Main entry:

Eliel, Carol S., 1955-

Title & Author:

L'Esprit nouveau : Purism in Paris, 1918-1925 / Carol S. Eliel ; with essays by Françoise Ducros, Tag Gronberg.

Publication:

Los Angeles, Calif. : Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2001.

Description:

191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index.
Purism in Paris, 1918-1925 / Carol S. Eliel -- Amédé Ozenfant, "Purist brother": an essay on his contribution / Françoise Ducros -- Making up the modern city: modernity on display at the 1925 international exposition / Tag Gronberg -- After cubism / Amédé Ozenfant and Charles-Edouard Jeannert [translated by John Goodman].
Also issued online.
With an English translation of After Cubism by Amédée Ozenfant and Charles-Edouard Jeanneret.

Summary:

"The Purist movement in art, founded by Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (better known as Le Corbusier) and Amedee Ozenfant, championed a traditional classicism with a formal focus on clean geometries while it simultaneously embraced new technologies and materials. Realized equally in painting and in architecture, Purism also incorporated interior and industrial design and urban planning. The periodical L'Esprit Nouveau, founded by Ozenfant and Jeanneret in 1920, served as the mouthpiece for the Purist movement; the diverse subject matter addressed in the magazine reflected the wide-ranging interests of the Purists." "Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918-1925 is the first major study of Purism in almost fifteen years and a key contribution to the study of classic twentieth-century modernism in painting and architecture. This revealing volume examines over seventy-five paintings by Jeanneret, Ozenfant, and their closest colleague, Fernand Leger. Also included is the full text of Le Corbusier's and Ozenfant's 1918 manifesto, Apres Je cubisme, translated for the first time into English. At the heart of L'Esprit Nouveau: Purism in Paris, 1918-1925 lies a single work: Le Corbusier's striking Pavillon de l'Esprit Nouveau, designed for the 1925 International Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris, at which the term Art Deco was coined. The architecture of Le Corbusier's pavilion, along with its interior decoration - paintings, sculpture, furniture, glassware, rugs, and other objects - offers a complete summation of Purist aesthetics."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0810967278 (alk. paper)
9780810967274 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Ozenfant, Amédée, 1886-1966
Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955
Esprit nouveau Exhibitions.
Esprit nouveau Expositions
Esprit nouveau.
Purism (Art) France Exhibitions.
Art, French 20th century Exhibitions.
Purisme (Art) France Expositions.
Art français 20e siècle Expositions.
Art, French.
Purism (Art)
Schilderkunst.
Bouwkunst.
Purisme (beeldende kunsten)
France.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Ducros, Françoise.
Gronberg, Tag.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 216494
Call No.: N6848.5.P8 E5 2001
Status: Available