02288nam a2200313Ia 4500003000600000005001700006008004100023020001500064020001800079040003400097050002000131082001500151100002000166245006400186264003800250300005400288336002600342337002800368338002700396440002500423500001900448501051000467505055700977520033901534650003201873650003201905650002601937651001101963pucpr20240122142143.0130517s19631983 aoe fr 001 0 eng  a0140201092 a9780140201093 apucprbengcpucprdpucprerda00aNA950bP43 198300223a720.941 aPevser Nikolaus13aAn outline of European architecturecNikolaus Pevsner.htxt aNew York :bPenguin Books,c1983. a496 p. : bill. ; photo. ; plans ; c20 cm.fbook 2rdacontentatextbtxt 2rdamediaaunmediadedbn 2rdacarrieravolumebnc aPelican booksn A109 aIncludes index aSir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) was one of the twentieth century's most learned and stimulating writers on art and architecture. He established his reputation with Pioneers of Modern Design, though he is probably best known for his celebrated series of guides, The Buildings of England, acknowledged as one of the great achievements of twentieth-century scholarship. He was also founding editor of The Pelican History of Art, the most comprehensive and scholarly history of art ever published in English. aTwilight and Dawn, from the fourth to the tenth century -- The Romanesque style c. 1000 - c. 1200 -- The Early and Classic Gothic style c. 1150 - c. 1250 -- The Late Gothic style c. 1250 - - c. 1500-- Renaissance and Mannerism c. 1420 - c. 1600 -- The Baroque in the Roman Catholic Countries c. 1600 - c. 1760 -- Britain and France from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century -- The Romantic Movement, historicism, and the Beginning of the Modern Movement 1760 - 1914 -- From the End of the First World War to the Present Day -- American Postscript -- aOne of the most widely read books on European architecture, Nikolaus Pevsner's landmark work was first published in 1942. Through several revisions and updates during Pevsner's lifetime, it continued to be a seminal essay on the subject, and even after his death, it remains as stimulating as it was back in the mid-twentieth century. 0aArchitecturexEurope2Local 0aArchitecture, Modern2Local 0aArchitecturexHistory 0aEurope