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This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by
the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature
Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the
global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel's
rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads
compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if
adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets,
equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and
stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.
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
In 1911, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) and his friend August Klipstein
(1885-1951), a scholar of art history and later renowned art
dealer, undertook a grand tour of Eastern Europe, the Balkans,
Turkey, and Italy. While Klipstein's interests were more focused on
research for his doctoral thesis, Le Corbusier's impressions were
more immediate, his mindset more romantic. They both kept a diary
of their journey and produced many sketches, drawings,
watercolours, and photographs en route, sometimes capturing the
same motif and even copying each other's work. While Le Corbusier's
record was published in 1966 as Journey to the East and has become
a classic, Klipstein's testimony of the expedition remained largely
unknown until today. In this new book, Ivan Zaknic explores the
creative symbiosis of this friendship and what the two ambitious
young men brought back from their trip. Richly illustrated,
including reproductions from both of their diaries, and featuring
the complete text of Klipstein's diary as well as that of the
little known correspondence between Le Corbusier and Klipstein, the
book offers an entirely new perspective of this seemingly
well-known undertaking. It introduces the personality of Klipstein
as well as lesser-known facets of the very young Le Corbusier.
Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this
authoritative text explores the emotive issues surrounding the
commemoration of war and atrocity, and the profound challenges for
conservators posed by 'virtual', 'intangible' and 'multicultural'
heritage. New international case studies demonstrate that while
interest in the memorialisation of the great national upheavals of
the last century has never been more acute, many of the problems of
conserving the past in diverse and disparate societies remain to be
resolved. Aimed primarily at students in heritage studies and
professionals in heritage industries, this book is one of three in
the Understanding Global Heritage series. -- .
This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by
the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature
Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the
global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel's
rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads
compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if
adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets,
equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and
stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.
In Le Corbusier: Secret Photographer Tim Benton reflects on the
famous architect's use of photography, starting with the young
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret's attempts to take professional
photographs during his travels in central Europe, the Balkans,
Turkey, Greece, and Italy. While Le Corbusier always claimed that
he saw no virtue in taking photographs, he actually bought three
cameras and took several hundred photographs between 1907 and 1917,
many of them of publishable quality. In 1936 he acquired a 16mm
movie camera and took 120 sequences of film and nearly 6,000
photographs with it. This previously unpublished material is the
basis for the publication. It reveals Le Corbusier to be a
sensitive and brilliant manipulator of a wide range of photographic
styles. Le Corbusier: Secret Photographer provides dramatically new
insights into Le Corbusier's visual imagination, his changing
attitudes towards nature and materials in the 1930s, and his
distrust of progress.
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-Martin 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 five large-format wall paintings there from 1938
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 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
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