Cosmos of light : the sacred architecture of Le Corbusier / Henry Plummer.

Main entry:

Plummer, Henry, 1946-

Title & Author:

Cosmos of light : the sacred architecture of Le Corbusier / Henry Plummer.

Publication:

Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013]

Description:

xiii, 149 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149).
Introduction: The miracle of light -- Chapel of light : Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France, 1950-55 -- Monastery of light : Monastery of Sainte Marie de la Tourette, Éveux-sur-l'Arbesle, France, 1953-60 -- Church of light : Church of Saint-Pierre, Firminy-Vert, France, 1960-2006.

Summary:

One of the great visionaries and pioneers of modern architecture, Le Corbusier was a master of light, declaring it both a fundamental basis of architecture and the key to personal well-being. In this portfolio of 160 photographs taken over 40 years, Henry Plummer captures Le Corbusier's inspired use of natural light in three of his greatest achievements: the small pilgrimage chapel at Ronchamp, the Dominican monastery of Sainte Marie de La Tourette, and the parish church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy-Vert, all in France. In these modest religious works Le Corbusier deploys light to create enchanted, emotionally charged spaces wedded to the cosmic rhythm of sunlight and season. Cosmos of Light reveals how the artist reimagined sacred space and charted new ways that buildings can both reveal and inhabit the universe around them.

ISBN:

9780253007261 (cl ; alk. paper)
0253007267 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Themes, motives.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Le Corbusier 1887-1965
Church architecture France.
Light in architecture.
Architecture chrétienne France.
Lumière en architecture.
Church architecture.
Themes, motives.
Kirchenbau
Licht
Klosteranlage
Kyrkoarkitektur.
Ljuset.
Arkitektur.
France.

Added entries:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965. Works. Selections.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283434
Call No.: BIB 221632
Status: Available

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