The Englishness of English Art by Nikolaus Pevsner

Stemming from his 1955 Reith Lectures, explores what makes English art uniquely English, arguing for a national character revealed through polarities (like reason vs. emotion) in art, focusing on Hogarth, Reynolds, Blake, Constable, Perpendicular architecture, and the Picturesque to link art styles to English cultural geography, suggesting a shift from fanaticism to tolerance led to a less intense but observant art, deeply rooted in English life and landscape.