References, Illustrations, Contact
References
(1) Geoffrey H. Baker, Le Corbusier an Analysis of Form (New York: Van Norstrand Reinhold (International) Co. Ltd, 1984)
(2) Keith Collie, Sarah Glynn, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Herne Bay: Categorical Books, 2015)
(3) Alison Ravetz, Remaking Cities (London: Croom Helm Ltd, 1980)
(4) Mike Chilton, Artwork & Sculptures http://www.mikechilton.co.uk, 2013
(5) Le Corbusier gives an example and describes the test for plastic coherence/ spatial integrity/ chromatic harmony by inverting the work to exclude extrinsic content, known at least since the time of Alberti and Leonado.
Le Corbusier, Texts and Sketches for Ronchamp (Ronchamp: Association Œuvre de Notre-Dame du Haut, undated), unpaginated.
Le Corbusier, The Chapel at Ronchamp, trans. J. Cullen (London: The Architectural Press, 1957), p47.
(6) Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture, trans. Frederick Etchells (London: The Architectural Press, 1946), p16.
(7) Marja-Riitta Norri, Kristiina Paatero, eds., Juha Leiviskä (Helsinki: Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1999), p213.
(8) Marietta S. Millet, Light Revealing Architecture (Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 1996), p90, fig B2-25.
(9) Danièle Pauly, Le Corbusier. The Chapel at Ronchamp, trans. S. Parsons (Paris, Basel: Fondation Le Corbusier/ Birkhäuser, 1997), pp106-123, A “Total Work of Art”.
(10) Emerson Howland Swift, Hagia Sophia (New York: Columbia University Press, 1940), pp30-49, ‘Principles of Design’.
Illustrations
Page 1: Spatial vessels with sunlit interiors
Pairs of thumbnails from page 2, top. Moments of plasticity and discord (extracts from detailed analyses).
Notre-Dame du Haut. La Chapelle de Ronchamp, France.
Before sunset at the winter solstice.
Cavernous gloom, raw concrete and opaque grey surfaces, barely redeemed by candlelight. Overcast May mid-morning.
L’ église, le couvent Sainte Marie de la Tourette, Éveux-sur-l’Arbresle, France.
Before sunset at the winter solstice.
Tragic Mannerist earthliness. Bright sunless summer solstice afternoon.
Kolmen Ristin kirkko, Vuoksenniska, Finland.
Summer solstice early morning.
Utilitarian tripartite space.
Myyrmäen kirkko, Vantaa, Finland.
Tangential sunlight at summer solstice midday.
Opacity at summer solstice early morning.
Ayasofya Müzesi, Istanbul.
Autumn equinox mid-morning.
Normal illumination and mass tourism at summer solstice mid-morning.
(Minor historic exhibitions: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, (London, Royal Academy of Arts), 1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1982,1990.)