LISA MAGGI

SENIOR; ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE; COLLEGE OF ARCHITECHTURE, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION

A MODERN RENDITION ON PURISM:

A Modern Rendition on Purism is an analytical painting that applies the compositional structure of a Purist painting to a building analysis. Conceived of as a reaction to Cubism, Purism – the art movement founded by twentieth century architect Le Corbusier – focused on creating hierarchy among elementary forms and placed a high emphasis on the intentional use of color. To achieve the final product, Maggi studied Le Corbusier’s process through a series of reproductions of original Purist paintings and then applied that method to an original composition based on one of his later buildings – his Notre Dame du Haut Chapel in Ronchamp, France. While Purism utilized soft blues, yellows, and reds, the submitted piece uses a color palette based on the colors used within the building, as well as other projects completed contemporaneously with the chapel.

Architecture

Analytical Composition of Chapel at Ronchamp

Acrylic on MDF

18” x 24”

2016

Last Updated: July 24, 2018