The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design: World of Art

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner (1902¿1983) was Slade Professor of Fine Art, University of Cambridge, 1949¿55, and Fellow of St John's College, 1950¿55. He was the first Professor of the History of Art Department at Birkbeck College, University of London, retiring in 1969. He is probably best known forThe Buildings of England, completed in more than fifty volumes shortly before his death, and for hisOutline of European Architecture, which has remained a standard work for over forty years. Kenneth Frampton CBE served as Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University, New York, from 1972 to 2019. In 2018 he was awarded the Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale. His publications includeStudies in Tectonic Culture,Labour, Work and Architecture,American Masterworks,Kengo Kuma: Complete Works andA Genealogy of Modern Architecture.

Introduction
1. A Style for the Age
2. Art Nouveau
3. New Impetus from England
4. Art and Industry
5. Towards the International Style