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Under the oak tree : the mythical intentionality in Le Corbusier's Le poeme de l'angle droit / Poème de l'angle droit

This paper is an investigation of Le Corbusier's Le Poeme De L'Angle Droit (The Poem to the Right Angle). The validity of this work as it applies to architecture, is that through the creation of a mythical order which was grounded in Le Corbusier's perceptions of the modern condition, an understanding of mans' place in the modern world may be found. Through this making of order, Le Corbusier was able to create a geometric 'language' in both the physical and meta-physical sense, i.e. the making of form was based on his 'found' measure of the world. This language of a present day order was developed in his writing and painting and, ultimately, provided the fundamental principles for the creation his work built.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.22390
Date January 1990
CreatorsSplawn, James M. (James Michael)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Architecture (School of Architecture.)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relationalephsysno: 001072920, proquestno: MM63627, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest.

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