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Le Corbusier : the Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut at Ronchamp

2015

Format:	Book
Uniform Title:	Le Corbusier, Ronchamp. English.
Title:	Le Corbusier : the Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut at Ronchamp / Maria Antonietta Crippa, Françoise Caussé ; [translation, Caroline Beamish].
Edition:	English edition.
Publisher, Date:	London : Royal Academy of Arts, [2015]
Description:	239 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm
Summary:	"Le Corbusier's Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut is one of the most unique and surprising religious buildings of the 20th century. In Ronchamp, eastern France, Le Corbusier built his masterpiece on the site of a church destroyed in World War II--which itself took the place of a fourth-century Christian chapel--and transformed an ancient pilgrimage site into a dramatic work of modern art. In this insightful and gorgeously illustrated volume, Maria Antoinetta Crippa and Françoise Causse explore the reasons Le Corbusier, one of modern architecture's most famous exponents of urbanism, created an ethereal space of worship on a remote hill in the French countryside. Putting the chapel into historical context and exploring the controversies that surround it, the book also features stunning new photographs that capture the genius of Le Corbusier's design."--Publisher's description.
Subjects:	Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation. Notre-Dame-du-Haut (Chapel : Ronchamp, France) Notre-Dame-du-Haut (Chapel : Ronchamp, France) -- Pictorial works. Ronchamp (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Other Author:	Crippa, Maria Antonietta, author. Caussé, Françoise, 1942- author. Beamish, Caroline, translator.
Notes:	"An expanded version of this text was originally published in Italian as Le Corbusier: Ronchamp, La cappella di Notre-Dame du Haut by Editoriale Jaca Book SpA, Milan, 2014"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 237) and index. Translation from the original Italian and French.
Contents:	Contexts / Maria Antonietta Crippa -- Commissioning Le Corbusier / Françoise Caussé -- A patient search / Maria Antonietta Crippa -- Space, form and colour in light / Maria Antonietta Crippa -- At the crossroads of humanity / Maria Antonietta Crippa -- Ronchamp and the sacred today / Maria Antonietta Crippa.
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LCCN:	2015376162
ISBN:	9781907533921 1907533923 9781907533921 1907533923
Other Number:	908986505
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Control Number:	607357
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Call Number:	726.509 Le Corbu

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