Robert Adam (Aldine Paperbacks) by Doreen Yarwood

Robert Adam (Aldine Paperbacks) by Doreen Yarwood This book is USED (not new) Condition: Good - cover worn Format: Paperback Publisher: Dent : , 1973, ISBN: 0460021303 / 0460021303 Dimensions: , 232 pages SKU: 5105i - We use NZ Post overnight for delivery so please allow 1-5 days for delivery - If you would like to see more photos of the book, ask a question and we'll add them Book Description: Robert Adam is one of the most honoured names in the history of western architecture. His buildings carry his 'signature' of rightness, nobility of proportion and taste as unmistakably as a chair by Sheraton. There have been earlier books about the architect's work but Adam the man has only been revealed in a thorough way since his extensive correspondence and documents were made available after 1950. Here the two aspects of the man and his work are for the first time integrated fully in one volume. We meet a determined young Scot setting forth from his impoverished native land--with many of his fellow countrymen--to make his name in the world in the aftermath of Culloden. He is already capable of dedicated work and an unswerving attention to every detail of it. He has a driving ambition, softened by charm and generosity, and an enjoyment of the social whirl first apparent during his years in Italy when he was studying the craft which was to transform the face of Britain. Mrs. Yarwood recounts these formative years in fascinating detail and then describes his rapid rise to success and fame after his return to London; a success marked by bitter rivalries and jealousies but also sweetened by the generous support of such friends as David Garrick, Adam Smith, David Hume, and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Previous biographers have paid tribute to the versatility of Adam. He was at once, even more than his contemporaries, architect, interior decorator, designer of furniture and furnishings. His 'Adelphi' brought to London a first taste of environmental planning by streets a...