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Le Corbusier – życie i twórczość
Le Corbusier – Life and Work

Author(s): Mateusz Kot
Subject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Architecture, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Fundacja »Lubelska Szkoła Filozofii Chrześcijańskiej«
Keywords: Le Corbusier; architect; modernism; alchemy; France

Summary/Abstract: The theme of the article is the biography of Le Corbusier, as well as his work. Le Corbusier was born on October 6, 1887 in the village of La Chaux- de Fonds, he died on 27 August 1965 in Cap Martin. He was a French architect, urban planner, sculptor, as well as a leading representative of the modernist international movement. The author presents the process of education this French architect, as well as his activities, also in Soviet Russia. He also discusses Le Corbusier’s interests of alchemy as well as his participation in the adoption of the so-called. Athens Charter. The author also presents profiles of Le Corbusier’s successors: Hannes Meyer and Ernst May.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 509-521
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish