Le Corbusier: Architect of a New Age

by Jean Jenger

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Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a pioneer of modern architecture. He focused his seemingly unlimited creative energy on diverse media and fields of endeavor: architecture, city planning, drawing, painting, sculpture, and tapestry design. Visit his revolutionary buildings and read about the controversies stirred up by this maverick's provocative works and pronouncements.

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Jean Jenger was President of the Fondation Le Corbusier for many years; he represented the government in the realization of the Musee d'Orsay in Paris. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Canonical title
Le Corbusier: Architect of a New Age
Original title
Le Corbusier. L'architecture pour émouvoir
Original publication date
1993-09-15 (1e édition originale française, Gallimard) (1e édition originale française, Gallimard)
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Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris)
Original language*
Français
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Nonfiction, Art & Design, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS
709.2Arts & recreationArtsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyBiography (artists not limited to a specific form)
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NA1053 .J4 .J4813Fine Arts2599.5-2599.9 Architectural criticismArchitectureHistory
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