Le Corbusier and the so-called primitive arts.
| N° d'inventaire | 22278 |
| Format | 16 x 24 |
| Détails | 350 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782375560273 |
Le Corbusier's profound relationship with a selection of non-European art objects constitutes a largely ignored aspect of his world. And yet, the leader of modern architecture has always designed, published, exhibited and collected "so-called primitive arts", according to the clear-sighted formulation he has been using since 1935. Several African and Asian sculpted forms, which for him belong to "the most fertile periods of invention", thus run through his work. This publication devoted to the architect's view of African, Asian or Oceanic works sheds light on essential aspects of architectural modernity, in particular the balance sought between an essence of the human, represented by "so-called primitive arts" and a technical progress which tends, at least initially, to cut man off from his roots. The collection built up by Le Corbusier is important. The database of drawings of the Fondation Le Corbusier lists around thirty drawings made between 1905 and 1909; Le Corbusier's private collection included around ten works of African art (including two paintings by the Sudanese painter Kalifala Sidibé), which can be seen in photographs of his apartments on rue Jacob and then rue Nungesser-et-Coli; exotic art objects are reproduced in various publications, from L'Esprit nouveau in 1920 to Poème électronique in 1958. Le Corbusier's personal library includes around twenty books and a number of postcards concerning non-European art.
Le Corbusier's profound relationship with a selection of non-European art objects constitutes a largely ignored aspect of his world. And yet, the leader of modern architecture has always designed, published, exhibited and collected "so-called primitive arts", according to the clear-sighted formulation he has been using since 1935. Several African and Asian sculpted forms, which for him belong to "the most fertile periods of invention", thus run through his work. This publication devoted to the architect's view of African, Asian or Oceanic works sheds light on essential aspects of architectural modernity, in particular the balance sought between an essence of the human, represented by "so-called primitive arts" and a technical progress which tends, at least initially, to cut man off from his roots. The collection built up by Le Corbusier is important. The database of drawings of the Fondation Le Corbusier lists around thirty drawings made between 1905 and 1909; Le Corbusier's private collection included around ten works of African art (including two paintings by the Sudanese painter Kalifala Sidibé), which can be seen in photographs of his apartments on rue Jacob and then rue Nungesser-et-Coli; exotic art objects are reproduced in various publications, from L'Esprit nouveau in 1920 to Poème électronique in 1958. Le Corbusier's personal library includes around twenty books and a number of postcards concerning non-European art.