Bøger af Tim Benton

In 1929, Eileen Gray designed Villa E 1027 for herself and her youthful partner Jean Badovici, but only lived there for three years. Today, the elegant house in Roquebrune-Cap-Mar- tin in southern France is an icon of modernism. In 1937, Le Corbusier discovered the place and the "Maison en Bord de Mer". Inspired by the genius of the place and the light on the Côte d'Azur, he created a total of eight large-format wall paintings there in 1938 and 1939 onwards, some of which complement the building congenially, while others set counterpoints. In 1952, he built his Cabanon nearby and decorated it with murals as well. The book by the well-known architectural historian Tim Benton documents Le Corbusier's artwork at this special place, explores its controversies, and places it in his overall oeuvre. The fascinating photographs by Manuel Bougot capture the special atmosphere of the villa Le Corbusier's painting is lesser known but was formative for his lifelong preoccupation with polychromy After extensive renovation work until 2021, E 1027, as well as the Cabanon, is open to the public again

E.1027 war das Haus, das die irische Architektin und Designerin Eileen Gray für sich und ihren jungen Geliebten, den rumänischen Architekten Jean Badovici, 1929 plante und erbaute. Sie entwickelte auch das Mobiliar für das Sommerhaus - der Beistelltisch E.1027 ist heute ein Designklassiker. Die Villa gilt mit ihrer Eleganz und den nautischen Bezügen als Kleinod der Moderne. Auf Einladung Badovicis schuf Freund und Nachbar Le Corbusier dort 1945 acht großformatige Wandgemälde - gegen den Willen der Hausherrin, die allerdings zu dem Zeitpunkt das Haus bereits für immer verlassen hatte. Die Publikation stellt die Gemälde vor und erzählt die ungewöhnliche Geschichte. Das Haus in Cap Martin an der Côte d'Azur ist seit aufwendigen Sanierungsmaßnahmen seit 2021 wieder für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich.Weiterhin geht das Buch auf die Malerei von Le Corbusier als Ganzes ein und zeigt seine Arbeiten in seinem eigenen Sommerhaus "Cabanon", ebenfalls in Cap Martin. Die faszinierenden Fotografien von Manuel Bougot fangen die besondere Atmosphäre der Villa ein Die weniger bekannte Malerei Le Corbusiers war prägend für seine lebenslange Beschäftigung mit der Polychromie Nach der aufwendigen Sanierung bis 2021 ist die Villa E1027, ebenso wie das Cabanon, wieder zugänglich

The definitive book on Art Deco: an elegant large-format hardcover with hundreds of museum-quality color reproductions featuring exquisite examples of Art Deco jewellery, ceramics, laquer, fashion, textiles, graphic design and art workModern Taste: Art Deco in Paris, 1910-1935 offers readers an opportunity to appreciate, examine, assess and enjoy an artistic movement that defies easy definition but which has been described as "the last of the total styles" Art Deco.Comprehensive and beautifully designed, Modern Taste includes nearly 400 works in a wide array of media: painting, sculpture, furniture, fashion design, jewelry, film, architecture, glassware and ceramics are all represented, alongside the photography, drawings and advertisements that helped create "the modern taste."The book aims to question the almost total absence of Art Deco from the history of modern art and from curatorial practice, and to vindicate--as some exemplary cases did in the wake of the Deco revival from the 1970s onwards--not only the evident beauty of Art Deco but also the fascination exerted by this singularly modern phenomenon with all its cultural and artistic complexity. What we know as Art Deco was an alternative style to the avant-garde. It stood for a modernity that was pragmatic and ornamental rather than utopian and functional, and it became the great shaper of modern desire and taste, leaving its characteristic stamp on Western society in the early decades of the 20th century.An elegant and stylish addition to any design library."

- A publication dedicated to Le Corbusier as a photographer - Contains previously unpublished photographs by Le Corbusier