Drawing on the authorâ s discovery of an unknown, long-forgotten collection of photographs in an Indian ashram, this book offers an exciting new view of the international community of young architects who served as Le Corbusierâ s assistants in the inter-war years.
Drawing on the authorâ s discovery of an unknown, long-forgotten collection of photographs in an Indian ashram, this book offers an exciting new view of the international community of young architects who served as Le Corbusierâ s assistants in the inter-war years.
Martina Hrabova is an art historian who specializes in the history of modern architecture. She obtained her PhD in art history from the Charles University in Prague, where her dissertation addressed new findings on Le Corbusier's connections with the former Czechoslovakia. She is a recipient of numerous grants and fellowhips, including a Fulbright Fellowship, a French Government grant and the Canadian Centre for Architecture Visiting Scholarship. She has published articles in JSAH, Room One Thousand and Art/Um¿ní. The Czech-language edition of her book Galaxie Le Corbusier received the prestigious 2022 Josef Krása prize for the best art book in the Czech Republic. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Art History at Palacký University in Olomouc.
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Foreword by Mary McLeod Introduction Author's Note Letter for the Reader Part 1: The Research Diary Part 2: The Le Corbusier Galaxy 'Livre noir' Sammer's photograph collection 35 rue de Sèvres, Paris, 1931 The family from the atelier Architect-photographer Summer 1931 In the gravitational field of the galaxy The Depression as a bonding agent A professional in a crew of amateurs, 1932 The female element On marriage Urban planning Leaving 35 rue de Sèvres, Spring 1933 Spain and the Maghreb West Kirby CIAM IV The architects brigade from Paris: 'The Le Corbusier Group' Moscow Merging with the masses 35 rue de Sèvres outside Paris The Grand Tour, Autumn 1934 A Life worth living The land of 1,001 Sakakuras The Soviet Union, 1935-37 Paris, January-February 1937 Japan revisited India Real war Great Britain, 1946-1947 Returning The galaxy reflected in the 'Livre noir' Part 3: Escursuses Excursus 1: Great Britain, 1931 Excursus 2: Spain and the Maghreb, 1933 Excursus 3: Japan, 1935 Excursus 4: The Caucasus, summer 1936
Foreword by Mary McLeod Introduction Author's Note Letter for the Reader Part 1: The Research Diary Part 2: The Le Corbusier Galaxy 'Livre noir' Sammer's photograph collection 35 rue de Sèvres, Paris, 1931 The family from the atelier Architect-photographer Summer 1931 In the gravitational field of the galaxy The Depression as a bonding agent A professional in a crew of amateurs, 1932 The female element On marriage Urban planning Leaving 35 rue de Sèvres, Spring 1933 Spain and the Maghreb West Kirby CIAM IV The architects brigade from Paris: 'The Le Corbusier Group' Moscow Merging with the masses 35 rue de Sèvres outside Paris The Grand Tour, Autumn 1934 A Life worth living The land of 1,001 Sakakuras The Soviet Union, 1935-37 Paris, January-February 1937 Japan revisited India Real war Great Britain, 1946-1947 Returning The galaxy reflected in the 'Livre noir' Part 3: Escursuses Excursus 1: Great Britain, 1931 Excursus 2: Spain and the Maghreb, 1933 Excursus 3: Japan, 1935 Excursus 4: The Caucasus, summer 1936
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