LE CORBUSIER'S STATE FUNERAL/ louvre torches at night

+FOUNDATION LE CORBUSIER+

>8-10 square du docteur-blanche<

>75016 paris-288.41.53<

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+PARIS FRANCE+

>the day you arrive in paris you must<

>go directly to foundation lecorbusier<

+("LE CORBUSIER / +

+LUI-MEME"-(1986)+

+BY JEAN PETIT)+

>on the edge of paris where this<

>magnificent book was acquired<

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+GRATITUDE+

>to our friend and sdsu alum philip matzigkeit<

>now professor in the art dept who co-hosted<

+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+

+>>>/ PARIS, FRANCE)+

>our reunion presentation & just sent me an<

>email describing his joyful visit to paris w/<

>artistic nourishmant dynamic and radiant< !

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 >corbu is a valuable architect to study in that<
>he was artist, architect & scholar equally &<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ KNIGHTS TEMPLAR)+
>possessed the templar / st. bernard heritage<
>that has galvanized my own life in design<
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 >this magnificent & comprehensive book is very<
>impressive…almost a foot square & thorough<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>/ LECORBUSIER)+
>with corbu's paintings plus his architecture<
>similar to my approach w/ this blog plan<
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 >corbu is famed for his use of geomancy measure<
>in his architecture….he called it "the modular"<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>>/ GEOMANCY)+
>and produced a book by that title…this is his<
>modular relief on his great "marseilles block"<
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 >all of his professional life corbu had a desire<
>to build a monument to the "open hand", the<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ THE OPEN HAND)+
>hand of friendship and creativity world wide<
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 >corbu had cosmic consciousness & his sketch<
>of his family blazon indicates his research in<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY / +
+GRUYERE COUNTS DNA)+
>templar dna so profuse in le-chaux-de-fonds<
>the french-swiss village of his ancestors<
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 >corbu won fame and a watch for his artistic<
>ability as a young man in a region where<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ CORBU AS ARTIST)+
>artistry was important and supported by<
>a thriving swiss watch making industry<
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 >it was at chandigarh in the punjab region<
>of india where corbu finally had success<
+(GOOGLE :>> EUGENE RAY / +
+CORBU @ CHANDIGARH)+
>in seeing his open hand monument built<
>by a people w/ deep philosophical bent<
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 >as you know, i feel very close to corbu as an<
>artist-architect w/ templar heritage dna (his<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ HUGO & NODIER)+
>french-swiss heritage like the gruy) and<
>his scholarship evident in his writing<
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 >corbu's heritage in the forests of the french-swiss<
>mountains was reflected in a vast graphic oeuvre<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>>/ SAVOY DUKES)+
>filled with organic biomorphic form & texture<
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 >corbu used to paint in the morning and design<
>buildings in the afternoon…or as he put it he<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+CORBU & MALREAUX)+
>was charles edouard jeanneret in the morn-<
>& lecorbusier after his very french lunch<
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 >at chandigarh corbu constructed huge concrete<
>governmental buildings which he enlightened<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ CORBU & PICASSO)+
>by incorporating much of his radiant tapestries<
>and in this case giant >enameled metal doors<
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+GOOGLE :  LECORBUSIER'S FUNERAL+
>(french troops bearing torches honor<
>the artist-architect / very dramatic &<
>consistent w/ his impressive oeuvre)<
+SEE THE LOUVRE NIGHT CEREMONY+
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 >corbu died in his eighties while swimming<
>in the mediterranean off cap martin where<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ FRENCH RIVIERA)+
>he had built a small modular cabin near a<
>modern cubist home of friend eileen grey<

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+ANDRE MALREAUX THE FRENCH+

+CULTURAL MINISTER GAVE HIM+

>(remember malreaux flew the cross<

>of lorraine flag in the 2nd w.war<

>(templar-joan d'arc-d'anjou flag<

>google "the cross of lorraine")<

+A STATE FUNERAL LIKE A KING+

+W/ deGAULLE'S LORRAINE FLAG+

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>his body lay in state at a louvre ceremony<
>in the courtyard at night…then to menton<
>city hall for riviera friends then a state<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>> / LA TOURETTE)+
>motorcade to his la tourette monastery<
>where monks sang through 3 nights<
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+SYNCHRONISTICALLY+

>the mother of our templar architect ancestor<
>who built the nola domed sugar mill was<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ DOME SUGAR MILL)+
>marianne couturier…and corbu's great<
>patron for his greatest buildings was<
+PERE ALAIN COUTURIER /+
+"TIME" COVER HONORED+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu