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  • - Past and Present
    by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £41.99

    Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century. Pevsner expertly explains the political, religious and mercantile forces affecting the education of artists in various countries in Western Europe.

  • by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £48.99

    Kent is home to an extraordinary amount of first-rate architecture, from the timber-framed houses of the Weald and the spacious cathedral of Rochester to the planned, modernist suburb of New Ash Green and the docks of Dungeness. This title offers an architectural survey of West Kent suitable for students and travellers.

  • - An Inaugural Lecture
    by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £19.49

    Professor Pevsner, eleventh Slade Professor of Fine Art in the University of Cambridge, takes as the topic of his Inaugural Lecture Matthew Digby Wyatt, the Victorian architect and the first Slade Professor. He begins by inspecting some of Wyatt's major works, moving on to Wyatt's more general interests in design.

  • by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £35.49

    Originally published in 1937, this book was created to provide a survey of the conditions and artistic value of design in British industries. The text contains a large number of illustrative examples. This is a fascinating and valuable volume to anyone with an interest in the history of British design.

  • by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £48.99

    This second volume on Norfolk provides a comprehensive survey from prehistoric times to the present day. The 17th- and 18th-century treasures of King's Lynn are explored, as well as the market towns of Swaffham and Wymondham. Castle remains and medieval churches are also explored.

  • by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £48.99

    The county's varied military architecture, from Hadrian's Wall to Warkworth, contrasts with monastic ruins buried deep in the valleys of the Coquet and the Aln or standing by the sea at Holy Island and Tynemouth. This work also covers great country houses.

  • by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £48.99

    This volume aims to provide a comprehensive survey of the architectural treasures of Norfolk. It brings together research on a county which has some of the most attractive buildings in England. Pre-eminent in this volume is the city of Norwich.

  • by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £48.99

    This volume sheds light on the pride of the region - the great medieval churches of York Minster, the Minster and St Mary at Beverley, and Holy Trinity at Hull, but also on less well known architectural pleasures of town and county.

  • by Nikolaus Pevsner
    £48.99

    This new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer outer-London, with its early Modern Movement houses, is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions and parks, like idyllic Stowe and the Rothschilds' extravaganza at Waddesdon.

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