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Author Wogenscky, André, 1916-2004.

Title Le Corbusier's hands / André Wogenscky ; translated by Martina Millà Bernad
Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 91 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary "Le Corbusier's Hands offers a poetic and personal portrait of Le Corbusier - a nuanced portrayal in contrast to the popular image of Le Corbusier the aloof modernist. The author knew Le Corbusier intimately for thirty years, first as his draftsman and main assistant, later as his colleague and personal friend. In this book, written in the mid-1980s, Andre Wogenscky remembers his mentor in a series of revealing personal statements and evocative reflections unlike anything that exists in the vast literature on Le Corbusier."
"Wogenscky draws a portrait in swift, deft strokes - 50 short chapters, one leading to the next, one memory of Le Corbusier opening into another. Appearing and reappearing like a leitmotif are Le Corbusier's hands - touching, taking, drawing, offering, closing, opening, grasping, releasing: "It was his hands that revealed him. . . . They spoke all his feelings, all the vibrations of his inner life that his face tried to conceal." Wogenscky writes about Le Corbusier's work, including the famous design of the chapel at Ronchamp, his ideas for high-density Unites d'Habitation linked to the center of a "Radiant City," and his "Modulor" system for defining proportions - which Wogenscky compares to a piano tuner's finding the exact relation between sounds. He remembers the day Picasso spent with Le Corbusier at the Marseilles building site - "All day long they outdid one another in a show of modesty," he observes in amazement
He adds, speaking for himself and the others present, "We were inside a double energy field." And Wogenscky writes about Le Corbusier more personally. "I have spent years trying to understand what went on in his mind and in his hand," he tells us. With Le Corbusier's Hands, Wogenscky gives us a unique record of an enigmatic genius."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Original version published by Editions de Grenelle, Paris 1987
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Translated from the French
Subject Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Anecdotes.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 -- Friends and associates -- Anecdotes.
Architects -- France -- Anecdotes.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
LC no. 2005052050
ISBN 0262232448 hardback
Other Titles Mains de Le Corbusier. English