A History of Building Types

This first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of he architectural and social inheritance of the West. Here Nikolaus Pevsner shares his immense erudition and keenly discerning eye with readers curious about the ways in which architecture reflects the character of society.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Nikolaus Pevsner (1902-1983) was professor of art history at Birkbeck, University of London. His books include Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius and An Outline of European Architecture.

Zusammenfassung

Serves as a guide to vital features of the architectural and social inheritance of the West. This work describes twenty types of buildings; and includes national monuments, libraries, theaters, hospitals, prisons, factories, hotels, and many other public buildings. It contains more than seven hundred illustrations.

Zusatztext

"A monument of lively scholarship, and also a most revealing anthology. . . . Gloriously informative. It brims with curious details."---Raymond Mortimer, Sunday Times

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nikolaus Pevsner
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.12.1979
• EAN: 9780691018294
• ISBN: 978-0-691-01829-4
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 229 mm x 305 mm x 20 mm
• Gewicht: 992 g
• Illustration: 748 b/w illus.
• Serien: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts; A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fi; A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts; The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts; Bollingen Series (General); Bollingen Series; A. W. Mellon Lectures in the F; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Architektur; Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings