Titre et auteur:

Polychromie architecturale : Le Corbusiers Farbenklaviaturen von 1931 und 1959 = Le Corbusier's color keyboards from 1931 and 1959 = Les claviers de couleurs de Le Corbusier de 1931 et de 1959 / Arthur Rüegg (ed.).

Publication:

Basel ; Boston ; Berlin : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1997]
©1997

Description:

3 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 29 cm

Notes:
Issued in case.
Vol. 2 accompanied by 4 Bristol board viewers in pocket.
Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, page 172).
[1] Polychromie architecturale -- [2] Farbenklaviaturen/Color keyboards/Claviers de couleurs -- [3] Farbmuster/Color swatches/Echantillons de couleurs.
In German, English, and French.

Résumé:

In the course of this century, the wallpaper company Salubra, based in Grenzach near Basel, has repeatedly asked famous artists to compose individual color scales and collections for practical use in the wallpaper industry. Le Corbusier designed two collections for Salubra: the "Claviers de couleurs" in 1931 with 43 shades, and the Salubra collection in 1959 with 20 colors. By 1924, Le Corbusier had succeeded in applying his experiences, gained on his travels and as a purist painter, to the polychromes of his buildings. Thus, he could considerably change the spatial effect of the "white" houses of early modernism. In 1930/31 Le Corbusier seized the opportunity to design the first collection for Salubra: 43 color tones on which he relied as an architect and painter. He organized the different tones onto 12 sample cards in a way that, with the use of a slide, three to five colors could be isolated or combined in each case. Each of these cards (or "color keyboards") had a different color mood that was calculated to create a very specific atmospheric spatial effect when applied in practice. Thus, not only a useful tool, but also a kind of legacy of purist color theory was created. It can in itself be considered a kind of "artwork." From 1957 to 1959, a second collection with 20 colors was designed according to the modified ideas In autumn 1997, Birkhauser brought the Salubra colors to light again, publishing them in Le Corbusier's original "Claviers" arrangement and as large-format color swatches. Now, the color plates are available in a new, conveniently portable, and attractively priced edition. The 63 shades, each reproduced in true color on individual cards, fan open in color-samplefashion, turning a historically unique 'color-manual' into a practical and vibrant tool for architects.

ISBN:

376435612X (acid-free paper)
9783764356125 (acid-free paper)
081765612X (Boston ; acid-free paper)
9780817656126 (Boston ; acid-free paper)

Sujet:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Critique et interprétation.
Le Corbusier, (1887-1965) Critique et interprétation.
LeCorbusier Architektur Farbgestaltung.
Color in architecture.
Couleur en architecture.
Kleuren.
Architects France 20th century.
Farbgestaltung Architektur LeCorbusier.

Classification/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Vedettes secondaires:

Rüegg, Arthur, 1942- editor.

Le Corbusiers Farbenklaviaturen von 1931 und 1959
Le Corbusier's color keyboards from 1931 and 1959
Claviers de couleurs de Le Corbusier de 1931 et de 1959
Spine title on v. [1]: Le Corbusier--polychromie architecturale

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 193612
Cote: NA44.L433 (ID:97-B4661)
Exemplaire: v. 1
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 193611
Cote: NA44.L433 (ID:97-B4661)
Exemplaire: v. 2
Statut: Disponible

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 193610
Cote: NA44.L433 (ID:97-B4661)
Exemplaire: v. 3
Statut: Disponible