Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . ing apartments,they were alldelicacy, gaiety,grace, and beau-ty. The broth-ers then cited asinstances, theRotunda,1 theTemple of Peace,2the ruins of Had-rians Villa, thePalace of theEmperors, andother Cryptae atRome, with theinimitable re-mains on theBaian also add,Michael An-gelo, Raphael,Pyrro Ligerio,3 Fig. 45.—Tlreens for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn.(From drawings in the Soane Collection.) 1 The Pantheon. 2 Palladio called the Basilica of Constantine the Temple of Peace. Pr
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . ing apartments,they were alldelicacy, gaiety,grace, and beau-ty. The broth-ers then cited asinstances, theRotunda,1 theTemple of Peace,2the ruins of Had-rians Villa, thePalace of theEmperors, andother Cryptae atRome, with theinimitable re-mains on theBaian also add,Michael An-gelo, Raphael,Pyrro Ligerio,3 Fig. 45.—Tlreens for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn.(From drawings in the Soane Collection.) 1 The Pantheon. 2 Palladio called the Basilica of Constantine the Temple of Peace. Probably the Basilica is herereferred to. 3 Pirro Ligorio, of Rome, architect, died 72 THE LIVES AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM Dominichino,1 Georgio Vasari,2 and Algardi,3 with great taste andknowledge threw off these prejudices and boldly aimed at restorino-the 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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