Le Corbusier's Formative Years: Charles-Edouard Jeanneret at LA Chaux-De-Fonds - Brossura

Brooks, H. Allen

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ISBN 10: 0226075826 ISBN 13: 9780226075822

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 1999

Riassunto

In Le Corbusier's Formative Years we learn what made Le Corbusier the person, and the designer that he was. Using twenty years of research, H. Allen Brooks has unearthed an incredible wealth of documents that show every facet of the formative years of this influential architect.

"There is much in this fine volume for anyone interested not just in architecture, but in the roots of human creativity and in the origins of the most powerful artistic current of our century. . . . This book is a life's work of scholarship. It has been well spent."--Toronto Globe and Mail

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H. Allen Brooks has unearthed a wealth of letters, diaries, family records, school reports and unpublished sketches and drawings that document every facet of the formative years of 20th-century architect and urbanist Le Corbusier. The text examines every aspect of his education from preschool through to and including his training as a designer of ornamental watch cases and his early studies in decoration and architectural design. This was followed by extensive travel, studying in Paris and Berlin before returning home to La Chaux-de-Fonds to teach and practice architecture, interior decoration and furniture design. Finally in 1917 Le Corbusier moved to Paris, where he became an unsuccessful entrepreneur before turning his talents to writing, painting, architecture and urban design.

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• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0226075826
• ISBN 13: 9780226075822
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 588