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Description: Reims Cathedral and Perrault's façade of the Louvre compared

TitleReims Cathedral and Perrault's façade of the Louvre compared

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1925

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsUnknown

LocationLe Corbusier, "Urbanisme" (Paris, 1925)

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsCathedrals--FranceLouvre (Paris, France)Illustration of books--20th century

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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

Related print edition pages: pp.45-53

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00301.3

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22007&redirecttoanchor=71799

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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