Le Corbusier : drawing as process / Danièle Pauly ; translated by Genevieve Hendricks.

Main entry:

Pauly, Danièle, author.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier : drawing as process / Danièle Pauly ; translated by Genevieve Hendricks.

Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]
©2018

Description:

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
"Originally published as "Ce labeur secret": Le Corbusier et le dessin. Copyright © Fage éditions, Lyon, 2015; © Fondation Le Corbusier, Paris, 2015"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-299) and index.
The world "at the tip of a pencil" -- The poetry of objects -- Plastic invention.
Translated from the French.

Summary:

"Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier (1887-1965), is famous for transforming twentieth-century architecture and urbanism. Less attention has been paid to his artistic production, although he began his career as a painter. Le Corbusier indeed studied under Charles L'Ésplattenier and, together with the artist Amédée Ozenfant, founded the Purist movement in the manifesto After Cubism. Even after Le Corbusier turned to architecture, he continued to paint and draw. His thousands of drawings, rarely exhibited but meticulously stored in two watch cabinets from his family home, were particularly significant; he considered his work as a draftsman to be fundamental to his creative process. Beautifully illustrated with more than 300 drawings that have never before been published for an English readership, this revealing book charts the evolution of Le Corbusier's process from his youthful travels abroad to his arrival and maturation in Paris. Danièle Pauly shows how his drawings functioned within an intimate zone of private reflection and situates his work within the broader artistic and intellectual currents of Cubism, Purism, Primitivism, and Surrealism. In addition to providing a crucial new background against which to comprehend Le Corbusier's architecture and urbanism, this important volume advocates for understanding him alongside leading modern artists including Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger."-- Back cover.

ISBN:

0300230990 (hardcover)
9780300230994 (hardcover)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Le Corbusier 1887-1965
Artists France 20th century Criticism and interpretation.
Drawing, French 20th century.
Dessin français 20e siècle.
Artistes France 20e siècle Critique et interprétation.
Artists
Drawing, French
Zeichnung
France

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Hendricks, Genevieve, translator
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965. Drawings. Selections.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302988
Call No.: BIB 249168
Status: Available

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