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10 de mar. de 2022 · In the 1820s, the English architect Sir Robert Smirke (1780–1867) designed an extraordinary new home for the British Museum. He chose to use the then highly fashionable Greek Revival style. From the main entrance on Great Russell Street to the King's Library, embark on a journey through the British Museum to see and learn more about Greek Revival architecture.
Robert Smirke (15 April 1753 – 5 January 1845) was an English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature. He was a member of the Royal Academy. This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License.
1 de feb. de 2018 · Robert Smirke was born in Cumberland, the son of a peripatetic artist. Little is known about his early childhood, but Smirke was taken to London by his father in 1766, where he became apprenticed to the coach-painter John Bromley. In 1772, Smirke entered the Royal Academy Schools.
Robert Smirke RA (15 April 1753 – 5 January 1845) was an English painter and illustrator, specialising in small paintings showing subjects taken from literature. He was a member of the Royal Academy. Life. Smirke was born at Wigton near Carlisle, the son of a travelling artist. When he ...
Robert Smirke, The King's Library, The British Museum, 1823-7 (London) The commission for the new building was given to Robert Smirke, a well-established neoclassical architect. The building took around thirty years to complete, its elevation mirroring the expanse of the British Empire itself. He started with the east wing, built to house the ...
29 de may. de 2018 · Smirke, Robert. Smirke, Robert (1781–1867) English neo-classical architect, one of the chief promoters of the Greek revival in British architecture. Smirke's most famous building is the British Museum, London (begun 1823), with its impressive Ionic façade. He also built the Covent Garden Theatre (1808–09). *Smirke, Sir Robert* (1780–1867).
British Museum. …the Greek Revival style by Sir Robert Smirke, was built on the site of Montagu House in the period 1823–52 and has been the subject of several subsequent additions and alterations. Its famous round Reading Room was built in the 1850s; beneath its copper dome laboured such scholars as Karl….
