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15 February, 2013
L'Italia di Le Corbusier
Exhibition to illustrate the significance and the role played by Italy in Le Corbusier's artistic training and architectural thinking, at MAXXI, Rome. (until February 17th 2013)
Created in partnership with the Fondation Le Corbusier of Paris, the exhibition benefits from the contributions of an academic committee composed of some of the leading Corbusian experts.
320 original documents and 300 photographs for an exhibition that, adopting a chronological and thematic format, presents the influence of Italy on the training and the work of the master: from the first trips early in the 20th Century to the unbuilt projects for the Olivetti Electronic Calculation centre at Rho and the hospital in Venice from the 1960s.
The exhibition features a variety of documents, notes on trips, studies, cultural exchanges and personal aspirations, sketches of the Italian monuments in carnets de voyage etc., that all document the architect's complex "Italian" education.
A wealth of photographic material accompanies each section of the exhibition, offering an integrated reading of an elusive side to Le Corbusier, that is, the man behind his every artistic or architectural project.
Le Corbusier's sketches during an "Urban Conference" in Milan, 1934; Courtesy Archivio Piero Bottoni-DPA-Politecnico di Milano.
Location: MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome
Duration of exhibition: until February 17th 2013
Further information: HERE
Editing: Marilena Margari
Related articles:
- The 5 points and the voyage to the east ( 12 October, 2011 )
- Le Corbusier by Willy Rizzo ( 01 December, 2012 )
- Construire l'image: Le Corbusier et la photographie ( 11 December, 2012 )
- Moment - Le Corbusier's Secret Laboratory ( 02 April, 2013 )
