Hewanted eyes, he wanted all ideas of proportion, convenience, propriety.He undertookvast designs, andcomposed heapsof littleness ;but in one of hisdiscourses to thestudents of theRoyal AcademyReynolds, in re-ferring to archi-tecture, said :… … Fig. 7. The Radcliffe Library, Oxford.James Gibbs, Architect. language of apainter, he had originality of invention, he understood light and shadow, he had greatskill in composition. To support his principal object, he pro-duced his second and third groups or masses ; he perfectly under-stood in…
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 · Adam, James, d. 1794 · Architecture · Decoration and ornament, Architectural · Furniture
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