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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827009703321

Autore

Pauly Danièle

Titolo

Le Corbusier : the chapel at Ronchamp / / Danièle Pauly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris ; ; Basel, Switzerland : , : Fondation Le Corbusier : , : Birkhäuser, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

3-0356-0399-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (108 p.)

Collana

Le Corbusier Guides (engl.)

Classificazione

IH 57220

Disciplina

726.50944453

Soggetti

ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General

Ronchamp (France) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Visiting and "Reading" the Building -- History and Genesis of the Project -- A "Total Work of Art" -- RONCHAMP: A MANIFESTO -- Notes -- Bibliography -- The author

Sommario/riassunto

Die berühmteste Kapelle des 20. Jahrhunderts

The pilgrimage church Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp (1950-54), an icon of modern architecture, represents one of the central buildings of Le Corbusier's late period. Located on a high plateau in the Vosges above Belfort, this building is an unsurpassed work of art which also fits uniquely into its physical surroundings. The shell-shaped roof, the rounded walls, the towers of stone masonry, and the facade with its rhythmic openings of colored glass are the essential elements of this sculptural construction. The scale and proportions of the chapel at Ronchamp are designed on the basis of the Modulor that Le Corbusier developed, which accounts for its distinctive spatial effect. Like all the guides in this series, this book is indispensable both for a specialist audience and for tourists interested in architecture and modern art.