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The Formative Years: From Watchmaking to Artistic Vision Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, the man who would become globally recognized as Le Corbusier, emerged from the heart of Switzerland’s watchmaking country, La Chaux-de-Fonds, in 1887. This birthplace profoundly shaped his aesthetic sensibilities. The precision and meticulous craftsmanship inherent in the creation of intricate timepieces instilled within him a deep appreciation for form, function, and the beauty of industrial processes. His father, an artisan specializing in enameling watch cases and boxes, and his mother, a music teacher, fo…
A chart of Le Corbusier's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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