The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam

Robert Adam, James Adam

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780486449661
• eBook ISBN: 9780486156972
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture Essays & Monographs

The Palladian style dominated British architecture for most of the 1700s, until the rise of the Adam style, which held sway for the final decades of the eighteenth century. Brothers Robert and James Adam were almost single-handedly responsible for infusing Georgian architecture with the sensibilities and elements of classical Hellenic and Latinate design. Their elegant, sophisticated form of Neoclassicism affected not only architecture, but also interior design, furniture design, and landscaping.
The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, one of the most celebrated books in architectural history, consists of the brothers' own selections of illustrations from their commissions. Dating from the 1770s, these 106 illustrated plates epitomize the style that influenced generations of British and American architectural and furniture designs. Created by some of the finest commercial engravers of the age — including four plates by Piranesi — these illustrations are painstakingly reproduced in perfect detail and clarity. The original text imparts the Adams' own esthetic and practical aims, and an informative introduction places the brothers' work in historical perspective.

Table of contents

• DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION
• A PARTIAL LIST OF SURVIVING BUILDINGS AND MONUMENTS BY THE ADAM BROTHERS
• LIST OF PLATES
• ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENGRAVERS
• DESIGNS OF SION HOUSE - a magnificent Seat of His Grace The Duke of Northumberland, In the County of Middlesex PLATES 1–8
• DESIGNS OF LORD MANSFIELD’S VILLA - at Kenwood, in the County of Middlesex PLATES 9–16
• DESIGNS OF LUTON HOUSE - in Bedfordshire, One of the Seats of the Earl of Bute PLATES 17–24
• DESIGNS OF SOME PUBLIC BUILDINGS - PLATES 25–32
• DESIGNS FOR THE KING AND QUEEN - and her Royal Highness The Late Princess Dowager of Wales, &c. PLATES 33–40
• DESIGNS OF THE EARL OF DERBY’S HOUSE - in Grosvenor-Square PLATES 41–48
• DESIGNS OF THE HOUSE OF SIR WATKIN WILLIAMS WYNN, BART. - in St. James’s-Square PLATES 49–56
• DESIGNS OF SHELBURNE HOUSE - in Berkeley-Square PLATES 57–64
• CONTINUATION OF THE DESIGNS OF SION HOUSE - a magnificent Seat of the Duke of Northumberland, in the County of Middlesex PLATES 65–72
• VARIOUS DESIGNS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS - PLATES 73–80
• REMAINDER OF THE DESIGNS - to complete those in the preceding Volumes PLATES 81–105