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Quand les cathédrales étaient blanches, Voyage au pays des timides

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Description: Quand les cathédrales étaient blanches, Voyage au pays des timides
TitleQuand les cathédrales étaient blanches, Voyage au pays des timides
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1936
Object typeBook/Manuscript
MaterialsUnknown
LocationLe Corbusier, "Quand les cathédrales étaient blanches" (Paris, 1936)
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsBook jacketsTravel in artArchitecture--France
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1. Voyages en Zigzag
Stanislaus von Moos
Description: Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier: Applied Arts, Architecture, Painting, and...
Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier: Applied Arts, Architecture, Painting, and Photography, 1907–1922
MODERN HOUSES LOOK AS IF they are “ready to go,” like “boxes on mobile stilts,” if not like boats...
Author
Stanislaus von Moos
PublisherBard Graduate Center
Copyright© 2002 The Bard Graduate Center
Related print edition pages: pp.23-43
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00301.2
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22006&redirecttoanchor=71757
Chapter subject tags:Le Corbusier, 1887-1965TourismEclecticismUrbanizationLe Corbusier, 1887-1965. Voyage d'Orient

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Description: Le Corbusier's last project for Paris: the Museum of the Twentieth Century for La...
Le Corbusier's last project for Paris: the Museum of the Twentieth Century for La Défense or, preferably, the heart of Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1965
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier's last project for Paris:...
Le Corbusier's last project for Paris: the Museum of the Twentieth Century for La Défense or, preferably, the heart of Paris
Description: L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1925
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion
Description: This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
This is Paris!" "Academism says: No!
Description: Le Corbusier proposed many plans for Paris from 1922 to his death in 1965
Le Corbusier proposed many plans for Paris from 1922 to his death in 1965
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1922–1965
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier proposed many plans for...
Le Corbusier proposed many plans for Paris from 1922 to his death in 1965
Description: Villa della Rocca, or La Roche–Jenneret house
Villa della Rocca, or La Roche–Jenneret house
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1923–1925
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Villa della Rocca, or La...
Villa della Rocca, or La Roche–Jenneret house
Description: Design for a monumental lighthouse for Paris
Design for a monumental lighthouse for Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameBourdais, Jules
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1881
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsWatercolor, Pencil on tracing paper
Dimensions23 3/4 × 8 3/4 in.
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/projet-de-phare-monumental-pour-paris-elevation-56835
Accession numberRF 37306, Recto, RF 37306
Design for a monumental lighthouse for...
Design for a monumental lighthouse for Paris
Description: Model of the Orsay Cultural Center, Paris, in its context, with the Musée du...
Model of the Orsay Cultural Center, Paris, in its context, with the Musée du Louvre and the Tuileries in the foreground
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Model of the Orsay Cultural Center,...
Model of the Orsay Cultural Center, Paris, in its context, with the Musée du Louvre and the Tuileries in the foreground
Description: Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1888
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions26 × 32 3/4 in. (66 × 83.2 cm)
LocationMinneapolis Institute of Arts
https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1272/port-en-bessin-georges-seurat
Accession number55.38
Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Port-en-Bessin, The Bridge and the Quays
Description: Plan Voisin for Paris
Plan Voisin for Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1925
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Plan Voisin for Paris
Plan Voisin for Paris
Description: Paris with one of Le Corbusier's visionary proposals to rebuild the Right Bank
Paris with one of Le Corbusier's visionary proposals to rebuild the Right Bank
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1961
Object typeDrawing
LocationDrawings and Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University, New York
Paris with one of Le Corbusier's...
Paris with one of Le Corbusier's visionary proposals to rebuild the Right Bank
Description: A little house in Vaucresson for George Besnus
A little house in Vaucresson for George Besnus
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1923–1924
Object typeArchitecture
LocationVaucresson, France
A little house in Vaucresson for George...
A little house in Vaucresson for George Besnus
Description: Prototype for the Museum of the Twentieth Century: the Museum of Unlimited Growth...
Prototype for the Museum of the Twentieth Century: the Museum of Unlimited Growth based on the square spiral
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Prototype for the Museum of the...
Prototype for the Museum of the Twentieth Century: the Museum of Unlimited Growth based on the square spiral
Description: The Museum of the Twentieth Century planned for Nanterre, adjacent to La...
The Museum of the Twentieth Century planned for Nanterre, adjacent to La Défense district
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1965
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
The Museum of the Twentieth Century...
The Museum of the Twentieth Century planned for Nanterre, adjacent to La Défense district
Description: Photograph of an interior basin looking out toward the jetties, Port-en-Bessin
Photograph of an interior basin looking out toward the jetties, Port-en-Bessin
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
Photograph of an interior basin looking...
Photograph of an interior basin looking out toward the jetties, Port-en-Bessin
Description: Diarama of an Alpine Scene
Diarama of an Alpine Scene
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameDaguerre, Louis-Jacques-Mandé
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Object typePainting
LocationHarry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Diarama of an Alpine Scene
Diarama of an Alpine Scene
Description: Boulevard du Temple, detail
Boulevard du Temple, detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameDaguerre, Louis-Jacques-Mandé
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1838
Object typePhotograph
LocationBayerisches Nationalmuseum
Boulevard du Temple, detail
Boulevard du Temple, detail
Description: Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre)
Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameCaillebotte, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions46 × 32 1/4 in. (117 × 82 cm)
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/10A2Y1
Accession number2021.67
Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme...
Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre)
Description: View through a Balcony Railing
View through a Balcony Railing
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1883–1884
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsConté crayon
Dimensions12 3/4 × 9 3/4 in.
View through a Balcony Railing
View through a Balcony Railing
Description: Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1889
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions9 1/2 × 6 in. (24.1 × 15.2 cm)
LocationThe Fine Arts Museum of San Franciso
https://art.famsf.org/georges-seurat/eiffel-tower-197948
Accession number1979.48
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Description: The Museum of the Twentieth Century for Paris
The Museum of the Twentieth Century for Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1965
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
The Museum of the Twentieth Century for...
The Museum of the Twentieth Century for Paris
Description: Iron lighthouse design by Eiffel and Co.
Iron lighthouse design by Eiffel and Co.
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
LocationBibliothèque de l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées
Iron lighthouse design by Eiffel and Co.
Iron lighthouse design by Eiffel and Co.
Description: Church of Val de Grâce. West facade
Church of Val de Grâce. West facade
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 06
Creator nameMansart, François;Lemercier, Jacques
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1646–1667
Object typeArchitecture
LocationParis
Church of Val de Grâce. West...
Church of Val de Grâce. West facade
Description: Panorama Rotunda in the Place d’Austerlitz, Paris
Panorama Rotunda in the Place d’Austerlitz, Paris
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1882
Object typeDrawing
LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Panorama Rotunda in the Place...
Panorama Rotunda in the Place d’Austerlitz, Paris
Description: Aerial view of Port-en-Bessin post-World War II
Aerial view of Port-en-Bessin post-World War II
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
Aerial view of Port-en-Bessin post-World...
Aerial view of Port-en-Bessin post-World War II
Description: Panorama of Constantinople by Jules-Arsène Garnier
Panorama of Constantinople by Jules-Arsène Garnier
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameNielson, C.V.
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1882
Object typePrint
MaterialsWood engraving
LocationThe Royal Library, Copenhagen
Panorama of Constantinople by...
Panorama of Constantinople by Jules-Arsène Garnier
Description: Le Corbusier Sketchbook N 57, p. 51: "Down with the Academy!"
Le Corbusier Sketchbook N 57, p. 51: "Down with the Academy!"
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1959
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Le Corbusier Sketchbook N 57, p. 51:...
Le Corbusier Sketchbook N 57, p. 51: "Down with the Academy!
Description: Exterior of Enamel Door at the Palace of the Assembly at Chandigarh
Exterior of Enamel Door at the Palace of the Assembly at Chandigarh
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeArchitecture
LocationChandigarh, India
Exterior of Enamel Door at the Palace of...
Exterior of Enamel Door at the Palace of the Assembly at Chandigarh
Description: House Painter
House Painter
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nameSeurat, Georges
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1883–1884
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsConté crayon on paper
Dimensions12 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (31.8 × 24.9 cm)
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
House Painter
House Painter
Description: Photograph of the entrance to the interior basins, looking west, Porten-Bessin
Photograph of the entrance to the interior basins, looking west, Porten-Bessin
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
Photograph of the entrance to the...
Photograph of the entrance to the interior basins, looking west, Porten-Bessin
Description: Gare Saint-Lazare
Gare Saint-Lazare
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameMonet, Claude
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions75.5 × 104 cm
LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/la-gare-saint-lazare-10897
Accession numberRF 2775, INV 363
Gare Saint-Lazare
Gare Saint-Lazare
Description: Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre), detail
Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme à sa fenêtre), detail
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameCaillebotte, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1876
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/10525Y
Accession number2021.67
Young Man at His Window (Jeune homme...
The Man at the Window, detail
Description: Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, from the river
Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, from the river
Posted by:John Carlson
May 03
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, from...
Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, from the river
Description: Photograph of the semaphore of Port-en-Bessin
Photograph of the semaphore of Port-en-Bessin
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 22
Creator nationality/cultureUnkown
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation datec. 1908
Object typePhotograph
MaterialsPhotograph
Photograph of the semaphore of...
Photograph of the semaphore of Port-en-Bessin
Description: The givers of form must be inventors and not imitators
The givers of form must be inventors and not imitators
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
The givers of form must be inventors and...
The givers of form must be inventors and not imitators
Description: Charles-Edouard Jenneret (Le Corbusier) with his brother, Albert, in Paris at 3 quai...
Charles-Edouard Jenneret (Le Corbusier) with his brother, Albert, in Paris at 3 quai Saint Michel
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1908
Object typePhotograph
Charles-Edouard Jenneret (Le Corbusier)...
Charles-Edouard Jenneret (Le Corbusier) with his brother, Albert, in Paris at 3 quai Saint Michel
Description: League of Nations, Competition for Geneva
League of Nations, Competition for Geneva
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1927
Object typeDrawing
League of Nations, Competition for...
League of Nations, Competition for Geneva
Description: Paris, A Rainy Day
Paris, A Rainy Day
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 13
Creator nameCaillebotte, Gustave
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1877
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions212.2 × 276.2 cm (83 1/2 × 108 3/4 in.)
LocationArt Institute of Chicago
http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/20684
Accession number1964.336
Paris, A Rainy Day
Paris, A Rainy Day
Description: The Three Human Establishments
The Three Human Establishments
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
The Three Human Establishments
The Three Human Establishments
Description: Chandigarh, Birth of a Capitol
Chandigarh, Birth of a Capitol
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Object typeDrawing
LocationFondation Le Corbusier, Paris
Chandigarh, Birth of a Capitol
Chandigarh, Birth of a Capitol
Description: Villa Stein–de Monzie, plan, ground floor
Villa Stein–de Monzie, plan, ground floor
Posted by:John Carlson
May 03
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1927
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Villa Stein–de Monzie, plan,...
Villa Stein–de Monzie, plan, ground floor
Description: Apartment house with ground-floor shop project. Exterior perspective
Apartment house with ground-floor shop project. Exterior perspective
Posted by:John Carlson
Oct 06
Creator nameViollet-le-Duc, Eugène Emmanuel
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator roleArchitect
Creation date1872
Object typeArchitecture
LocationEntretiens sur l'architecture, vol. 2, 1872
Apartment house with ground-floor shop...
Apartment house with ground-floor shop project. Exterior perspective
Description: Three Essential Joys and l'Unités d'Habitation (top); the Radioconcentric City...
Three Essential Joys and l'Unités d'Habitation (top); the Radioconcentric City of Exchanges (middle); and the Three Human Establishments (bottom)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1961
Object typeDrawing
LocationDrawings and Archives, Avery Library, Columbia University, New York
Three Essential Joys and l'Unités...
Three Essential Joys and l'Unités d'Habitation (top); the Radioconcentric City of Exchanges (middle); and the Three Human Establishments (bottom)
Description: A page of Le Corbusier’s writing
A page of Le Corbusier’s writing
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeOther
A page of Le Corbusier’s writing
A page of Le Corbusier’s writing
Description: A page of Le Corbusier’s writing
A page of Le Corbusier’s writing
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 21
Creator nameLe Corbusier
Creator nationality/cultureSwiss
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Object typeOther
A page of Le Corbusier’s writing
A page of Le Corbusier’s writing

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