Bücher von Nikolaus Pevsner

Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century. Pevsner expertly explains the political, religious and mercantile forces affecting the education of artists in various countries in Western Europe.

Professor Pevsner, eleventh Slade Professor of Fine Art in the University of Cambridge, takes as the topic of his Inaugural Lecture Matthew Digby Wyatt, the Victorian architect and the first Slade Professor. He begins by inspecting some of Wyatt's major works, moving on to Wyatt's more general interests in design.

Originally published in 1937, this book was created to provide a survey of the conditions and artistic value of design in British industries. The text contains a large number of illustrative examples. This is a fascinating and valuable volume to anyone with an interest in the history of British design.