The Architectonic Colour: Polychromy in the Purist

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The Architectonic Colour: Polychromy in the Purist Architecture of Le Corbusier

From 1918 onward, Le Corbusier, who was not only an architect but also a painter, was engaged in conceiving and generating the idea of Purism, a pursuit he undertook in conjunction with the painter AmÃ©dÃ©e Ozenfant. Not surprisingly, paintings were their first tangible products in this field. Their reflections on the relationship between form and color led to the determination of the so-called â€œlarge gammaâ€: yellow and red ochres, earthy colors, white, black, ultramarine, and a few mixed colors derived from these. With the term â€œarchitectonic color,â€ Le Corbusier addressed the profound link between this gamma and architecture. This book is an account of a significant aspect of Le Corbusierâ€™s oeuvre. His youthful works had been built in a then-traditional style, making use of local construction method and materials, and bearing the decoration he himself had created. However, with his Purist architecture, whose principles he formulated from 1920 onward, he embarked upon a radically different course. His buildings were constructed in reinforced concrete, finished with a layer of plaster and then completely painted. The colors of this paintwork were derived from the â€œgamma.â€ With his ideas on the polychromy of the twenties, Le Corbusier placed himself closer to Paolo Veronese than to Theo van Doesburg. Following a rift with Ozenfant in 1925, Le Corbusier entered a new architectonic path and the system of Purist polychromy gradually vanished from his work. In the 1950s, Le Corbusier gave preference to natural polychromy--the color of the material itself--above painted polychromy. Whereas polychrome painting in Purist architecture had once been an inevitable and total process, after the Second World War it was allocated a modest position as mere ornamentation.
Country USA
Brand Uitgeverij 010 Publishers
Manufacturer nai010 publishers
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 500 colour illustrations
ReleaseDate 2013-04-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9789064506710

Country	USA
Brand	Uitgeverij 010 Publishers
Manufacturer	nai010 publishers
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	500 colour illustrations
ReleaseDate	2013-04-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9789064506710

The Architectonic Colour: Polychromy in the Purist Architecture of Le Corbusier

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