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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902 - 1983) was one of the most influential writers on art and architecture that the twentieth century produced. Born in Leipzig of Russian Jewish stock, he left Hitler's Germany in 1935 and settles in London. Here he became a professor at the Univerity of London, and later Cambridge, and set about extending the public understanding of art and architecture in lectures, broadcasts, and, most famously, in the 46-volume series, 'The Buildings of England'.
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Nikolaus Pevsner was a refugee from Nazi Germany whose monumental and magisterial 46-volume The Buildings of England appeared between 1951 and 1974. His surname is still virtually synonymous with a certain kind of cultural guide at its finest - and this book brings into print the texts of a 25-year-long series of talks which he did for BBC Radio Three's previous incarnation, The Third Programme. They range in subject from 'New Zealand' to 'The Norfolkness of Norfolk Building'; from 'Bavarian Rococo' to 'New York Skyscrapers'. And from 'Art and the State' to 'How to Judge Victorian Architecture'. They are fascinating to read as 'period pieces' - but, more than that, as essays which remain remarkably lively, informative and persuasively opinionated. A welcome addition to his much-read other works.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A refugee from Nazi Germany, Nikolaus Pevsner became a central player in the intellectual and cultural life of his adopted country. Almost impossibly energetic, efficient and effective, his contribution both to scholarship and to the public appreciation of art and architecture is immense. In addition to the famous "Buildings in England" series - known commonly as "Pevsner" - he wrote standard textbooks, held professorships, delivered Reith lectures, promoted with equal fervour Victorian and Bauhaus architecture; and for over 25 years from the end of the war was a regular broadcaster for the BBC. Here, principally for the "Third Programme", his talks ranged from a discussion of Breughel's art to the buildings of Gaudi; from a series on Englishmen's castles to meditations on modern town planning; from Elizabethan mannerism to contemporary American architecture. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001575914
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xlii, 357 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "This title presents the collected radio talks of one of the 20th century's most influential, learned and stimulating writers on art and architecture, Nikolaus Pevsner." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: The rise of academies; Richard Payne Knight; The architecture of Washington; The Adoration of the Kings; The Dukeries; Danish art; From William Morris to Walter Gropius; German painting of the Age of Reformation; Goethe and architecture; Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt; Villard de Honnecourt; Revivalisms in architecture; Baroque painting in Italy; Victorian Architecture. 1. How to judge Victorian architecture. 2. Pugin, Ruskin, Scott. 3. Churches and public buildings and the neglect of the common man. 4. The Late Victorians and William Morris; Splendeurs et miseres; Englishmen's Castles. 1. Lumley Castle, County Durham. 2. Bolsover Castle, Derbyshire. 3. Strawberry Hill; Antoni Gaudi; Reflections on not teaching art history; Arts and commerce promoted; Bavarian Rococo; or the eloquent in art; The Englishness of English Art: The Reith Lectures. 1. The geography of art. 2. Hogarth and observed life. 3. Reynolds and detachment. 4. Perpendicular England. 5. Blake and the flaming line. 6. Constable and the pursuit of Nature. 7. The genius of the place; A setting for St. Paul's; Some thoughts on German painting; King Ramiro's churches; The ingratiating chaos; Dark gold; The return of historicism; Mannerism and Elizabethan Architecture. Part 1. Part 2. Part 3; The Anti-Pioneers; Reynolds's Discourses; The golden days of the Vienna Secession; South Kensington; a memorial to Albert; Truly a municipal palace; App. Pevsner's BBC Radio Talks. Size: 8vo. Collectible. Seller Inventory # 007335
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