Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . e , they added, the rising and falling, advancing and reced-ing, with the convexity and concavity, and other forms of thegreat parts, have the same effect in architecture, that hill and dale,foreground and distance, swelling and sinking have in landscape :That is, they serve to produce an agreeable and diversifiedcontour, that groups and contrasts like a picture, and createsa variety of light and shade, which gives spirit, beauty, and effectto the composition. The presen
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . e , they added, the rising and falling, advancing and reced-ing, with the convexity and concavity, and other forms of thegreat parts, have the same effect in architecture, that hill and dale,foreground and distance, swelling and sinking have in landscape :That is, they serve to produce an agreeable and diversifiedcontour, that groups and contrasts like a picture, and createsa variety of light and shade, which gives spirit, beauty, and effectto the composition. The present south facade of the main building- is the onlyportion of Robert Adams original design for the extensive southfront that was ultimately executed (Fig. 72). The fenestration is similarin general arrangement to that upon the north facade, and the rusti-cated ground story has been repeated uniformly, but the resemblancedoes not extend much further. Instead of the projecting porticocrowned by a pediment, we find a simple treatment in the centre,supporting an attic story, which forms a base for the dome over. THE EARLY WORK OF ROBERT ADAM 91 the saloon. In the attic story, surmounting the four lofty columns,the figures of the Pastoral and Comic Muses, Prudence and Dianamay be seen, together with an inscription in the centre, which recordsthe date of completion— mdcclxv. When Kedleston is approached from the main road, the lodgeand lofty arch of the principal entrance are sure to attract the lodge the approach leads through the fine, well-woodedpark, over the lake, by means of Adams three-arched bridge andon to the mansion house, which may be seen in the distance, on theslowly rising ground beyond the lake (Fig. J2>)- ^n addition to thebridge, the boat-house upon the lake was also erected from the designsof Robert Adam. The massive character of the construction of thehouse can best be realised when it is stated that the columns of theCorinthian hexastyle port
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