Nikolaus Pevsner (1902–1983)

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1. Nikolaus Pevsner

   Author of An Outline of European Architecture, Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius; Revised and Expanded Edition, The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design

2. Bridget Cherry

   Author of London 5: East: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides), London: North v. 4 (Pevsner Buildings of England), London 3: North West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (v. 3)

3. John Summerson

   Author of The Classical Language of Architecture, Architecture in Britain: 1530-1830, Heavenly Mansions

4. Peter Murray

   Author of The Penguin Dictionary of Art And Artists: Seventh Edition (Dictionary, Penguin), The art of the Renaissance, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance

5. Simon Bradley

   Author of St Pancras Station (Wonders of the World), London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides)

6. Kenneth Clark

   Author of Civilization, Leonardo da Vinci, The Gothic Revival: An Essay in the History of Taste

7. John Boardman

   Author of Greek Art, Athenian Black Figure Vases: A Handbook, Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period : A Handbook (World of Art)

8. Erwin Panofsky

   Author of Meaning in the Visual Arts, Studies in Iconology: Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance, Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art

9. Sir Herbert Edward Read

   Author of A Concise History of Modern Painting, Modern Sculpture: A Concise History, The Meaning of Art

10. Robert A. M. Stern

    Author of New Directions in American Architecture, New York 1930: Architecture Between the Two World Wars, New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915

11. James Sloss Ackerman

    Author of Palladio (Architect and Society), The Architecture of Michelangelo

12. Mark Girouard

    Author of Life in the English country house: a social and architectural history, Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History, The Victorian Country House

13. Christian Norberg-Schulz

    Author of Meaning In Western Architecture, Intentions in Architecture, Existence, Space & Architecture

14. Spiro Kostof

    Author of A History of Architecture: Settings and Rituals, The City Shaped: Urban Patterns and Meanings Through History

15. James Lees-Milne

    Author of Prophesying Peace, Holy Dread: Diaries 1982-1984, Ceaseless Turmoil: Diaries 1988-1992

16. Steen Eiler Rasmussen

    Author of Experiencing Architecture, London: The Unique City, Towns and Buildings

17. Henry-Russell Hitchcock

    Author of The International Style, Architecture, nineteenth and twentieth centuries

18. Rudolf Wittkower

    Author of Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism, Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750

19. Robert Venturi

    Author of Learning from Las Vegas, Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

20. Lewis Mumford

    Author of The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects, The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America, 1865-1895 (Dover Books on Art, Art History)