Post by Suzika on Jan 16, 2014 23:57:03 GMT
British-Croatian Society
Invitation
Robert Adam and Diocletian - Europe comes to Croatia
a talk by Alicia Salter at Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU
18:00 on 29 January, 2014
Please join us afterwards for a glass of Croatian wine.
Tickets are free but must be booked no later than 27 January by emailing britishcroatiansociety@gmail.com.
Alicia Salter’s interest in the history of architecture led her to Robert Adam and his archaeological survey of Diocletian’s palace in Split and the publication of her book ‘Four Emperors and an Architect: How Robert Adam rediscovered the Tetrarchy’.
Diocletian’s palace made a huge impression on an ambitious young architect, Robert Adam, who heard about it while on his Grand Tour. Although his visit to the palace was made difficult and cut short by the ruling Venetians, who suspected him of spying, it did not stop Adam, seven years later, publishing his monumental and highly successful work, The Ruins of Spalatro (as Split was then known), which confirmed him as a rising new talent.
Alicia Salter’s book tells the story of Adam’s rediscovery of the architecture of the Tetrarchs and how Diocletian’s palace inspired features in some of Adam’s most famous houses, such as Kedleston, Syon and his ill-fated Adelphi development in London. Woven into this tale is the intriguing and little-known history of the Tetrarchs themselves, the four emperors, who ruled harmoniously as colleagues for twelve years and left us with an extraordinary architectural legacy.
Invitation
Robert Adam and Diocletian - Europe comes to Croatia
a talk by Alicia Salter at Europe House, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU
18:00 on 29 January, 2014
Please join us afterwards for a glass of Croatian wine.
Tickets are free but must be booked no later than 27 January by emailing britishcroatiansociety@gmail.com.
Alicia Salter’s interest in the history of architecture led her to Robert Adam and his archaeological survey of Diocletian’s palace in Split and the publication of her book ‘Four Emperors and an Architect: How Robert Adam rediscovered the Tetrarchy’.
Diocletian’s palace made a huge impression on an ambitious young architect, Robert Adam, who heard about it while on his Grand Tour. Although his visit to the palace was made difficult and cut short by the ruling Venetians, who suspected him of spying, it did not stop Adam, seven years later, publishing his monumental and highly successful work, The Ruins of Spalatro (as Split was then known), which confirmed him as a rising new talent.
Alicia Salter’s book tells the story of Adam’s rediscovery of the architecture of the Tetrarchs and how Diocletian’s palace inspired features in some of Adam’s most famous houses, such as Kedleston, Syon and his ill-fated Adelphi development in London. Woven into this tale is the intriguing and little-known history of the Tetrarchs themselves, the four emperors, who ruled harmoniously as colleagues for twelve years and left us with an extraordinary architectural legacy.