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Un Corps À Habiter: The Image Of The Body In The Œuvre Of Le Corbusier, Daniel J. Naegele
Un Corps À Habiter: The Image Of The Body In The Œuvre Of Le Corbusier, Daniel J. Naegele
Daniel J. Naegele
Of Le Corbusier's architecture-metaphors, the best known is surely that which likened a house to a machine, but he made many others. His early houses at La Chaux-de-Fonds alluded directly to the fir trees that grew beside them. His Armee du Salut building, particularly its upper storey as it meets the sky, assumes the profile of an ocean liner. In studies for Rio, Monte Video, Sao Paulo, and Algiers, his buildings are like bridges to be driven over; and in both visual and verbal writings, Le Corbusier variously likened his elephantine Unite d'Habitation at Marseilles to an ocean liner, a …
Object, Image, Aura: Le Corbusier And The Architecture Of Photography, Daniel J. Naegele
Object, Image, Aura: Le Corbusier And The Architecture Of Photography, Daniel J. Naegele
Daniel J. Naegele
Returning to his studio one evening at dusk, Wassily Kandinsky was enchanted by "an unexpected spectacle." He suddenly saw "an indescribably beautiful picture, pervaded by an inner glow," he wrote in his "Reminiscences" of 1913 . "At first, I stopped short and then quickly approached this mysterious picture, on which I could discern only forms and colors and whose content was incomprehensible. At once, I discovered the key to the puzzle: it was a picture I had painted, standing on its side against the wall." Kandinsky was deeply affected, and the next day attempted a re-creation of his impression of …
An Interview With Lucien Hervé, Daniel J. Naegele
An Interview With Lucien Hervé, Daniel J. Naegele
Daniel J. Naegele
The architect of the century, Le Corbusier built less than sixty buildings yet published more than fifty books. These books are both verbal and visual, relying heavily on an illustrative text composed largely of photographs. In the 1922 publicity brochure for his forthcoming Vers une architecture Le Corbusier boasted, "This book derives its eloquence from the new means; its magnificent illustrations hold next to the next a parallel discourse, and one of great power".