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Author Kondō, Ariyuki

Title Robert and James Adam, architects of the Age of Enlightenment / Ariyuku Kondo
Published London : Pickering & Chatto, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 256 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Series Enlightenment world ; no. 23
Enlightenment world ; no. 23.
Contents Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Prefatory Note; Introduction; 1. Men of Learning; 2. Novelty and Variety; 3. 'Movement'; 4. Civic Improvement; Closing Remarks; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary During the second half of the eighteenth century British architecture moved away from the dominant school of Classicism in favour of a more creative freedom of expression. At the forefront of this change were architect brothers Robert and James Adam. Without rejecting established architectural tradition, the Adam brothers were modernists, free from dogmatic adherence to a particular style. Architecture has tended to be left out of the historiography of the Enlightenment. While previous studies on the Adam brothers have focused on describing their style and their inspirations, Kondo's work places them within the context of eighteenth-century intellectual thought. Only by examining the Adams' work in this context can the full extent of their contribution to Enlightenment development be understood
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-200) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Adam, Robert, 1728-1792.
Adam, James, 1732-1794.
SUBJECT Adam, James, 1732-1794 fast
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 fast
Subject Architecture, Modern -- 18th century.
Architecture -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Architecture and philosophy -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
Enlightenment -- Great Britain
Architects -- Scotland -- Biography
ARCHITECTURE -- History -- Medieval.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ARCHITECTURE -- Individual Architects & Firms -- Essays.
ARCHITECTURE -- Individual Architects & Firms -- Monographs.
Architects
Architecture
Architecture and philosophy
Architecture, Modern
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
SUBJECT Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Intellectual life -- 18th century
Subject Great Britain
Scotland
Scotland -- Edinburgh
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781848931800
1848931808
9781848931794
1848931794
1283292009
9781283292009