Robert Adam His Brothers: Their Lives, Work Influence on English Architecture, Decoration and Furniture (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

John Swarbrick

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ISBN 10 : 1331823749 ISBN 13 : 9781331823742

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Robert Adam His Brothers: Their Lives, Work Influence on English Architecture, Decoration and Furniture

Ome years have elapsed since I was invited to become the author of this book. Then I was filled with admiration for some of the finest works of the brothers; for long I had been generally familiar with their best known undertakings and with the collection of engravings of their work, published in the eighteenth century and at the beginning of the nineteenth, but these had hitherto failed to convey to me an adequate conception of their remarkable ability as designers. It was not until I saw the actual works, that have been preserved with care in many of the great houses of this country, that I became able to properly appreciate the value of their work, and to ascertain the true position of the brothers among the architects and art workers of their day.

In addition to visiting the works of the brothers in London and the Vicinity, I have familiarised myself with examples in the more distant parts of the provinces, as well as in both Scotland and Ireland. I have also been able, whilst upon the Continent, to pay Visits to most of the places at which both Robert and James Adam stayed, when engaged abroad upon study and research; and in these and similar ways I have sought to do what in me lay to render this book more useful and of greater interest.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331823749
• ISBN 13: 9781331823742
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 381
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