When Pevsner came to the UK, he catalogued what he considered to be notable buildings. The lecture looks at some in SW London.
Pevsner, a German refugee from Hitler, an internee and a jobbing journalist, became the Grand Old Man of English art history through his extraordinary one-man survey of all the architecturally significant buildings in the country, county by county.
This lecture explores what Pevsner said, rightly or wrongly, about some of the buildings in our Society’s area – churches, houses, shops, town halls, tower blocks – and sets his pronouncements in the context of The Buildings of England as a whole. His books have both detractors and passionate defenders, but no imitators.
IMAGES (courtesy of the lecturer unles stated)
A page from the passport of Nikolaus Pevsner (detail)
The tomb of explorer Richard Burton in Mortlake (courtesy G Grunwald)
The roof of the Palm House in Kew Gardens.
How to book this event:
This will be a hybrid lecture. Members of TAS SW London can attend free of charge but non-members will be asked for a £10 fee at the door. To watch the lecture live online, please email theartssocietyswlondon@gmail.com for a link. There is a charge of £5 for non-members.
THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER
Ms Susie Harries
A writer, editor and lecturer, specialising in 20th century culture and the arts. Has published eight books on subjects including official war art, opera and the composer Elisabeth Lutyens. The most recent is the biography of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, published in August 2011. Lectured to a range of audiences, from the Imperial War Museum and British Museum to the Twentieth Century Society and the RSA, most recently at the Cheltenham and Bridport Literary Festivals and the Victorian Society.
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