Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . e scena isthe most crowded and ill-adjusted thing I ever saw ; and the alleysin perspective are perfectly childish. The Hotel de Ville2 is abomin-ably meagre in every respect. What pleased me most of all Palladiosworks was his Villa Capra or Rotonda,3 it is about a mile from thetown, and is agreeably situated on a pleasant coline (Fig. 5). The planis pretty, but the fronts, the round room within, and indeed all theparticular parts of it, are but very poorly adjusted (Fig. 91). However,
Robert Adam & his brothers; their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture . e scena isthe most crowded and ill-adjusted thing I ever saw ; and the alleysin perspective are perfectly childish. The Hotel de Ville2 is abomin-ably meagre in every respect. What pleased me most of all Palladiosworks was his Villa Capra or Rotonda,3 it is about a mile from thetown, and is agreeably situated on a pleasant coline (Fig. 5). The planis pretty, but the fronts, the round room within, and indeed all theparticular parts of it, are but very poorly adjusted (Fig. 91). However,there is somewhat to make a good thing of, which is more than can besaid for most of Palladios buildings. Near to this, on a neighbouringcoline, is the Villa Valmarana, which is painted in fresco by Tiepolo, 1 Teatro Olimpico, begun by Palladio in 1579 and completed in 1584, after hisdeath (Fig. 90). - The unfinished Loggia del Capitano, built by Palladio in 1571. 3 The Rotunda is well known and has suggested treatments for a number of othersimilar buildings, including Lord Burlingtons Villa at Fig. 89. POKTKAIT OF JAMES ADAMAt the Royal Institute of British Architects THE CONTINENTAL TOUR OF JAMES ADAM 117
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