Author: LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965); VON MOOS, STANISLAUS AND RUEGG, ARTHUR (1942-), EDS
Title: Le Corbusier before Le Corbusier: applied arts, architecture, painting, photography, 1907-1922 / edited by Stanislaus von Moos and Arthur Ruegg
Description: New Haven; London: Yale University Press 2002. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 322 p.: ill. (some col.); 29 cm. Notes; '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).' Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-316) and index. Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts. Design and Culture. New York with the Langmatt Foundation. Baden. Switzerland. Summary; In his numerous writings. Le Corbusier remained uncharacteristically silent about his early career. This text examines his nascent years as a designer and architect. focusing on the period from 1907 to 1922 - the year he changed his name from Charles Edouard Jeanneret and established his identity as Le Corbusier. The contributors to the book offer an account of Le Corbusier's formative years and the cultural. intellectual and artistic concerns that absorbed him as a young artist in Switzerland and Paris. From 1907 to 1922 Jeanneret learned the art and craft of architecture and design. and defined his own image as an artist. The volume discusses the cultural climate of his Swiss hometown. La Chaux-de-Fonds; his early mentors. friends and clients; his educational pursuits. including his self-designed Grand Tour; and his first successes as an architect and designer. More than 350 illustrations - including architectural drawings and models. watercolours. sketches. photographs and furniture - show the wide range of young Le Corbusier's work and illuminate the principal themes and issues of his formative years. Subjects; Le Corbusier 1887-1965. Furniture design. Painting. Modern - 20th century - Switzerland. Architecture - France - 20th century. Interior decoration - France - History - 20th century. Painting. French - 20th century. Dates covered: 1907-1922. Individual architects; Individual artists; Individual photographers. c 1900 - c 1914. First World War. 1914-1918. Inter-war period. 1918-1939. ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General. ARCHITECTURE / History / General. ART / European. ISBN: 0300093578. Weight in Kg appr.:

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