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Nikolaus Pevsner

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Nikolaus Pevsner

別名: Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1902-01-30 (Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire)
死没
1983-08-18 (London, England) 81歳
国籍
German, British
言語
German, English
宗教
Lutheranism
居住地歴
Hampstead, London (1936-1983) → Clyffe Pypard, Wiltshire

経歴

職業
Art historian, Architectural historian
活動期間
1924年〜1983年
所属
Penguin Books, Architectural Review, Birkbeck College
所属団体
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), Founding member of the Victorian Society
影響を受けた人物
Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius
影響を与えた人物
John Betjeman

学歴

Leipzig University
Art History
学位: PhD
期間: 1920s
卒業年: 1924
国: Germany
Thesis on Baroque architecture of Leipzig
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Art History
国: Germany
Humboldt University of Berlin
Art History
国: Germany
Goethe University Frankfurt
Art History
国: Germany

受賞歴

Albert Medal
1975
主催: Royal Society of Arts
結果: 受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1953
主催: British Monarch
結果: 受賞
Knight Bachelor
1969
主催: British Monarch
結果: 受賞
RIBA Gold Medal
1967
主催: Royal Institute of British Architects
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Buildings of England

1951年 Architectural Guide

46-volume series of county-by-county guides to the buildings of England

English ArchitectureVictorian Architecture

Pioneers of the Modern Movement

1936年 Architectural History

Pre-history of modern design from William Morris to Walter Gropius

ModernismBauhaus

An Outline of European Architecture

1943年 Architectural History

Outline of European architecture

European Architectural History

全著作

  • Pioneers of the Modern Movement (1936)
  • An Enquiry into Industrial Art in England (1937)
  • Academies of Art, Past and Present (1940)
  • An Outline of European Architecture (1943)
  • The Buildings of England series (1951–1974)
  • The Englishness of English Art (1956)
  • A History of Building Types (1976)

作風・主題

文体
Detailed gazetteer styleEncyclopedic approachObjective analysis
頻出モチーフ
Revaluation of Victorian architecturePromotion of modernism

評価・遺産

Best known for The Buildings of England series; contributed to architectural conservation; Pevsner Guides continue today

資料所蔵先

  • Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles)
  • Historic England Archive (Swindon)

大衆文化への影響

  • English Heritage blue plaque

引用

  • A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture.
    出典: An Outline of European Architecture (1943年)

豆知識

  • Born into a Russian-Jewish family, converted to Lutheranism in young adulthood
  • Initially supported some early Nazi policies but persecuted as Jewish and fled to England
  • Key figure in reappraising Victorian architecture