Le Corbusier before Le Corbusier: applied arts, architecture, painting, photography, 1907-1922

"In his numerous writings Le Corbusier remained uncharacteristically silent about his early career. This book examines his nascent years as a designer and architect, focusing on the period from 1907 to 1922-- the year he changed his name from Pierre Edouard Jeanneret and established his identit...

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Main Author: Le Corbusier 1887-1965 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press [2002]
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Online Access:DE-255
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Summary:"In his numerous writings Le Corbusier remained uncharacteristically silent about his early career. This book examines his nascent years as a designer and architect, focusing on the period from 1907 to 1922-- the year he changed his name from Pierre Edouard Jeanneret and established his identity as Le Corbusier. The contributors to the book offer in unprecedented detail an account of Le Corbusier's formative years and the cultural, intellectual, and creative concerns that absorbed him as a young artist in Switzerland and Paris"--Publisher's description
Item Description:"This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier: applied arts, architecture, painting, and photography, 1907-1922' held at the Langmatt Museum, Baden, Switzerland, with the title, 'Der Junge Le Corbusier' (March 30 - June 30, 2002), and at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York (November 22, 2002 - February 23, 2003).
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (322 Seiten) 466 Illustrationen (some color), Karten, Pläne
ISBN:0300266251
9780300266252
DOI:10.37862/aaeportal.00301

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