كتاب
The genius of Robert Adam: his interiors
| العنوان: | The genius of Robert Adam: his interiors |
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| المؤلفون: | Harris, Eileen. |
| المساهمون: | Adam, Robert, 1728-1792. |
| بيانات النشر: | New Haven : Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c2001. |
| سنة النشر: | 2001 |
| وصف مادي: | 378 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 33 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Interior architecture -- Great Britain., Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain., Architecture -- Great Britain -- 18th century., Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century., Criticism, interpretation, etc., History. |
| Subject Person: | Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
| الوصف: | "Robert Adam was one of the greatest British architects of the later eighteenth century. So widespread was his influence as a decorator and furniture designer that his name has become a household word. But it is the synthesis of architecture, planning and decoration that stands at the heart of Adam's achievement as Eileen Harris shows in this elegantly illustrated book. She considers in detail the interaction of each of these elements in nineteen of Adam's most accomplished interior projects, including some of the most famous British country houses and London town houses." "Most of Adam's enormous body of work was in pre-existing houses; the challenges of remodelling stimulated his inventive imagination, and he became a master at turning awkward situations to advantage. Harris has mined archival sources, including the large collection of drawings from the Adam office at Sir John Soane's Museum in London, and fully examined the houses themselves to discover exactly what Adam did in each project and why. Taking into account later alterations and renovations, Adam-revival additions, and so-called accurate restorations of the last twenty-five years, Harris brings to light how much of Adam's original work was conditioned by circumstance and how much was left to invention." "In her discussions of the planning, decoration, ceilings, carpets, chimney pieces and furniture of such interiors as those at Kedleston, Syon House, Osterly Park, Newby Hall, Culzean Castle, and Home and Lansdowne Houses in London, Harris uncovers the full extent of Adam's prodigious achievements."--Jacket. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Machine generated contents note: 1 Kedleston Hall -- 2 Croome Court -- 3 Coventry House -- 4 Syon House -- 5 Alnwick Castle -- 6 Northumberland House -- 7 Bowood House -- 8 Lansdowne House -- 9 Harewood House -- 10 Osterley Park -- 11 Kenwood -- 12 Nostell Priory -- 13 Newby Hall -- I4 Saltram -- I5 Luton Hoo -- I6 20 St James's Square -- 17 Derby House -- I8 Home House -- I9 Culzean Castle -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Original Identifier: | ocm46991938 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-300-08129-9 0-300-08129-4 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-370) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.008798270.6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780300081299 0300081294 |
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