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2. Le Corbusier and the Gothic
Pierre Vaisse
Description: Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier: Applied Arts, Architecture, Painting, and...
Le Corbusier Before Le Corbusier: Applied Arts, Architecture, Painting, and Photography, 1907–1922
HOWEVER NEW IT MIGHT HAVE claimed to be, the architecture of the Modern Movement nevertheless had its roots in the architecture of the past, particularly the Gothic. As early as 1932, Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson had commented:
Author
Pierre Vaisse
PublisherBard Graduate Center
Copyright© 2002 The Bard Graduate Center
Related print edition pages: pp.45-53
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00301.3
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22007
Chapter subject tags:Le Corbusier, 1887-1965Architecture, GothicArchitecture--GermanyArchitecture, RomanesqueArchitecture, Modern--20th centuryViollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879Ruskin, John, 1819-1900Le Corbusier, 1887-1965. Voyage d'Orient

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2. Le Corbusier and the Gothic