- Le Corbusier
Nov 6, 2010 Le Corbusier (French pronunciation: [lə kɔʁbyzje]; October 6, 1887 – August 27, 1965), was a Swiss architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture or the International style. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in his thirties.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier
- Futurism
Nov 6, 2010Futurism was an artistic and social movement that originated in Italy in the early 20th century. It was largely an Italian phenomenon, though there were parallel movements in Russia, England and elsewhere. The Futurists practiced in every medium of art, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, industrial design, interior design, theatre, film, fashion, textiles, literature, music, architecture and even gastronomy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism
- Paul Virilio
Nov 6, 2010Paul Virilio was born in Paris in 1932. He grew up in the northern coastal French region of Brittany. The Second World War made a big impression on him as the city of Nantes fell victim to the German Blitzkrieg, became a port for the German navy and was bombarded by British and American planes. The "war was his university". After training at the Ecole des Metiers d' Art, Virilio specialised in stained-glass artwork, and worked alongside Henri Matisse in churches in Paris. In 1950, he converted to Christianity. After being conscripted into the army during the Algerian war of independence, Virilio studied phenomenology with Maurice Merleau-Ponty at the Sorbonne.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Virilio
- Slow Down London
Nov 6, 2010Slow Down London is a new project to inspire Londoners to improve their lives by slowing down to do things well, rather than as fast as possible.
http://www.slowdownlondon.co.uk/
- Hard Times
Nov 6, 2010Hard Times - For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book appraises English society and is aimed at highlighting the social and economic pressures of the times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Times
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
Nov 6, 2010Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (December 22, 1876 – December 2, 1944) was an Italian fascist ideologue, poet, editor, and founder of the Futurist movement.
Marinetti is widely known as the author of the Futurist Manifesto, which he wrote in 1908. It was published on the front page of the most prestigious French daily, Le Figaro, on February 20, 1909.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti
- Dombey and Son
Nov 6, 2010Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. It was first published in monthly parts between October 1846 and April 1848 with the full title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. Dickens started writing the book in Lausanne, Switzerland, but travelled extensively during the course of its writing, returning to England to begin another work before completing Dombey and Son.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombey_and_Son
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