Identifier: robertadamhisbr00swar (find matches)
Title: Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Swarbrick, John, b. 1879
Subjects: Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 Adam, James, d. 1794 Architecture
Publisher: London : B.T. Batsford
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Fig. 45.—Ilkkkns for Sir Watkin Williams Wvnn(From drawings in tliu Soane Collection.) and the objectswith which theywere to be com-pared, and, withregard to the de-coration of theirprivate and bath-ing apartments,they were alldelicacy, gaiety,grace, and beau-ty. The broth-ers then cited asinstances, theRotunda, theTemple of Peace,-the ruins of Had-rians Villa, thePalace of theEmperors, andother Cryptae atRome, with theinimitable re-mains on theBaian shore.They also add,Michael An-gelo, Raphael,P\rn) Ligerio, the Basilica of Constantine the IVmplc of Peace.referred to. ^ Pirro Ligorio, of Rome, architect, died 1583. Ihe Pantheon.- Palladio calledProbably the Basilica is here
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7- Till. I.l\-i:S AM) WORK OF ROHERT AND JA.MES ADAM Dominichino, I.eoroio Vasari,- and Algardi, with great taste andknowledoe threw off these prejudices and boldly aimed at restoringthe antique. One of the most familiar characteristics of the work of the brotherswas the use of light and graceful stucco bas-reliefs, and similar decora-tion rendered in colour (Figs. 50, 51). Ornamentation of this kind

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