The Adam style (or Adamesque) is a style of neoclassical architecture and design as practised by Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728- 1792) and his brothers. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and The term architecture (from Greek αρχιτεκτονικήarchitektoniki) can be used to mean a process a profession or documentation Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Robert Adam ( 3 July 1728 &ndash 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical Architect, Interior designer Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year A book of engraved designs made the "Adam" repertory available throughout Europe. A parallel development of this early phase of neoclassical design is French "Louis XVI style. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and

Robert Adam's main rivals were James Wyatt, whose many designs for furniture were less known outside the wide circle of his patrons, because he never published a book of engravings, and Sir William Chambers, who designed fewer furnishings for his interiors, preferring to work with able cabinet-makers like John Linnell, Thomas Chippendale and Ince and Mayhew. This article refers to the English Architect. For the Game designer, see James Wyatt (game designer. Sir William Chambers ( 27 October 1723 &ndash 17 February 1796) was a Scottish Architect, born in Gothenburg John Sidney Linnell (born June 12, 1959, New York City, New York) musician is known primarily as one half of Brooklyn New York Thomas Chippendale ( Otley, near Leeds baptised - November 1779 was a London Cabinet-maker and furniture designer in the mid-Georgian Ince and Mayhew were a partnership of Furniture designers Upholsterers and Cabinetmakers founded and run by William Ince (died 1804 and So many able designers were working in this style in London from ca. 1770, that the style is currently more usually termed Early Neoclassical.

Adam's design for the Etruscan Dressing Room, Osterley Park, 1773-74; the painted ornaments on the walls and ceilings are the work of Pietro Maria Borgnis, working for Adam. Osterley Park is a mansion set in a large Park of the same name

It is typical of Adam style to combine decorative neo-Gothic details into the classical framework. The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement which began So-called "Egyptian" and "Etruscan" design motifs were minor features.

The "Adam style" is identified with:

• Roman style decorative motifs such as framed medallions, vases, urns and tripods, arabesque vine scrolls, sphinxes and gryphons. The Architecture of Ancient Rome adopted the external Greek architecture for their own purposes which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new A Sphinx is a Zoomorphic mythological figure which is depicted as a recumbent lion with a human head
• Flat grotesque panels
• Pilasters
• Painted ornaments such as swags and ribbons
• Complex color schemes

The Adam style found its niche from the late 1760s in upper-class residences in 18th century England, Scotland, Russia where it was introduced by Scottish architect Charles Cameron, and post-Revolutionary War United States (where it became known as Federal style and took on a variation of its own). England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Charles Cameron (1743-1812 was a Scottish architect who introduced the Adam style into Russian architecture. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Chester TownshipJPG|thumb|right|A federal style colonial home in Chester Township New Jersey]] Federal-style architecture occurred in the United States between 1780 The style was superseded from the end of the 1780s by a more massive and self-consciously archeological style, connected with the First French Empire. The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or

A revived "Adams" style, initiated by a spectacular marquetry cabinet by Wright & Mansfield exhibited at the Paris Exposition of 1867, competed with revived Sheraton and Hepplewhite styles that lost momentum after World War I. Sheraton is a late 18th century neoclassical English furniture style in vogue ca 1785 - 1800 that was coined by 19th century collectors and dealers to credit furniture George Hepplewhite (1727? - June 21, 1786) was a cabinet and Chair maker World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All

See also

• House of Dun

External links

• Buffalo Architectural Museum

References

• Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam