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Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon
Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon (1902–83). German-born British art-historian. He was a strong supporter of the Modern Movement, which gave some of his early writings an undoubted bias, notably the very influential Pioneers of the Modern Movement from William Morris to Walter Gropius (1936, later reissued as Pioneers of Modern Design) and the enormously successful (and again influential) An Outline of European Architecture (1942 with many subsequent editions). He had a powerful impact on the Architectural Review) in the 1940s, when it became a pro-Modern-Movement force, and changed the architectural climate of Britain. He originated and edited the Pelican History of Art (from 1953), one of the most impressive series on art and architecture published in C20. His greatest achievement was arguably the county-by-county guides of The Buildings of England (from 1951), much of which he wrote himself, although some of his highly subjective comments have been toned down in later editions. His distinguished collections of essays and papers published as Studies in Art, Architecture, and Design (1968) and A History of Building Types (1976) are mines of information. He was devoted to the study of the architecture (especially churches) of his adopted country, and made an incalculable contribution to scholarship. However, the notions he imbibed while a student at Leipzig (especially influenced by his teacher, Georg Maximilian Wilhelm Pinder (1878–1947—who was much respected by the National Socialists, not least for his over-estimation of German art in relation to other European countries) ), including his beliefs in the Zeitgeist (spirit of the age) and in ‘national character’, led him to presuppositions that perhaps distorted his sense of history. For example, he argued that among Gropius's architectural antecedents were members of the English Arts-and-Crafts Movement: this was typical of his attempts to create links with the past to promote his own heroes, for it is well-known that Arts-and-Crafts architects (e.g. Baillie Scott and Voysey) rejected Gropius and all he stood for. Gropius and his disciples did much to destroy traditional crafts-based building (despite Gropius's insistence (to Pevsner) that William Morris was one of his main sources of inspiration). Nevertheless, his many immense achievements deserve respect.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-PevsnerSirNikolasBrnhrdLn.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-PevsnerSirNikolasBrnhrdLn.html |
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Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner , 1902–83, English architectural historian, b. Germany. Influenced by Heinrich Wölfflin , Pevsner contended in his many works that art must be considered within its historical and social context. For many years Pevsner was art editor of Penguin Books. He was knighted in 1969. His major works include An Outline of European Architecture (1942), Pioneers of Modern Design (2d ed. 1949), Mannerism to Romanticism (2 vol., 1968), A History of Building Types (1976), and The Buildings of England, a massive 46-volume series of studies of regional English architecture (1951–74). |
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"Sir Nikolaus Pevsner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sir Nikolaus Pevsner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-PevsnerN.html "Sir Nikolaus Pevsner." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-PevsnerN.html |
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Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon
Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon (1902–83), architectural historian, born in Germany. He became, in 1941, associated with Penguin Books, as editor of King Penguins and of his celebrated county-by-county series The Buildings of England (1951–74). His many works on art, design, and architecture include Pioneers of the Modern Movement, from William Morris to Walter Gropius (1936), High Victorian Design (1951), and The Englishness of English Art (1956).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-PevsnerSirNikolasBrnhrdLn.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-PevsnerSirNikolasBrnhrdLn.html |
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Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus
Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus. See POSTMODERNISM.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-PevsnerSirNikolaus.html IAN CHILVERS. "Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus." A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art. 1999. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O5-PevsnerSirNikolaus.html |
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