“Each day of my life has been dedicated in part to drawing. I have never stopped drawing and painting, seeking, where I could find them, the secrets of form.”—Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier (1887–1965), is famous for transforming 20th-century architecture and urbanism. Less attention has been paid to his artistic production, although he began his career as a painter. Le Corbusier indeed studied under Charles L’Éplattenier and, together with the artist Amédée Ozenfant, founded the Purist movement in the manifesto After Cubism. Even after Le Corbusier turned to architecture, he continued to paint and draw. His thousands of drawings, rarely exhibited but meticulously stored in two watch cabinets from his family home, were particularly significant; he considered his work as a draftsman to be fundamental to his creative process. Beautifully illustrated with more than 300 drawings that have never before been published for an English readership, this revealing book charts the evolution of Le Corbusier’s process from his youthful travels abroad to his arrival and maturation in Paris. Danièle Pauly shows how his drawings functioned within an intimate zone of private reflection and situates his work within the broader artistic and intellectual currents of Cubism, Purism, Primitivism, and Surrealism. In addition to providing a crucial new background against which to comprehend Le Corbusier’s architecture and urbanism, this important volume advocates for understanding him alongside leading modern artists including Pablo Picasso and Fernand Léger.

Le Corbusier: Drawing as Process

Arts & Photography

Pauly, Danièle

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Le Corbusier: LA Chapelle De Ronchamp = the Chapel at Ronchamp

Birkhauser (Architectural)

Mario Botta - Entretiens avec Danièle Pauly

MONITEUR

Le Corbusier et le dessin « ce labeur secret »

Architecture

FAGE

Le Corbusier: Albums d'Afrique du Nord

The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–54), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusier’s late period. Like all the guides in this series, this book is indispensable both for a specialist audience and for tourists interested in architecture and modern art.

Le Corbusier: the Chapel at Ronchamp (Le Corbusier Guides (englisch französisch))

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Birkhauser

In this monograph, Danièle Pauly provides an overview of Barragán's life and his architectural œuvre, his Mexican roots, the Mediterranean influences, his Functionalist period, and finally the steps to maturity as a consummate architect.

Barragan: Space and Shadow, Walls and Colour

Birkhäuser Architecture

The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950–54), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusier’s late period. Like all the guides in this series, this book is indispensable both for a specialist audience and for tourists interested in architecture and modern art.

Le Corbusier. The Chapel at Ronchamp (Le Corbusier Guides (engl.))

Science & Math

Mathematics

Les Guides sur les chefs-d’œuvre de Le Corbusier désormais disponibles dans des éditions monolingues

Le Corbusier. La Chapelle de Ronchamp (Le Corbusier Guides) (French Edition)

Das Standardwerk zum weltberühmten mexikanischen Architekten Luis Barragán, dem Meister über Raum und Schatten, Wand und Farbe. All seine wichtigen Bauten werden ausführlich visuell dokumentiert und analysiert.

Barragán – Raum und Schatten, Mauer und Farbe (German Edition)

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