scholarly journals Le Corbusier and the “Lection of the gondola”

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alioscia Mozzato
Keyword(s):  
Le Corbusier ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Artistic Creation ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

Abstract: In light of the reflections developed by Le Corbusier through the “oeuvre plastique” and his intense relationship with the city of Venice, the gondola became the paradigm of an "artistic creation" which, while having to bow to the principles of "utility" linked to the tangible world of the "machinist era" on the one hand, on the other met the expressive requirements of "beauty" connected to the spiritual needs of modern man. The encounter with the gondola describes this "duality" which pervades all the works of Le Corbusier always in search of a synthesis between "measure" and "lyricism", representing a "plastic manifestation" that points to some theoretical principles and foundations of artistic "action", outlined through the concept of “Outil”, the expression and instrument of a necessary "harmony" between mankind and the world. Resumen: A la luz de las reflexiones desarrolladas por Le Corbusier a través de la “obra plástica” y su intensa relación con la ciudad de Venecia, la góndola se convirtió en el paradigma de una "creación artística" que, si bien tiene que someterse, por un lado, a los principios de "utilidad" vinculados al mundo tangible de la "era mecánica", por otro lado cumplía los requisitos característicos de "belleza" relacionados con las necesidades espirituales del hombre moderno. El encuentro con la góndola describe esta "dualidad" que impregna toda la obra de Le Corbusier, siempre en busca de una síntesis entre "medida" y "lirismo", lo que representa una "manifestación plástica" que apunta a algunos de los principios teóricos y fundamentos de la "acción" artística perfilados a través del concepto de “Outil”, la expresión e instrumento de una necesaria "armonía" entre la humanidad y el mundo.  Keywords: Le Corbusier; Gondola; Venice; Plastique acoustique; Outil; Oeuvre plastique; L'angle droit. Palabras clave: Le Corbusier; Gondola; Venecia; Plástica acústica; Outil; Obra plástica; El ángulo recto. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.794

scholarly journals 2012: Ideas Mayas Acerca De La Renovación Cí­clica Del Universo

Xihmai ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Alberto Morales Damián
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
The Other ◽  
Western Thought ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
The Universe

2012:  IDEAS  MAYAS  ACERCA  DE  LA  RENOVACIÓN CíCLICA DEL UNIVERSO. 2012:                MAYA‟S    CIVILIZATION     IDEAS   ABOUT    THE CYCLIC RENEWAL OF THE UNIVERSE.       Resumen El pensamiento maya con respecto a la astronomí­a y el calendario poseen una gran originalidad y corresponden a una forma de entender la realidad completamente  diferente  a  la  del  pensamiento  occidental.  Los  mayas conciben que el tiempo está sujeto a recurrencias cí­clicas (dí­a-noche, año solar, perí­odos de 52 años), cada una de las cuales supone la destrucción y renovación del cosmos. Por otra parte, las supuestas profecí­as mayas acerca de un evento astronómico el próximo 21 de diciembre de 2012, en realidad no son acordes a la cosmovisión maya prehispánica, coinciden sin embargo con temores milenaristas propios del pensamiento occidental que se agudizan en una época de crisis global.   Palabras Clave: Mayas, religión, astronomí­a, profecí­as del 2012.   Abstract Mayan  thought  in  respect  to  astronomy  and  the  calendar  have  a  great originality and correspond to a way of understanding a complete different reality to the one of the western thought. Mayan people conceive that time is subject to cycle recurrences (day-night, solar year, and periods of 52 years), each one supposes destruction and renovation of cosmos. On the other hand, the supposed Mayan prophecies about an astronomical event next December 21st  2012, do not in fact agree with the view of the world of the pre Hispanic Mayans, however they coincide with millennial fear proper of the western thought that worsen in this times of global crisis.   Key words: Mayans, religion, astronomy, 2012 prophecies.      

scholarly journals Vernacular Serbia Traced by Jeanneret, Yugoslav Modern Figured à la Corbusier

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Blagojevic
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The One ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
Material Evidence

Abstract: The paper examines correlations of architectural culture in Serbia with modern ideas of the twentieth century that were engendered through engagement with concepts originated by Le Corbusier. Based on analysis of primary sources, the paper examines the dichotomy vernacular – modern as a critical point of this correlation. For instance, what was the significance of vernacular or folklore heritage, that Charles-Édouard Jeanneret traced in Serbia in 1911, and how did its value became part of the foundational discourse of the modern movement? What kind of relation to Le Corbusier’s doctrines were forged by modern architects in Serbia of the interwar years, and which lessons learned in his Parisian atelier by collaborators from the late 1930s had been transmitted far and wide in socialist Yugoslavia’s urban planning? This paper focuses on comparative analysis of direct material evidence of sources on the one side and interpretations on the other, with the aim to show more clearly a two-way working of sources, reception and selective transmission through architectural thinking and design process. In sum, the argumentation will aim to elucidate the processes of acknowledgment, emulation, idealization, analytical probing, dogmatization, critique and annihilation of Le Corbusier’s ideas in the long march of modernism’s emancipation and decline in Serbia over the course of the twentieth century. Resumen: El artículo examina las correlaciones de la cultura arquitectónica en Serbia con ideas modernas del siglo XX que se generaron a través de los conceptos originados por Le Corbusier. Basado en el análisis de fuentes primarias, el artículo examina la dicotomía vernácula - moderna como un punto crítico de esta correlación. Por ejemplo, ¿cuál fue la importancia del patrimonio vernáculo o folclore, que Charles-Édouard Jeanneret trazó en Serbia en 1911, y cómo se convirtió su valor en una parte del discurso fundamental del movimiento moderno? ¿Qué tipo de relación con las doctrinas de Le Corbusier se forjaron por los arquitectos modernos en Serbia de los años de entreguerras, y qué lecciones aprendidas en su taller parisino por los colaboradores de la década de 1930 habían sido transmitidas en la planificación urbana de Yugoslavia socialista? Por un lado, este documento se centra en el análisis comparativo de pruebas materiales directas de fuentes, y por el otro lado de la interpretación, con el objetivo de mostrar más claramente dos maneras de trabajo de las fuentes, la recepción y transmisión selectiva a través del pensamiento arquitectónico y proceso de diseño. En síntesis, la argumentación tratará de dilucidar los procesos de reconocimiento, la emulación, la idealización, la investigación analítica, dogmatización, la crítica y la aniquilación de las ideas de Le Corbusier en la larga marcha de la emancipación de la modernidad y el declive de la misma en Serbia en el transcurso del siglo XX.  Keywords: Le Corbusier; Serbia; vernacular; purism; socialist modernism; New Belgrade. Palabras clave: Le Corbusier; Serbia; vernácula; purismo; modernismo socialista; Nuevo Belgrado. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.565

scholarly journals La lección del embalse. Le Corbusier y los aprovechamientos hidroeléctricos

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Santiago Río Vázquez
Keyword(s):  
Le Corbusier ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Tennessee Valley Authority ◽  
Water Industry ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Tennessee Valley ◽  
The One ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
Sobre Todo

Resumen: El interés de Le Corbusier por los aprovechamientos hidroeléctricos es una constante a lo largo de su vida, sobre todo como inspiración y referencia para proyectar su arquitectura, dando forma a una lección del embalse que veremos enfocada de diferentes maneras y en distintos momentos, desde su descubrimiento durante el trabajo en Vienne (Francia) para la Société d’applications du bétón armé hasta el intento de materialización con la obra de Bhakra en la India, pasando por etapas sucesivas en las que se va exponiendo, publicando o compartiendo, mediante conferencias, textos teóricos o encuentros en viajes, como el realizado a los Estados Unidos en 1946, cuando visita el macroproyecto de la Tennessee Valley Authority y deja constancia en la primera edición americana de Quand les catedrales étaient blanches: voyage au pays des timides. A través de sus palabras, de sus dibujos y de sus proyectos vamos revelando las dos caras de la lección del embalse: la que se desprende de manera inmediata desde las realidades encontradas, que tendrá su impulso final paralelo a la construcción de Chandigarh con la implicación en la presa sobre el Sutlej; y la cara oculta, desvelada como aportaciones e influencias progresivas en su arquitectura. Ambas caras permanecerán como el testimonio de la fértil relación entre Le Corbusier y los aprovechamientos hidroeléctricos. Abstract: The interest of Le Corbusier on hydroelectric industry is a constant throughout his life, especially as inspiration and reference to project its architecture, shaping a lesson of the dam that we will see focused in different ways and at different times, from their discovery while working in Vienne (France) for the Société d’applications du bétón armé to the attempt to materialize the work of Bhakra in India, through successive stages in wich he will be in exposing, publishing or sharing through conferences, theoretical texts and encounters on trips, like the one made to the United States in 1946, when he visits the macro project of Tennessee Valley Authority and describes it in the first American edition of Quand les cathedrals étaient blanches: voyage au pays des timides. Through his words, his drawings and his projects we will reveal the two faces of the lesson of the dam: the one which follows immediately from the facts found, which will find the final attempt parallel to the construction of Chandigarh with the involvement at the dam on Sutlej; and the other side, unveiled as inputs and progressive influences in its architecture. Both sides remain as the testimony of the fertile relationship between Le Corbusier and hydroelectric industry.  Palabras clave: Arquitectura; Siglo XX; Le Corbusier; agua; industria; embalse. Keywords: Architecture; 20th Century; Le Corbusier; water; industry; dam. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.1007

scholarly journals Le Corbusier and São Paulo – 1929: Architecture and Landscape

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme Moreno Pianca
Keyword(s):  
Le Corbusier ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Western History ◽  
History And Memory ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
America Latina ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

Abstract: This article looks into Le Corbusier’s urban proposal for the City of São Paulo, as formulated during his journey to South America in 1929. It highlights the relationship between Architecture and Landscape exposed by Le Corbusier’s plan. This paper sets out to investigate the analysis that the innovative Swiss architect performed of the geography and morphology of São Paulo. It contrasts to the works and plans carried out by technicians and engineers at that time. In order to explain how Le Corbusier’s treatment of nature and landscape differs from them, we study the extent to which Le Corbusier’s plans show design approaches, which were unusual in terms of Western History and Memory. He also looks into the relationship between Le Corbusier’s work, on the one hand, and new technological elements and changes in the visual culture at that time, on the other hand, thus seeking to highlight certain obscure spots within Le Corbusier’s work. This study aims at bringing forward some speculations and methods present in the work of Le Corbusier on cities. It deals with contradictory aspects in Le Corbusier’s work in order to deepen our understanding of contemporary urban problems. Resumen: Este artículo investiga la hipótesis de proyecto de Le Corbusier para la ciudad de San Pablo, propuesta durante su viaje a América Latina en 1929, focalizando en las relaciones entre arquitectura y paisaje. La primera cuestión analizada en este trabajo es el innovador análisis de la geografía y la morfología de San Pablo propuesto por el arquitecto suizo, que contrasta con la manera con que los técnicos e ingenieros locales desarrollaban sus propuestas en ese momento. Para explicar dicha diferencia en la manera de lidiar con la naturaleza y el paisaje, el autor de este articulo estudia como el trabajo de Le Corbusier presenta abordajes de proyecto inusuales para la Historia y la Memoria, y su relación con los nuevos elementos tecnológicos y de la cultura visual de la época, procurando así resaltar ciertos puntos oscuros en el trabajo del arquitecto. Esta discusión intenta cuestionar ciertas especulaciones proyectuales y metodologías de trabajo presentes en el trabajo de Le Corbusier sobre ciudades, utilizando sus aspectos contradictorios como modo de profundizar nuestro entendimiento de los problemas urbanos contemporáneos.  Keywords: Modern Architecture; Modern Urbanism; Landscape Architecture; Le Corbusier; São Paulo. Palabras clave: Arquitectura Moderna; Urbanismo Moderno; Arquitectura Del Paisaje; Le Corbusier; São Paulo. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.937

Souster, Raymond (1921–2012)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conrad Scott
Keyword(s):  
Human Condition ◽  
The Other ◽  
Substantial Body ◽  
Founding Member ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
The Human Condition

Raymond Holmes Souster has been described as a poet of place who invests Toronto, the city of his life-long residence, deeply into his writing. Having worked for some forty-five years at the downtown Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Souster’s immersion in a particular place certainly informed his poetic output; however, Souster the poet also ponders the human condition. On the one hand, he writes from a basis of experience: the destruction of war and the changes imposed by the rise of the modern era. On the other, his work seeks out and highlights that which is still precious despite the weight of the world he feels. Moreover, he clearly values poetry as a salve to the cacophonous imposition of modernity, and continually encourages poetic development: in addition to his substantial body of work, he has supported Canadian poetry by editing several anthologies, and as a creator of Direction (editor 1943–6); a founder of Contact (editor 1952–4); an editor of Combustion (1957–60); and a founding member of the League of Canadian Poets (president 1967–71).

scholarly journals Roman Virtues in the Christian Context of St Augustine’s De Civitate Dei

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-75
Author(s):  
I. N. Buzykina
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
World History ◽  
Saint Augustine ◽  
Great Book ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Roman Culture ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

The topic of this paper is the continuity of major religious, moral and ethical concepts of Roman culture in following periods. These are the virtues of the citizen, namely virtus, fides and pietas — which distinguish the Roman citizen as a brave warrior, honest magistrate and pious pater familias. The central one was the duty to the City. Some traces of this tradition can be observed in the most influental sources of the Christian Patristic period, although the very intention of morals has changed: res publica, a common/communal duty, was replaced by the adoration of God. With the view to a representative research, De Civitate Dei by Saint Augustine, the most famous Christian treatise dealing with the state, civic rights, state religion, authority etc. was analyzed. On the one hand, this great book provides multiple suitable illustrations for almost every feature of the continuity between the Ancient pagan culture and Christian intellectual one. On the other hand, it isn’t just a plain comparison of loci classici in pagan and Christian context, one can find the origins of a completely new approach to the world history, which had had an influence on minds of further generations of Christian theologians in Middle Ages and later periods.

scholarly journals Mirada objetiva y dimensión subjetiva del cine en Le Corbusier

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josefina González Cubero
Keyword(s):  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Le Corbusier ◽  
The Other ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The World ◽  
Entire Career

Resumen: Los contactos de Le Corbusier con el mundo cinematográfico se dilatan a lo largo de su trayectoria profesional y recorren un amplio espectro. Se concretan en la concepción y construcción de salas dedicadas a la proyección del cine, la participación en proyectos y realización de películas, así como la publicación de un esporádico escrito monográfico titulado "Esprit de vérité" (1933). Este trabajo aborda la singularidad de su pensamiento cinematográfico frente al de otros insignes arquitectos coetáneos y pone de relieve el cambio que experimenta éste entre la película L’Architecture d’Aujourd'hui (1930) y la obra multimedia Le Poème électronique (1958), mostrando un camino que parte de la consideración del cine como un medio donde la imagen se pone al servicio de la arquitectura, y nunca al revés, hasta llegar a utilizar el montaje soviético como mensaje subjetivo del realizador, en este caso también autor de la arquitectura. Abstract: Le Corbusier’s contacts with the world of cinematography spanned his entire career and cover a broad spectrum. They materialized in the conception and construction of screening rooms for cinema, the participation in projects and cinema-making, and the publication of sporadic features under the title "Esprit de vérité" (1933). This article covers Le Corbusier’s unique cinematographic thought standing apart from those of other distinguished architects of his generation and highlights the change he experienced between the film L’Architecture d’Aujourd'hui (1930) and the multimedia work Le Poème électronique (1958). It traces a path originating with the notion of cinema as a medium where images are at the service of architecture and never the other way around, and winding up with the use of soviet montage as a subjective message of the filmmaker who, in this case was also maker of the architecture.  Palabras clave: Le Corbusier, arquitectura, película, cine, montaje. Keywords: Le Corbusier, architecture, film, movie, cinema, montage. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.803 

scholarly journals Stylistic Study of Gowijeh Qaleh’s Rock-Cut Tomb from Maragheh

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-122
Author(s):  
Saeid Sattarnejad ◽  
Samad Parvin ◽  
Maryam Mastalizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Water Storage ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ancient People ◽  
The World ◽  
Analytical Perspective ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
The One ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

Rock architecture has a long history in Iran and all over the world, and many climatic, defensive, cultural factors have led to the emergence of architectural examples of this type. The chronology and usage of these works have always been discussed after the discovery of the rock works from Western Iran from the 19th century onwards. On the one hand, it can be said that the creators of these works have left a rather vague footprint of their time, making difficult the possibility of offering accurate and precise chronology and explaining usage for researchers and interested readers. On the other hand, due to the lack of knowledge and awareness of the beliefs of ancient people, some scholars have been mistaken in explaining the use and even the chronology of these works and sometimes, they presented different uses and chronologies for these works. Accordingly, such a mistake was made by a number of researchers in the city of Maragheh while explaining the use of Gowijeh Qaleh’s rock tomb by the use of water storage. For this purpose, this article examined Gowijeh Qaleh’s rock-cut tomb from an analytical perspective. Therefore, this work can be more confidently considered as a part of the first millennium BC, and it is referred to the culture of Urartu.

scholarly journals LEGITIMASI KEKUASAAN ELIT AGAMA DI KEDIRI

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Khaerul Umam
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Spiritual Needs ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Cultural Dynamics ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The City

The role of religious elites (read: religious leaders) in the City of Kediri cannot be separated from its influence as a bearer of religious teachings. Religion as an institution that teaches values requires humans to bring it so that it can be conveyed to all humans. The role of religious leaders is dialectical with the needs of society. Although on the one hand he teaches religion, which has strict rules and restrictions, but in practice, these elites must be able to read the socio-cultural dynamics that exist in society, so that religion and society can go hand in hand without having to negate one another. On the other hand, the community is either voluntary or forced to recognize the power possessed by religious elites, in addition to fulfilling spiritual needs that can only be obtained from the elites, as well as an effort to maintain the values agreed upon by the community.

Indonesian Literature’s Position in World Literature

TEKNOSASTIK ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dina Amelia
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
The Other ◽  
National Literature ◽  
Western World ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
The Voice

There are two most inevitable issues on national literature, in this case Indonesian literature. First is the translation and the second is the standard of world literature. Can one speak for the other as a representative? Why is this representation matter? Does translation embody the voice of the represented? Without translation Indonesian literature cannot gain its recognition in world literature, yet, translation conveys the voice of other. In the case of production, publication, or distribution of Indonesian Literature to the world, translation works can be very beneficial. The position of Indonesian literature is as a part of world literature. The concept that the Western world should be the one who represent the subaltern can be overcome as long as the subaltern performs as the active speaker. If the subaltern remains silent then it means it allows the “representation” by the Western.

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