An Outline of European Architecture
Douban
Nikolaus Pevsner
résumé
One of the most widely read boks 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.
Sir 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.
A revised and updated full-color edition of the classic study of the history of European architecture
contents
Preface by Michael Forsyth 6
Foreword 8
Introduction 10
Twilight and Dawn From the fourth to the tenth century 12
The Romanesque Style c. 1000-c. 1200 30
The Early and Classic Gothic Style c. 1150-c. 1250 50
The Late Gothic Style c.1250-c. 1500 72
Renaissance and Mannerism c.1420-c. 1600 96
The Baroque in the Roman Catholic Countries c.1600-c. 1760 128
Britain and France from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century 152
The Romantic Movement, Historicism, and The Beginning of the Modern Movement 1760-1914 186
The Modern Movement 216
Postscript by Michael Forsyth 234
Footnotes 242
Bibliography 244
Some Technical Terms Explained 246
Index 248
