Description |
xiii, 246 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm |
Series |
British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings |
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British art and visual culture since 1750, new readings.
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Contents |
Introduction / Paul Crossley -- Pt. 1. The intellectual background -- 1. The formation of Pevsner's art history : Nikolaus Pevsner in Germany 1902-1935 / Ute Engel -- 2. Germanness, Englishness, Jewishness, scientifcness, popularization? / Stefan Muthesius -- Pt. 2. Writer and editor -- 3. Nikolaus Pevsner's contribution as editor of The pelican history of art series / Seymour Slive -- 4. Pevsner the writer / Adrian Forty -- 5. Nikolaus Pevsner and the architectural writers of the nineteenth century / Alexandrina Buchanan -- Pt. 3. Englishness and English tradition -- 6. Nikolaus Pevsner and medieval studies in Britain / Nicola Coldstream -- 7. "The greatest century" : Pevsner, Victorian architecture and the lay public / Lynne Walker -- 8. What counts as art in England : how Pevsner's minor canons became major / Ian Christie -- 9. Pevsner and Englishness / Andrew Causey -- Pt. 4. Pevsner and the modern -- 10. Good design in British industry 1930-56 / Gillian Naylor -- 11. 'The rediscovery of the picturesque' Nikolaus Pevsner and the work of architects and planners during and after the Second World War / Michela Rosso -- 12. The puzzled lieber Meister : Pevsner and Reyner Banham / Nigel Whiteley |
Analysis |
Pevsner |
Notes |
"This book arose from a conference held in July 2002 to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Nikolaus Pevsner"--Pref. Uk |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Congresses.
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Architectural historians -- England -- Congresses.
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Art historians -- England -- Congresses.
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Author |
Draper, Peter.
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LC no. |
2003057719 |
ISBN |
0754635821 alkaline paper |
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