Studies in Art, Architecture, and Design, Two Volumes: Vol. 1, From Mannerism to Romanticism; Vol. 2, Victorian and After

Pevsner, Nikolaus

Published by Walker & Co., New York, 1968

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Two volume set, complete. First US editions, first printings. Both volumes are Near Fine cloth-bound hardcovers with a touch of rubbing to the lower tips, a touch of tanning at the spine ends, and a slight splay to the boards in Near Fine dust jackets with a touch of rubbing to the lower tips and sunning to the spines. A nice set. All dust jackets are protected by a clear mylar cover. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A profusely illustrated collection of essays by Nikolaus Pevsner on art, architecture, and design. Pevsner (1902-1983) was a German-born, British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture. Volume 1, From Mannerism to Romanticism; 256 pages; 267 b&w illustrations. Topics in Vol. 1: The Counter-Reformation and Mannerism; Early and High Baroque; The Crisis of 1650 in Italian Painting; The Genesis of the Picturesque; A Note on Sharawaggi; Richard Payne Knight; Uvedale Price, Humphry Repton; Good King James Gothic; Goethe and Architecture; Karl Friedrich Schinkel; The Doric Revival; and The Egyptian Revival. Notes, list of illustrations, index. Volume 2, Victorian and After; 288 pages; 517 b&w illustrations. Topics in Vol. 2: Design and Industry Through the Ages; Early Working Class Housing; High Victorian Design; Matthew Digby Wyatt; William Morris and Architecture; Art Furniture of the 1870s; Arthur H. Mackmurdo; C.F.A. Voysey; Charles Rennie Mackintosh; George Walton; Patient Progress One: Frank Pick; Patient Progress Two: Gordon Russell; Patient Progress Three: The DIA; The Return of Historicism; and Address Given at the Opening of the Yale School of Art and Architecture 1963. Appendix, notes, list of illustrations, index. Both volumes: 9.25 x 11.5 inches. Both volumes are review copies with the publisher's slip laid-in. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted. Seller Inventory # 19949

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Title: Studies in Art, Architecture, and Design, ...

Publisher: Walker & Co., New York

Publication Date: 1968

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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