Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes - Couverture rigide

Cohen, Jean-Louis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0500342903 ISBN 13 : 9780500342909

Editeur : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

In June 2013, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents the largest exhibition ever produced on Le Corbusier's prolific oeuvre, encompassing his work as architect, interior designer, artist, city planner, writer and photographer. Over a six-decade career, this towering figure of modern culture constantly observed and imagined landscapes using all the artistic techniques at his command, including watercolours, sketches, paintings, photographs and models. This accompanying publication, appearing 25 years after the Centre Pompidou released the seminal catalogue Le Corbusier, une encyclopedie, aspires to become a new sourcebook, giving an account of research developed worldwide in recent decades. Reflecting the geographic extension of his designs and built works as well as his indefatigable wanderlust, the book is structured as an atlas, with topographical entries allowing for the discovery of the major sites and cities where Le Corbusier worked. Featuring essays by an international range of curators, scholars and critics, and a trove of archival images and materials from the Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris, this lavishly illustrated volume presents a wholly unique way to explore the life and work of one of the most important visionaries of our time.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Lavishly illustrated ... a unique approach to one of the great visionary artists of the 20th century. --Apollo

A formidable roster of academics and a first-rate selection of drawings, paintings, photos and models. --Art Quarterly

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0500342903
• ISBN 13: 9780500342909
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 406