Editing Robert Adam (section)

===Grand Tour===
[[File:SPLIT-Adam plan restitution.jpg|thumb|left|Plan of the Diocletian palace in Split, Croatia. R. Adam 1764]]
[[File:Peristyle of Diocletian's Palace in Split, Robert Adam, 1764 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Peristyle of [[Diocletian's Palace]] in Split, Croatia. R. Adam 1764]]
On 3 October 1754, Robert Adam in the company of his brother James (who went as far as Brussels) set off from Edinburgh for his [[Grand Tour]], stopping for a few days in London, where they visited the [[Mansion House, London]], [[St Stephen Walbrook]],<ref>Graham, p. 47</ref> [[St Paul's Cathedral]], Windsor, Berkshire, in the company of [[Thomas Sandby]] who showed them his landscaping at [[Windsor Great Park]] and [[Virginia Water Lake]].<ref>Graham, p. 48</ref> They sailed from [[Dover]] arriving in [[Calais]]<ref>Graham, p. 50</ref> on 28 October 1754.<ref>Graham, p. 52</ref> He joined [[Charles Hope-Weir]], brother of the [[John Hope, 2nd Earl of Hopetoun|Earl of Hopetoun]] in Brussels<ref>Graham, p. 54</ref> and together they travelled to Rome.<ref>Graham, p. 49</ref> Hope agreed to take Adam on the tour at the suggestion of his uncle, the [[George Vanden-Bempde, 3rd Marquess of Annandale|Marquess of Annandale]], who had undertaken the Grand Tour himself. While in Brussels the pair attended a Play and [[wikt:masquerade|Masquerade]], as well as visiting churches and palaces in the city.<ref>Graham, p. 53</ref> Travelling on to [[Tournai]], then [[Lille]], where they visited the [[Citadel of Lille|citadel]] designed by [[Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban]].<ref>Graham, p. 53-54</ref> By 12 November 1754 Adam and Hope were in Paris where they took lodgings in Hotel de Notre Dame.<ref>Graham, p. 55</ref>

Adam and Hope travelled on to Italy together, before falling out in Rome over travelling expenses and accommodation. Robert Adam stayed on in Rome until 1757, studying classical architecture and honing his drawing skills. His tutors included the French architect and artist [[Charles-Louis Clérisseau]], and the Italian artist [[Giovanni Battista Piranesi]]. Here, he became acquainted with the work of the pioneering classical archaeologist and art historian, theorist [[Johann Joachim Winckelmann]]. On his return journey, Adam and Clerisseau spent time intensively studying the ruins of [[Diocletian's Palace]] at Spalatro in [[Dalmatia]] (now known as [[Split (city)|Split]], in modern [[Croatia]]).<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=17691 C.M. Hogan, "Diocletian's Palace", The Megalithic Portal, A. Burnham ed, 6 Oct 2007]</ref> These studies were later published as ''Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia'' in 1764.