Editing Robert Adam (section)

==Architectural style==
Adam rejected the [[Palladian]] style, as introduced to England by [[Inigo Jones]], and advocated by [[Lord Burlington]], as "ponderous" and "disgustful".<ref name="G&M106">Glendinning and McKechnie, p. 106</ref> However, he continued their tradition of drawing inspiration directly from [[classical antiquity]], during his four-year stay in Europe.<ref name="G&M106"/> Adam developed a new style of architectural decoration, one which was more archaeologically accurate than past neoclassical styles, but nonetheless innovative and not bound only by ancient precedents. In ''Works in Architecture'', co-authored by Robert and James, the brothers stated that Graeco-Roman examples should "serve as models which we should imitate, and as standards by which we ought to judge."<ref name="Parissien"/> The discoveries being made in [[Herculaneum]] and [[Pompeii]] at the time provided ample material for Robert Adam to draw on for inspiration.<ref name="Parissien"/>

The Adam brothers' principle of "movement" was largely Robert's conception, although the theory was first written down by James. "Movement" relied on dramatic contrasts and diversity of form, and drew on the [[picturesque]] aesthetic. The first volume of the Adam brothers' ''Works'' (1773) cited [[Kedleston Hall]], designed by Robert in 1761, as an outstanding example of movement in architecture.

By contrasting room sizes and decorative schemes, Adam applied the concept of movement to his interiors also. His style of decoration, described by Pevsner as "Classical [[Rococo]]", drew on Roman "[[grotesque]]" [[stucco]] decoration.<ref name="G&M106"/><ref>Pevsner, p. 238</ref>