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The Reith Lectures: Nikolaus Pevsner - The Englishness of English Art: Architecture and Planning: The Functional Approach

27/11/1955

Architecture and Planning: The Functional Approach

Nikolaus Pevsner - The Englishness of English Art

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Nikolaus Pevsner explores how England's town centres have traditionally been planned.

The art historian Nikolaus Pevsner explores how the geographical, historical, social and aesthetical aspects of England's town centres have influenced the planning process.

This year's Reith lecturer is Dr Nikolaus Pevsner, the German-born British scholar of history of art and architecture, and author of the county guide series, The Buildings of England (1951–74). In this series, Pevsner explores the qualities of art which he regards as particularly English, as illustrated in the works of several English artists, and what they say about the English national character.

In his final lecture, Dr Pevsner examines the particular aspects of Englishness which he believes are prevalent today, and what, by their means, England might achieve for her own benefit, and perhaps, that of other nations. He explores how England's towns and centres have been planned, and argues that traditional English planning theory takes into account the historical, social and aesthetic aspects of a site, as well as its pure geography. 

The Reith Lectures: Nikolaus Pevsner - The Englishness of English Art

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Historian Nikolaus Pevsner considers some of the defining characteristics of English art.

Art historian Dr Nikolaus Pevsner explores the qualities of art which he regards as particularly English, and what they say about the English national character.

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