Le Corbusier : Drawing as Process

《勒·柯布西耶：作为过程进行绘图 》

「我生命中的每一天都致力於繪畫，從未停止。

我不斷地尋找，尋找繪畫中形式的秘密。」 

Hardcover: 304 pages

Publisher: Yale University Press (2 Nov. 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0300230990

ISBN-13: 978-0300230994

Product Dimensions: 241 x 279 x 22.86mm | 1,651g

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准  

Description

"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-Edouard 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'Eplattenier and, together with the artist Amedee 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. Daniele 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 Leger.

About Daniele Pauly

Daniele Pauly is professor of architectural history at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture Paris-val-de-Seine and director of the catalogue raisonne of Le Corbusier's drawings. Genevieve Hendricks is assistant professor of modern art history at Hollins University. 

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