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An updated edition of this classic survey of the origins of twentieth-century ideas in architecture and the applied arts.

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Englishness of English Art: An Expanded and Annotated Version of the Reith Lectures Broadcast in October and November 1955List of Illustrations page 6 Foreword page 9 I The Geography of Art page 11 2 Hogarth and Observed Life page 20 3 Reynolds and Detachment page 50 4 Perpendicular England page 81 5 Blake and the Flaming Line page 117 6 Constable and the Pursuit of Nature page 147 7 Picturesque England page 163 8 Conclusion p...

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This authoritative guide, the companion to Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North, covers a vast area marked by tremendous diversity of both landscape and buildings.  The territory is rich in medieval churches and castles, 17th-century houses and 18th-century mansions, yet it is also deservedly famous for its outstanding 19th- and 20th-century ecclesiastical, civic, commercial and industrial buildings. Major examples of every per...

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No one but Dr Pevsner could have packed so much information into so compact a work or illustrated it more effectively." The Times Literary Supplement

This classic architectural survey of West Kent has now been fully revised and expanded. It offers fresh perspectives on major landmarks such as Igtham Mote, Sissinghurst, and Hever Castle.

Excerpt from The Englishness of English Art: An Expanded and Annotated Version of the Reith Lectures Broadcast in October and November 1955 List of Illustrations page 6 Foreword page 9 I The Geography of Art page 11 2 Hogarth and Observed Life page 20 3 Reynolds and Detachment page 50 4 Perpendicular England page 81 5 Blake and the Flaming Line page 117 6 Constable and the Pursuit of Nature page 147 7 Picturesque England page 163 8 Conclusion...

Full of memorable and surprising buildings, Nottinghamshire is a county that rewards close investigation. Country houses such as Wollaton Hall, Bunny Hall and Newstead Abbey are explored, as are the great medieval churches.

The City of London has a rich architectural heritage which is quite unique in its diversity. This guide includes the Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral. Wren's genius is also apparent in the celebrated City churches, rebuilt after the Great Fire of London.

Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the mind-twentieth century.