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Title: Robert Adam & his brothers : their lives, work & influence on English architecture, decoration and furniture
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Swarbrick, John, b. 1879
Subjects: Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 Adam, James, d. 1794 Architecture
Publisher: London : B.T. Batsford
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ments. It is, Adam wrote, a singular effect in .St Peters, the smallnessof its appearance both without and within. It is as broad as .St Paulsis long, and its cupola is about a palm and a halt more in diameter thanthe Rotuntla (Pantheon). After recording this impression and makingthe comparison with .St Iauls, ;ames referred to the effect of theScala Regia, the great stair by Bernini up to the Vatican, whichhe described as noble, although he criticised the landing or platin the middle of the first flight (see Pig. 96). Then he added twobrief notes, which are little more than memoranda. Phe fountains inRome, we read, are charming, and many of them ought to be copied.A little Tripod in the Picture of Domenichino in .St Luigi (.San Luigide Francesi) ought to be taken. No other entries were then madeuntil the 25th of July, and these do not relate to Rome but to anexcursion in the vicinity of Irascati. Prol)ably Adam found so much Now Vi.i (,ondiitti. THE CONTINENTAL TOUR OF JAMES ADAM 129
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Fig. 96.—The Scala Regia at the Vatican. By Bernini. 17 I30 Till-. LIXKS AND WORK OF ROBERT AND JAMES ADAM to claim his attention that he temporarily abandoned an)- furtherefforts to maintain the continuity of his Journal, and devoted thewhole of his time to the pursuance of his studies. At Frascati theBelvedere was visited and then the villa of Cardinal Passionei. Thelatter lay in a convent of friars and was, to use the writers words,extremely neat. But, he added, its great curiosity was thenumber of antiquities he (Cardinal Passionei) had collected andincrusted in the walls. At the time of this visit, the villa was aboutto be ()ulled down and sold on account of the Cardinals death ; andAdam probably went there as a connoisseur, considering whetherto make a purchase. From Passioneis, the Journal continues,we came to Monte Dragone, a villa of the Borghese family, near tothe ancient city of Tusculum, of which there are at present almostno remains. From Monte Dragone we passed by anot

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