Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye in Poissy-sur-Seine, France

This one is part of a series of web-quests drawing an introduction on Modern architecture history intended for Italian students. It will focus on the formal qualities of Modern architecture—the emphasis on shape, form, light, and transparency, especially at the expense of decorative embellishment and local style—as well as its ideological faith in utopian rationalism and functionalism, as the core elements of this movement.

Credits

Web site for evaluation grid: Exploring Public Art in Boston by Olivia Szabo, Boston University CELOP - http://questgarden.com/189/13/5/160504073410/index.htm

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A very useful resource for teachers is the document on Villa Savoy written by the scientific committee of MoMA in New York in https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/moma_learning/docs/CL_3.pdf