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London, 1774. Engraving, coloured by hand, by B. Pastorini (old dampstain to upper left margin). A fine engraving, with contemporary hand colouring, of a painted plaster and stucco ceiling from the interior at Kenwood House, in Hampstead, London, re-modelled in 1761-1773, and now home to the Iveagh Bequest picture collection. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57, Robert lived in Italy where he had a long productive friendship with Piranesi, which was inspirational for both men. Adam's first book, on Diocletian's palace in Dalmatia, is clearly very like the archaeological investigations Piranesi was making at the same time of similar ruins. Piranesi's friendship and passion for Roman Classicism were seminal influences on Adam, and the greatest single factor, other than his own talent, in the work Adam produced on his return to England. Upon his return, the brothers launched their career by…
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Design of the Ceiling of the Library or Great Room at Kenwood
by ADAM, After Robert (1728-1792)
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