Le Corbusier

Roberto Matta was a surrealist artist that was born in Santiago, Chile in 1911. He grew up in Chile and attended a Jesuit university there. He studied architecture and interior design. After graduating from the program in 1935 he began travelling the world. He first stayed only in Central and Southern America, but he then decided to join the Merchant Marines. This enabled him to travel around the world. Although architecture was his passion and what he was taught in school he also loved to…

“I only meant to say that in the eighteenth-century one sees the development of reflection upon architecture as a function of the aims and techniques of the government of societies”(Michel Foucault,296). It is a narration of architectural idea that was affected by liberalism in the eighteenth century. When I compare the Michel Foucault “Space, Knowledge, and Power” and Mark Wigley “Deconstructive Architecture,”they indicate some differences for philosophy concept and architectural idea. The…

the east. It stands out as an intriguing piece of architectural work because of the visual choices Gaboury has produced, deriving inspiration from the Egyptian pyramids combined with modernist architecture influence from French – Swiss designer Le Corbusier. There are various aspects that contributes to the Royal Canadian Mint being a compelling piece of architecture.…

Origins of Architectural Pleasure by Grant Hildebrand Is it possible that our emotions are influenced by certain architectural spaces? How do we find contentment in them? In this book, Origins of Architectural Pleasure, Grant Hildebrand suggested that the current artificial environment fabricated by human is largely related to the archetypal qualities in natural settings and the human’s needs since the origin of our species. The book is separated into four chapters and each chapter proposed new…

function. Natural materials had imposed their own constructional limits onto buildings of the past but the new international style clashed with cultural and material preconditions. Pioneers of the modern movement such as Gropius, Mies Van Der Rohe and Le Corbusier used materials of the industrial age. Their use of worldwide publications of the 20th century endowed their success in the minds of the captivated public. They re-established a connection with engineering and rationalized large…

It has been once famously said that planning is to bring the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. The discipline of planning and architecture is a very important discipline given the context of our present capital of J&K State, Srinagar. The city is rapidly urbanizing, people are leaving their villages and migrating to cities in large numbers. When they migrate to cities, one of the common problems they face is of housing. Urban housing, especially for the urban…

make art and technology a part of society, this is referred to as the decompartmentalization of the human experience.” Modernists did not believe in the old methods of design and instead believe that new technology made the old style obsolete. “Le Corbusier thought that buildings should function as “machines for living in”, analogous to cars, which he saw as machines for traveling in. Just as cars had replaced the horse, so modernist design should reject the old styles and structures inherited…

In this essay, I will be contrasting Donald Judd’s untitled 1980 sculpture and Renne Magritte’s ‘The treachery of images’ 1929 painting. I will be weighing up the positives and negatives of both the sculpture and painting and finally concluding my essay with my opinion. Renne Magritte’s ‘The treachery of images’ is a painting that of surrealism, which creates a three-way irony of an object that corresponds to words and image. The painting itself is a pipe, with a phrase in French “Ceci n’est…

Which of the following works demonstrates the Futurists' interest in motion? |a. |The City | |b. |Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash | |c. |Champs de Mars or The Red Tower | |d. |The Portuguese…

I. Optical Art Background/History Optical Art is a type of art that using the “illusion” of seeing something that does not exist. This art style tricks the brain into seeing things that do not exist or things that are not actually happening. There is a lot of repeating lines, shapes, and images, which sometimes appear to be moving. The term Op Art first appeared in Time Magazine in October 1964. Op Art is still a big part of the today's world and culture. Optical illusions are awesome to…