UID:
kobvindex_INT0002693
Format:
216 pages :
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richly illustrated (198 illustrations, 15 in colour) ;
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21 x 15 cm.
Edition:
Reprint.
ISBN:
9780500200728 (pbk)
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0500200726 (pbk)
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9780500180785 (hbk.)
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0500180784 (hbk.)
Series Statement:
World of art
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE: "The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, with two contrasting styles emerging -- Art Nouveau and the International Style. Professor Pevsner brings a new clarity to an often confusing period, tracing -- with the aid of nearly two hundred carefully chosen illustrations -- the origins of twentieth-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts."
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED NOTE ABOUT AUTHOR(S)/EDITOR(S): "Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner CBE FBA (30 January 1902 - 18 August 1983) was a German, later British scholar of the history of art, especially of architecture. Pevsner is best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, The Buildings of England (1951-74), often simply referred to by his surname. [...] As well as The Buildings of England, Pevsner proposed the Pelican History of Art series (1953- ), a multi-volume survey on the model of the German Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft, which he would himself edit. Many individual volumes are regarded as classics."
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED NOTE ABOUT AUTHOR(S)/EDITOR(S): "Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) is widely considered one of the most influential writers on the history of architecture in the 20th century. He is best known for his 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, The Buildings of England (1951-74), often simply referred to by his surname."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: first published: London : Thames & Hudson, 1968; New York : Praeger, 1968.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Introduction -- A style for the age -- Art Nouveau -- New impetus from England -- Art and industry -- Towards the International Style -- Notes on the text -- Biographical notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Language:
English
