John Soan Classical Architecture

Sir John Soan is considered one of the most unusual architects, a genius who, on the basis of classical traditions, created an amazing and unique style in the architecture of the British Empire. His very long life spans a period of development of English architecture: from the decline of strict Paladianism to the appearance of no less rigid Greek and Gothic dogmas. Soane was one of the first professional architects, and became known for his peculiar works in the neoclassical style. In 1768, he appeared in London as an employee of George Dance, the architect of the City. Soane was a brilliant architect, who used the classical tradition, nevertheless developed a highly individual style in the last years of the XVIII century. His style is characterized by simplification of classical design elements to recreate their structural basis, replacing linear decorative forms with sculpted, frequent use of shallow domes and top lighting, as well as excellent interior space solutions. In the last years of his life, John Soane did a lot of what he called "the poetics of architecture",

He speaks about yellow as the closest color to light. In its high purity, it always carries within itself the nature of brightness and has a serene, cheerful, mildly captivating character. However, when the yellow color is communicated with blunt and coarse surfaces, such as conventional fabric, or, for instance, marbles and stones as in case with the museum hall, the colour does not appear within full energy, and be a subject to change (Popova, 2018). Its contributors are committed to the idea that it is in the field of art that we can find some of the most sensitive and sophisticated ancient approaches to color, and of particular importance is the volume’s emphasis on associating colours with particular materials or phenomena rather than simply a set of abstract lightwaves (Libby,