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John Fleming (1919–2001) was a British art historian, famous for his writing partnership with Hugh Honour. Their ''A World History of Art'', is now in its seventh edition. Fleming's ''Robert Adam and His Circle in Edinburgh and Rome'' (1961) won the Bannister Fletcher Prize and the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medal.〔Cover notes, ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts''. London: Allen Lane, 1977. ISBN 0713909412〕 ==Biography== Fleming was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed, the son of a local Solicitor. He was educated at Rugby School and read English at Trinity College, Cambridge where he met Hugh Honour, who would become Fleming's life partner. He travelled to Italy and during World War II was briefly a conscientious objector before entering the British Army Intelligence Corps in Cairo. There he began to write about art with the encouragement of Nikolaus Pevsner. Living in Asolo near Venice, Honour and Fleming began a productive writing partnership. They were commissioned by publisher Allen Lane to edit the ''Style and Civilisation'' series (begun 1967); the ''Architect and Society'' series (begun 1966); and the ''Art in Context'' series (begun 1972).〔(''Fleming, John'' ) – Dictionary of Art Historians, 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2013. (Archived here. )〕 In 1962, Honour and Fleming moved to Villa Marchiò near Lucca where they remained for the rest of their lives. In 1966, they collaborated with Nikolaus Pevsner to produce ''The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture'' (2nd edition 1972), and in 1977 they wrote ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts''. ''A World History of Art'' followed in 1982 and the ''Venetian Hours of Henry James, Whistler and Sargent'' in 1991. Fleming died in Tofori, near Lucca. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Fleming (art historian)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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