Reassessing Nikolaus Pevsner

List of figures vii List of contributors xi Preface xv Introduction 1(28) Paul Crossley Part one: The Intellectual Background The formation of Pevsner's art history: Nikolaus Pevsner in Germany 1902--1935 29(28) Ute Engel Germanness, Englishness, Jewishness, scientificness, popularization? 57(16) Stefan Muthesius Part two: Writer and Editor Nikolaus Pevsner's contribution as editor of The Pelican History of Art series 73(14) Seymour Slive Pevsner the writer 87(8) Adrian Forty Nikolaus Pevsner and the architectural writers of the nineteenth century 95(18) Alexandrina Buchanan Part three: Englishness and English Tradition Nikolaus Pevsner and medieval studies in Britain 113(16) Nicola Coldstream `The Greatest Century': Pevsner, Victorian architecture and the lay public 129(20) Lynne Walker What counts as art in England: how Pevsner's minor canons became major 149(12) Ian Christie Pevsner and Englishness 161(16) Andrew Causey Part four: Pevsner and the Modern Good design in British industry 1930--56 177(18) Gillian Naylor `The Rediscovery of the Picturesque' Nikolaus Pevsner and the work of architects and planners during and after the Second World War 195(18) Michela Rosso The puzzled lieber Meister: Pevsner and Reyner Banham 213(22) Nigel Whiteley Bibliography 235(8) Index 243