Le Corbusier, the creative search : the formative years of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret / Geoffrey H. Baker

Le Corbusier, the creative search : the formative years of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret / Geoffrey H. Baker
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold ; London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1996

Le Corbusier - The Creative Search: The Formative Years of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (Hardcover)
by Geoffrey Baker (Author) "Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris was born on the second floor of a modest apartmaent block at 38 Rue de la Serre..." (more)
Key Phrases: construction des villes, watercolour rendering, southern gable,



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Offers an analysis and explanation of Le Corbusier's early education, his travels in Europe and the East, his buildings and his paintings.
This book offers an analysis and explanation of Le Corbusier's early education, his travels in Europe and the East, his buildings and his paintings.
As one of the key architects of the 20th century, Le Corbusier continues to excite and intrigue architects, artists and students. He acquired his skills as a designer by a meticulous study of historical examples of art and architecture and although he wrote and published widely througout his life, his early notebooks, diaries and sketches have never before been properly analyzed and discussed. Professor Baker brings together the very best of his early paintings and sketches and explains their importance to his formative development.
The book is illustrated by over 300 of Corbusier's sketches and designs and is an important contribution to the understanding of this great architect.
This book should be of interest to architects and architecture students, artists, art students and art historians or anyone with an interest in Le Corbusier.

Contents List


Preface
Acknowledged
Illustrations Acknowledged
Chronology
Prologue

Introduction
1 La Chaux-de-Fonds the Art School 1901-1905;
the Villa Fallet, 1905;
the study tour to Italy, 1907;
Vienna, the Stotzer and Jacquemet House a Paris, Germany, 1908-1910;
the journey to the east 1911;
La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1912-1917;
Paris and purism 1917-1920;
vers une architecture and urbanisme.
9 Conclusion


Bibliography
Index