Abstract

Last year was the centenary of Rudolf Wittkower, the most influential art historian in the Modern History of architecture. An entire generation of English architects came under the spell of his teachings, whether firsthand in British universities or through publications. This essay is a recollection of Wittkower’s work and its place in the development of the historiography of architecture. It also mentions Wittkower’s importance in some episodes of English architecture of the fifties.

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