Robert Adam and his brothers : new light on Britain's leading architectural family /

Robert Adam and his brothers : new light on Britain's leading architectural family /

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Meeting name:	Georgian Group (Symposium) (2015), creator.
Imprint:	Swindon : Historic England, 2019. ©2019
Description:	ix, 269 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Adam, Robert, -- 1728-1792 -- Congresses. Adam, James, -- 1732-1794 -- Congresses. Adam, John -- (Architect) -- Congresses. Adam, James, -- 1732-1794. Adam, Robert, -- 1728-1792. Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses. Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- Great Britain -- Congresses. Neoclassicism (Architecture) Architecture. Great Britain. k -- Conference -- v -- papers (document genres) Conference papers and proceedings. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12318498

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Other authors / contributors:	Thom, Colin, editor.
ISBN:	9781848023598 1848023596
Notes:	"This book evolved from an international symposium on the Adam brothers, held by the Georgian Group at the RIBA in London in September 2015."--Page viii. Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-256) and index.
Summary:	Robert Adam is perhaps the best known of all British architects, the only one whose name denotes both a style and an era. The new decorative language he introduced at Kedleston and Syon around 1760 put him at the forefront of dynamic changes taking place in 18th-century British architecture. His later claim that his practice with his brother James had effected 'a kind of revolution' in design was no idle boast. Their style dominated the later Georgian period and their influence was widespread, not only in Western Europe but in Russia and North America. But for such a well-known figure, much of Robert Adam's art still remains poorly understood. 0This study, based on papers given at a Georgian Group symposium in 2015, looks afresh at many aspects of the Adam brothers' oeuvre, such as interior planning, their use of colour, the influence of classical sources, their involvement in the art market, town planning and building speculation, and Robert Adam's late picturesque drawings and castle designs - all within the context of the Adam family background and their personal and working relationships. The Scottish architecture of Robert and James's older brother, John, is also assessed.

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Call Number:	NA997.A4 G46 2015
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