Main entry:

Boone, Véronique, author.

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier on camera : the unknown films of Ernest Weissmann / Veronique Boone ; with a foreword by Tim Benton.

Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2024]
©2024

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.
Intro -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Contents Introduction -- Passages de vie at 35, rue de Sèvres The unknown amateur films of Ernest Weissmann. A backdrop to architectural history -- Architect and development planner Ernest Weissmann. An international civil servant -- 1. 35, rue de Sèvres A day in the life, summer 1929 -- 2. A journey by aeroplane, June 1929 -- 3. The making of the Mundaneum diorama, Buttes-Chaumont, 20 & -- amp -- 21 July 1929 -- 4. Enjoying Paris, 1929-1930 -- 5. Visiting the building site of the Villa Savoye, 1929-1930 -- 6. All together! Moments of Mediterranean delight in Athens, 1933 -- About the main actors -- Index of names -- Bibliography -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Illustration credits.
In English.

Summary:

Der Architekt Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) drehte in den Jahren 1929-1933 Amateurfilme mit einer Pathé Motocamera u.a. im Atelier Le Corbusier und Pierre Jeanneret, die bis dato unveröffentlicht sind und Momente aus Le Corbusiers Leben und Alltag einfangen, die man so bislang nicht kennt. Dokumentiert werden darin auch seine Freundschaften etwa mit Pierre Jeanneret, Josep Lluís Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion u.a. Das Buch zeigt in sechs Kapiteln eindrucksvolle Standbilder der Filme und ordnet sie in einführenden Texten in den jeweiligen historischen und persönlichen Kontext Le Corbusiers ein. Zwei Einleitungen widmen sich der Geschichte des Auffindens dieser Filme sowie dem Leben Ernest Weissmanns und seiner lebenslangen Freundschaft mit Le Corbusier. Eine Trouvaille aus dem Leben Le Corbusiers Mit 80 bislang unveröffentlichten Standbildern Als Softcover (9783035627282), Hardcover (9783035627299) und limitierte Sonderausgabe mit drei separaten Sonderdrucken erhältlich (9783035627305).
The book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann (1903-1985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 1929-1933 at, among other places, the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. These films capture moments from Le Corbusier's life that have never been seen before. It also documents his friendships with Pierre Jeanneret, Lluis Sert, Charlotte Perriand, Norman Rice, Kunio Maekawa, Sigfried Giedion and others. Across six chapters, the book shows impressive stills from these films and places them in the respective historical and personal context of Le Corbusier in introductory texts. Two introductions are devoted to the history of these pioneering amateur films and to Ernest Weissmann's life and his life-long relationship with Le Corbusier. A documentary treasure trove on the life of Le Corbusier Featuring 80 previously unpublished film stills Available as softcover (9783035627282), hardcover (9783035627299) and limited special edition with three photographic prints (9783035627305).

ISBN:

9783035627299 hardbound
3035627290
9783035627305 hardcover
3035627304 hardcover
9783035627282 paperback
3035627282 paperback
electronic book
9783035627879

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 In motion pictures.
Weissmann, Ernest, 1903-1985 Criticism and interpretation.
Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967 Criticism and interpretation.
Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967 In motion pictures.
Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Architecture/History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
Architecture/Individual Architects & Firms - General.
Motion pictures

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Weissmann, Ernest, 1903-1985.
Jeanneret, Pierre, 1896-1967.
Benton, Tim, 1945- writer of foreword.

Holdings:

Location: Library main
Copy: 1
Status: On Order