THE ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION OF INTERIORS A further classical revival followed, initiated this time by Robert Adam after his Grand Tour at a time of extensive excavations in Italy and Greece. Neoclassical architects such as Adam were the first to design complete schemes for interiors: from walls and ceilings, through furniture and upholstery, to carpets, fireplaces, door furniture and lightfittings, the latter often in the form of elaborate chandeliers. Most of his work involved the redecoration of existing houses using curved walls, alcoves and pillars covered in fine plaster, and painted in delicate colours with gilt decoration. . | THE ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION OF INTERIORS A further classical revival followed initiated this time by Robert Adam after his Grand Tour at a time of extensive excavations in Italy and Greece. Neoclassical architects such as Adam were the first to design complete schemes for interiors from walls and ceilings through furniture and upholstery to carpets fireplaces door furniture and lightfittings the latter often in the form of elaborate chandeliers. Most of his work involved the redecoration of existing houses using curved walls alcoves and pillars covered in fine plaster and painted in delicate colours with gilt decoration. He used a variety of classical motifs often enclosed in round oval or rectangular shapes. PROFESSIONAL INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHY The nineteenth century By the end of the eighteenth century the classical disciplines were being swept away by the revolutionary Romantic movement of the Regency period. The formal approach to living was rejected in favour of informality. The former library became the living-room the drawing-room was reserved only for formal receptions and the concepts of the conservatory and breakfast-room were introduced. Convenience and comfort replaced ceremony. Sofas and chairs traditionally placed against walls throughout the previous history of interior arrangements were now positioned at right angles to or facing the fireplace where they have remained to this day. The sofa table was introduced and drapery was used in excess especially for the highly swagged floor-length curtains popular at the time. By the 1820s there was a growing fashion for eclectic Gothic decoration inspired by its association with Englishness and godliness. Indiscriminate use was made of styles from Norman to Elizabethan using rich glowing colours with plenty of gold stained glass heraldry and Gothic arched windows. This led to what became known as the Battle of the Styles between the classicists and the Goths both having complete disregard for historical .
