Research Catalog

Title

The final testament of Père Corbu : a translation and interpretation of Mise au point / Ivan Žaknić.

Author

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

Žaknić, Ivan.

Description

178 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

• Le Corbusier, the most influential architect of the twentieth century, died in 1965 only weeks after completing Mise au point, his last opus in the form of autobiographical reflections. This book is the first English translation of Mise au point, the first illustrated critical bilingual edition, and the first attempt to integrate this document into Le Corbusier's life as a whole, especially its final embittered years.
• Illustrated with photos and drawings, many of which appear here for the first time, and also including a revealing interview granted by Le Corbusier in the final months of his life, the volume will be welcomed by all students of Le Corbusier's art, architecture, and urban planning, as well as by those interested in modernism and twentieth-century culture.

Series Statement

The Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity

Uniform Title

Henry McBride series in modernism and modernity.

Subject

• Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 > Philosophy

Note

• Includes an English translation of Le Corbusier's last recorded interview as well as a critical commentary in English.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Mise au point -- The Final Year: A Transcription and Translation of Le Corbusier's Last Recorded Interview -- Le Corbusier as Author, Artist, Architect: A Chronology -- App. The Original Text of Mise au point.

ISBN

0300063539 (cl. : alk. paper)

LCCN

96047812

OCLC

• 35865467
• ocm35865467

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries