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14 Cards in this Set
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What concepts does Pierre Patte's novel: Mémoires sur les objets les plus importants de l’architecture, 1769 talk about? |
-design should renew civic life -argues the city as a "network" of circulation of goods, services, and money- describes the city as a "machine" -The city is breathing
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Who does Le Corbusier admire greatly for his urban reforms, under Napoléon III? |
Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Plans for the remodeling of Paris, 1853. -the demolition of the medical city -removal of "slums" creation of many parks |
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Artist, Name, Materials, Date. |
Camille Pissarro, Boulevard des Italiens, après-midi, oil on canvas, 1897 |
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Artist, Name, Materials, Date. |
Camille Pissarro, Boulevard Montmartre, effet de nuit, oil on canvas, 1898 |
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Artist, Title, Date. What does this image depict? |
Edmund Texier, Tableau de Paris, 1852 Cross-section of a Parisian house c. 1850 showing the socio-economic status of tenants varying by floors |
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Artist, Title, Date. |
Eugène Hénard, “Street of the future”, from American City, 1911. Known for his re-imaginations of cities. |
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Artist, Title, Date. |
Harvey Wiley Corbett, drawing from L’Illustration, 1913 |
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Which movie by Fritz Lang predicts the future cities? Give date. |
Metropolis, 1927 |
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Artist, Title, Date. What might LC have been influenced by this artist? |
Tony Garnier, Une Cité Industrielle: Étude pour la Construction des Villes, 1918 -flat roofs on his buildings |
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What was the name of the book LC wrote in 1925, Paris? |
Urbanisme |
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Artist, Title, Date. What were 4 goals of this project? |
Le Corbusier, Ville contemporaine de trois millions d'habitants, not located, 1922
GOALS: + We must decongest the centers of our cities. + We must augment their density. + We must increase the means for getting about. + We must increase parks and open spaces. |
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What 2 books does LC write in 1935? |
Aircraft: The New Vision La Ville Radieuse (sun, space, green space) |
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Artist, Title, Date. |
Le Corbusier, Urban plan for Rio de Janeiro, 1929 |
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What 5 points does LC's Ville Radieuse book make? |
1) Classification of speeds. Normal biological speeds must never be forced into contact with the high speeds of modern vehicles. 2) Creation of one-way traffic. No highspeed vehicle should ever be subjected to the possibility of meeting or crossing the path of of he moving objects. (…) Crossroads should be eliminated. 3) High-speed vehicles must all be employed for specifically designated purposes. 4) The functions of heavy vehicles. 5) The liberation of pedestrians.” |
