To do that plan‚ some rules of conduct and fundamental principles for modern town planning came up. Le Corbusier classified population into three divisions including citizen proper‚ suburban dwellers‚ and mixed sort. The main reason for this division was to attack the most important problem in town planning. Le Corbusier also gave the ideas that “we must increase the density of the centers of our cities‚ where business affairs are carried on” . “We also
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though process was mainly focused on Speed. Le Corbusier’s plan was to split the city’s skyscrapers into vertical cities them self’s. The buildings would be split into different levels with ground and upper ground level begin used for traffic with ramps going above them which would pedestrianize and allow full access to the city for pedestrians without disturbing the speed the traffic would be flowing at as this was the main focus. A lot of people though that Le Corbusier was a crazy man as he proposed
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every individual spectator in every age‚ rather than the ‘necessarily direct and sensuous experience’ which Scott claims architecture requires. Modernist architect Le Corbusier 2 concentrated his efforts on redefining artistic standards by glorifying industrial forms and promoting deterministic belief in the advancement of civilization. Le Corbusier selected a concept from his time (machine) and created his own architectural expression for that period. His Villa Savoye 1931 3 is a good modernist example
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Bibliography: Allen‚ Brooks H. (editor)‚ Le Corbusier: Essays‚ Princeton: Princeton University Press‚ 1987 Anderson‚ Jane‚ Architectural Design‚ London: Thames & Hudson Press‚ 2011 http://www.architectural-review.com accessed November 22‚ 2011 http://bigthink.com accessed December 12‚ 2011
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Ideological Manipulation in Translation in a Chinese Context: Su Manshu ’s Translation of Les Misérables by Li Li | | | | | | | | |1. Introduction:
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BUTALID‚ LOUSYL JOY L. PLOT OF LES MISERABLES The convict Jean Valjean is released from a French prison after serving nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread and for subsequent attempts to escape from prison. When Valjean arrives at the town of Digne‚ no one is willing to give him shelter because he is an ex-convict. Desperate‚ Valjean knocks on the door of M. Myriel‚ the kindly bishop of Digne. Myriel treats Valjean with kindness‚ and Valjean repays the bishop by stealing his silverware. When
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The Secret of the Sewer One of the works favorite novels of all time is Les Miserable written by Victor Hugo. Les Miserable is filled with secrets and mysteries. Every page you turn‚ Victor Hugo throws a plot change at the reader. When Marius falls in the barricade the reader would never expect Jean Valjean to leap out into the smoke clouds to save Marius life. If Marius would have never found out that Jean Valjean saved his life by dragging him through a sewer‚ Cosette would have never know that
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What is Post-Modernism? The aim of this essay is to explain how Post-Modernism has influenced our contemporary built environment and explain what other movements have derived from it. I would argue that Post-Modernism is a worldwide movement in all arts and disciplines. A definition of postmodernism will provide a better understanding of the trend that would show how it is relevant to contemporary culture and important for the future. Postmodernism became an important movement right after
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architect Le Corbusier. Chandigarh is a city in India that serves as the capital of two states - Punjab and Haryana. However‚ the city does not belong to either state. Rather‚ the city is administered by the federal government and hence classified as a union territory. Chandigarh and the area surrounding it were constituted as a union territory on 1st November‚ 1966. The city was named after the mother goddess of power‚ Chandi‚ whose temple Chandimandu is a feature of the new city. Le-Corbusier was
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in the 1930s as a critic and curator. In 1932‚ during his time at The Museum of Modern Art‚ he oversaw an exhibition he titled The International Style‚ which featured the work of the avant-garde architects‚ designers and theorists of Europe led by Le Corbusier‚ Walter Gropius and his mentor‚ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was Johnson and this exhibition that helped to define and articulate for the American public the main characteristics of the new Modern Movement know as the International Style
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