The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam ;Unbuilt Adam
Title | The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam ;Unbuilt Adam PDF eBook |
Author | David King |
Publisher | |
Pages | 748 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Unbuilt Adam
Title | Unbuilt Adam PDF eBook |
Author | David Neden King |
Publisher | |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Neoclassicism (Architecture) |
ISBN | 9781135142445 |
Complete Works of Robert and James Adam and Unbuilt Adam
Title | Complete Works of Robert and James Adam and Unbuilt Adam PDF eBook |
Author | David King |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2013-09-13 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1135142491 |
This volume is a unique compendium of the works of Robert and James Adam, both built and unbuilt. It includes 900 illustrations. The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam is reprinted here in its entirety, updated and corrected. This title covers every one of the 230 or so built works, including 12 that have been recently discovered. It is complemented by a completely new title, Unbuilt Adam. This mentions all the brothers' important unbuilt projects, and it discusses and illustrates 130 of them. This volume gives an exceptionally thorough review of the brothers' designs. From public buildings to country houses, and monuments to ceilings, it is well informed and erudite. It provides a mine of information for both the expert and the general reader, and it uses the works covered to give an understanding of the Adam manner.
The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam
Title | The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam PDF eBook |
Author | David Neden King |
Publisher | Butterworth-Heinemann |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Details the architectural and decorative work executed from the designs of Robert Adams, and those in partnership with his brother James. The designs featured in this book are authenticated pieces and on display to the public.
The Education of the Eye
Title | The Education of the Eye PDF eBook |
Author | Peter De Bolla |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780804748001 |
The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic contemplation may, once more, be open to all who have eyes to look.
Robert Adam’s London
Title | Robert Adam’s London PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Sands |
Publisher | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2016-11-30 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1784914630 |
The iconic eighteenth-century architect Robert Adam was based in London for more than half of his life and made more designs for this one city than anywhere else in the world. This book reviews a wide variety of his designs for London, highlighting lesser-known buildings as well as familiar ones.
Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette
Title | Observations on the Letter of Monsieur Mariette PDF eBook |
Author | Giovanni Battista Piranesi |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9780892366361 |
An impassioned plea for a Roman-Style eclecticism that draws freely on all artistic forms and traditions, Piranesi's Observations anticipates the contemporary debate between devotees of a rational, minimal architecture and advocates of an architecture rich in ornament and historical references."--BOOK JACKET.