The decorative periods . CLASSIC COLONIAL The Decorative Periods 25; Herculaneum was discovered in 1709. Pompeiiwas discovered in 1748. Robert Adam, the originator of the stylebearing his name, visited Italy in 1754, where hespent three years. As a result, all that he didfor years after, and all that his associate artistsaccomplished, was Roman. His work was fullof octagons, ovals, rounds, lozenge-shapedpanels, fans, , Greek and Roman vases,medallions with figures, sometimes draped, fes-toons, fawns, cupids, goats, carryatids, ramsheads, griffins, sea horses and winged ;and
The decorative periods . CLASSIC COLONIAL The Decorative Periods 25; Herculaneum was discovered in 1709. Pompeiiwas discovered in 1748. Robert Adam, the originator of the stylebearing his name, visited Italy in 1754, where hespent three years. As a result, all that he didfor years after, and all that his associate artistsaccomplished, was Roman. His work was fullof octagons, ovals, rounds, lozenge-shapedpanels, fans, , Greek and Roman vases,medallions with figures, sometimes draped, fes-toons, fawns, cupids, goats, carryatids, ramsheads, griffins, sea horses and winged ;and the work of Pergolesi, Bartolozzi and con-temporaries of the
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