Main entry:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier and the power of photography / [Le Corbusier] ; edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer & Lada Umstatter ; contributions by Tim Benton [and others].

Publication:

London : Thames & Hudson, 2012.

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at Musée des beaux-arts de, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Sep. 30, 2012 - Jan. 13, 2013 and held at Centre International pour la Ville, I'Architecture et le Paysage (CIVA), Brussels, April 26 - Oct. 6, 2013.
"This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition 'the constructed image : Le Corbusier and photography and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Le Corbusier.'"--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Making images / Nathalie Herschdorfer & Lada Umstätter -- Le Corbusier's secret photographs / Tim Benton -- 'Beware printer!' : photography and the printed page / Catherine de Smet -- Monumental photographs / Arthur Rüegg -- The promise of the radiant city : the visual media campaign for the Unité d'Habitation in Marseille / Veronique Boone -- Through many lenses : contemporary interpretations of the architect's works / Jean-Christophe Blaser -- Capturing Le Corbusier's image / Klaus Spechtenhauser.

Summary:

"The influence and development of Le Corbusier was inextricably connected to the rise of the twentieth century's central form of popular media: photography. The Swiss-born architect of his generation. Long before many in his field, he harnessed the power of the photographic image to define and disseminate his persona, his ideas and his buildings around the world. In this, he was far ahead of his time. Coinciding with the 125th anniversary of Le Corbusier's birth and the 100th anniversary of the foundation of his first studio in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, this book brings together contributions by leading scholars and experts on the architect to explore Le Corbusier's use of and engagement with photography. From the early pictures he took ass a young traveling architect and snapshots of his surroundings, to his hands-on approach to the graphic design of his influential publications, and large-scale photographic images and collages for architectural spaces, this collection of insights into Le Corbusier's photographic eye reveals the breadth and depth of his visual and spatial innovation, as well as offering candid, personal, artistic and often unexpected images of the man himself. Le Corbusier's connection with photography has long been noted. This is the first publication devoted solely to the special relationship between the architect and the most important form of media expression in the modern era. Completed by a reference section that includes an extensive chronology and bibliography, this significant contribution to the literature on Le Corbusier offers many fresh perspectives on his creative genius and the art of timeless design."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0500544220 (hbk.)
9780500544228 (hbk.)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Exhibitions.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier.
Le Corbusier Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Architecture and photography Exhibitions.
Architectural photography History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture et photographie Expositions.
Photographie d'architecture Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architectural photography History Exhibitions. 20th century.
Architectural photography.
Architecture and photography.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Herschdorfer, Nathalie.
Umstätter, Lada, 1971-
Benton, Tim, 1945-
Musée des beaux-arts (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland)
Centre international pour la ville, l'architecture et le paysage.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280881
Call No.: BIB 217934
Status: Available