Studies in art, architecture and design; in 2 vols. Vol.1 From Mannerism to Romanticism / Nikolaus Pevsner
by Pevsner, Nikolaus 1902-1983
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London : Thames & Hudson, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine gilt-blocked cloth copy in a fine, very slightly dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Very light foxing to prelims. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 256p : illustrated ; 29cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; v. 1. From mannerism to romanticism : The Counter-reformation and mannerism -- Early and high baroque -- The Crisis of 1650 in Italian painting -- The Genesis of the picturesque -- A Note on Sharwaggi -- Richard Payne Knight -- Uvedale Price -- Humphry Repton -- Good King James's gothic -- Goethe and architecture -- Karl Friedrich Schnikel -- The Doric revival -- The Egyptian revival. v. 2. Victorian and after : 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 1 : Frank Pick -- Patient progress 2 : Gordon Russell -- Patient progress 3 : the DIA -- The Return of historicism -- Address given at the opening of the Yale School of Art and Architecture, 1963 . Subjects; Mackintosh, Charles Rennie 1868-1928. Art, Modern Architecture History. Design History. Art, European. Mannerism (Art). Painting (Baroque). Romanticism in art. Art, Modern. Architecture, Modern. Architecture History.
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- Title
- Studies in art, architecture and design; in 2 vols. Vol.1 From Mannerism to Romanticism / Nikolaus Pevsner
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- Pevsner, Nikolaus 1902-1983
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- Hardcover
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- First Edition
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- London : Thames & Hudson
- Date Published
- 1968
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