The synthesis of the arts in the context of post-World War II: A study of Le Corbusier's ideas and his Porte Maillot Pavilion.
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Title
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The synthesis of the arts in the context of post-World War II: A study of Le Corbusier's ideas and his Porte Maillot Pavilion.
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Identifier
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AAI9946185
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identifier
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9946185
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Creator
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Koll, Ann.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Rosemarie Bletter
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Date
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1999
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Architecture | Art History
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Abstract
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This dissertation is the first study of the Porte Maillot Pavilion building-type in the work of Le Corbusier with a twofold purpose: first, to understand the contextual significance of artistic synthesis within the international social, cultural, and political setting in Europe following World War H; second, to investigate Le Corbusier's pavilion designs with a specific focus on his Porte Maillot project in order to show how this design represents the ideology of the synthesis of the arts in Le Corbusier's theory and practice. The goal of this research is to fill the lacuna that exists in cultural studies of postwar Europe as well as in the scholarship of Le Corbusier's postwar production.;The material for this dissertation is organized into three chapters. The first chapter looks at Le Corbusier's and Fernand Uger's writings addressing their ideas for a synthesis of the arts that can be traced from 1920's and 1930's through the postwar years. The second chapter places postwar ideas of synthesis of the arts within the broad context of seven important international conferences, from 1944 to 1952, that dealt with the subject in conjunction with issues of urbanism, monumentality, and aesthetics. And the third chapter focuses on the Porte Maillot project and the influence of Andre Bloc and the Groupe Espace.;Ultimately, this study shows how Le Corbusier, ever eager to promote his career, was adept at working with different organizations in order to promote his pavilion designs; whether through international organizations such as CIAM and Unesco, national governments such as the French government, or through private connections. In turn, it shows how he transformed his chameleon-like pavilion designs to adapt to different external pressures. This in-depth exploration of this little-studied pavilion building-type in the work of Le Corbusier serves as a catalyst to raise larger issues and demonstrates how the pavilion reflected the ideological failures and successes of the complex social, cultural, and political milieu in postwar Europe.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
