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Quiet, Humane and ‘Anonymous’: Pevsner’s art-historical response to wartime

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Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference
This paper focuses on Pevsner’s wartime writings.
This paper focuses on Pevsner’s wartime writings and intends to examine his architectural/art historical emphasis upon quiet, humane and ‘anonymous’ buildings and living communities, as his active response to the ongoing war, with an indomitable spirit indispensable for surviving the war.

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Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference
People
Ariyuki Kondo
Keywords
Nikolaus Pevsner
design history
architectural history
wartime
Department: Department for Continuing Education
Date Added: 30/09/2014
Duration: 00:17:59

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