Sir Nikolaus Pevsner: A Social Reformer
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15K02123
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Aesthetics and studies on art
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| Research Institution | Ferris University |
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Principal Investigator |
Kondo Ariyuki フェリス女学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (00323288)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Keywords | イギリス芸術文化史 / 社会改良 / デザイン史 / ニコラウス・ペヴスナー / 芸術文化史学 / モダン・デザイン / 日用の美 / イギリス美術史 / 中世主義 / 芸術文化史 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner is known today as an art historian with a vast number of publications, and the subjects of those publications reflect the wide range of his interest in artistic creativity. Admiring the monumental achievements of this scholar, one cannot but ask what drove Pevsner to explore art in such a wide and varied way. The answer seems to lie in his role as a social reformer who aimed to improve the standard of living of the general public through art-historical education, for instance, by presenting modern design as ‘the only adequate expression’ of the mode of life in mid-twentieth century Britain. Rather than concentrating on art history as an academic subject in British higher education, Pevsner chose to emphasize the importance of developing the aesthetic faculties of the general public and, by so doing, end the monopoly of the elite in art, design and architecture.
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