MAO Unfinished Modernisations: between Utopia and Pragmatism, Ljubljana 2012

Le Corbusier: A Life

author: Nicholas Fox Weber, The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation
published: May 9, 2012, recorded: April 2012, views: 1323

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Slides
0:00	Le Corbusier: A Life
1:17	Le Corbusier
4:44	Official Funeral in the Cour Carrée at the Louvre
7:13	Le Corbusier and André Malraux, Chandigarh
10:10	Yvonne Gallis, a model from Monaco, Le Courbusier´s wife
14:32	Marie-Chalotte-Amélie Jeanneret, mother of Le Corbusier
17:27	Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (left) with his brother Albert and his parents George Edward and Marie-Charlotte-Amélie Jeanneret
18:52	25th wedding anniversary of his mother and father
20:54	His first trip was to Italy
22:33	Paris
22:43	With his brother in Paris
23:09	He developed an obsession with prostitutes: Sketch 1
23:34	He developed an obsession with prostitutes: Sketch 2
23:45	He developed an obsession with prostitutes: Sketch 3
23:56	William Ritter
24:47	Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and Auguste Klipstein in Pera
26:14	Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, sketch of the "Acropolis of Athens", on his journey to the East
27:27	Charles-Édouard Jeanneret at the Acropolis
27:33	Returns to La Chaux-de-Fonds
28:17	Villa Jeanneret-Peret, La Chaux-de-Fonds
29:13	Charles-Édouard Jeanneret and his father Georges-Édouard in front of the Villa Jeanneret-Peret in La Chaux-de-Fonds
29:46	Meets the painter Amédée Ozenfant
30:01	Menu of a meal with Ozenfant
30:54	Studio for Amédée Ozenfant (1)
31:28	Studio for Amédée Ozenfant (2)
31:41	Villa for Raoul La Roche (1)
31:53	Villa for Raoul La Roche (2)
33:40	The little house "Le Lac" at Corseaux on Lake Geneva
34:08	L'Esprit Nouveau Pavilion in Paris
35:45	His 1925 Plan Voisin to rebuild the downtown core of Paris
35:48	Charles-Édouard Jeanneret at home in Paris
37:52	Yvonne Gallis
38:19	Death of Georges Edouard Jeanneret, father of Le Corbusier
40:09	A monument for his father
40:15	With Charlotte Perriand
40:22	The furniture (1)
40:36	The furniture (2)
40:42	Villa Stein-de Monzie in Garches
41:05	Mondrian standing on the roof of the villa Stein-de Monzie in Garches
41:15	Villa Savoye in Poissy
42:31	Le Corbusier and Joséphine Baker aboard Lutetia (1)
44:44	Le Corbusier and Joséphine Baker aboard Lutetia (2)
45:04	Le Corbusier and Joséphine Baker aboard Lutetia (3)
45:21	Le Corbusier´s drawings of Josephine Baker
45:44	He did a number of erotic drawings over the years
45:52	Wedding with Yvonne Gallis
46:00	Le Corbusier on the test track at the Fiat factory in Turin
46:11	Le Corbusier and his wife Yvonne in Piquey
46:28	Le Corbusier and his mother Marie-Charlotte-Amélie
46:34	Picture of himself as a cleaning lady
46:59	Trip to Moscow where he meets Sergueï Eisenstein
47:25	Palace of Soviets, Moscow
47:33	The apartment block at 24 rue Nungesser-et-Coli, Boulogne-sur-Seine, including a penthouse apartment and studio for himself
50:33	Le Corbusier and his wife
50:37	His wife Yvonne
51:08	Apartment of Le Corbusier, 24 rue Nungesser et Coli
51:15	The Salvation Army hostel in Paris
51:30	Villa for Hélène de Mandrot at Le Pradet near Toulon
52:30	Trip to the USA
52:56	Le Corbusier also had a long extramarital affair with Swedish-American heiress Marguerite Tjader Harris
53:58	In Chicago
54:14	His sketch of Marguerite Tjader Harris
54:23	In the late 30s he got into a boating accident
55:25	Murals in Le Corbusier's Villa of Jean Badovici and Eileen Gray
55:41	In Switzerland
55:45	Extended stay in Vichy
56:54	Le Corbusier and Albert Einstein in Princeton, New Jersey
57:29	Le Corbusier in front of the building of the United Nations Secretariat, New York
57:47	Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles (1)
57:52	Unité d'Habitation in Marseilles (2)
57:57	Le Corbusier and Pablo Picasso on the site of Unité d'habitation in Marseille
58:22	Southern France
58:35	Le Corbusier’s Cabanon
58:52	Le Corbusier’s Cabanon interior
59:00	Le Corbusier and Jawaharlal Nehru, Chandigarh
59:25	Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (1)
59:31	Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (2)
59:34	Mill Owners’ Association in Ahmedabad
59:48	On the work site
59:55	Le Corbusier in front of the High Court in Chandigarh
60:09	Assembly Building in Chandigarh (1)
60:14	Assembly Building in Chandigarh (2)
60:17	Inside the Assembly Building in Chandigarh
60:34	Chapel at Ronchamp (1)
60:50	Chapel at Ronchamp (2)
60:58	Chapel at Ronchamp (3)
61:06	Le Corbusier´s brother and mother
61:25	His home life
61:41	A drawing made for Yvonne
61:57	Yvonne Le Corbusier
62:06	Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (1)
64:18	Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (2)
64:26	Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (3)
64:49	Portrait de Charlotte-Amélie Jeanneret-Perret
64:57	Le Corbusier with his mother and brother
65:05	Lecture of Le Corbusier at La Sorbonne
65:14	Le Corbusier dies while swimming at Cap-Martin

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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier (French pronunciation: [lə kɔʁbyzje]; October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was an architect, designer, urbanist,and writer, famous for being one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930. His career spanned five decades, with his buildings constructed throughout Europe, India and America (source: Wikipedia).