Quiet, Humane and ‘Anonymous’: Pevsner’s art-historical response to wartime
Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference
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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.