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The Best Buildings of England: An Anthology
Book by Pevsner, Nikolaus
Hardcover
Published September 1, 1987
About the author
Nikolaus Pevsner
338 books30 followersSir Nikolaus Pevsner (January 30, 1902 - August 18, 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.
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.
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November 1, 2022
Erm, well, this collection of 100 "Best Buildings of England" is actually a curated list put together from Pevsner's other books covering each county of England.
The collection is very church and cathedral heavy with the first half of the book pretty much given over to churches!
There are some good photographs but to be honest, Pevsner's written descriptions of the architecture which accompany them soon become formulaic and repetitive without the context of the county he was visiting them in.
Probably a good coffee table book to flick through but there are better architecture books out there and I'm guessing a better choice for Pevsner would be one of his "county" books.
The collection is very church and cathedral heavy with the first half of the book pretty much given over to churches!
There are some good photographs but to be honest, Pevsner's written descriptions of the architecture which accompany them soon become formulaic and repetitive without the context of the county he was visiting them in.
Probably a good coffee table book to flick through but there are better architecture books out there and I'm guessing a better choice for Pevsner would be one of his "county" books.
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