The Necessary Art Architecture is the most comprehensive of all visual arts and has a right to claim superiority over the others.'
Since the publication of the monumental
Buildings of England series, the name of SIR NIKOLAUS PEVSNER has become synonymous both with popular appreciation of architecture and its serious academic study. Stephen Games assesses the influence of this pioneering scholar on ourunderstandingof buildings as a daily pleasure and as an expression of our social values.
With contributions from his family, friends and colleagues.
Producer THOMAS SUTCLIFFE