Contents: Foreword; The dialectics of modernism: UNESCO as form and symbol; Reconstruction and synthesis: the institutional and intellectual origins of UNESCO; 'Synthesis of the major arts': Le Corbusier in Paris and at the United Nations; UNESCO headquarters: the first project, 1952; UNESCO headquarters: the Porte Maillot project, 1952; UNESCO headquarters: the final project, 1953; UNESCO headquarters: construction 1953-58; The art advisers; Sun, moon, constellation and reclining figure: the art of UNESCO; Conclusions; Appendix: the later history of UNESCO headquarters; Bibliography; Index.
Christopher E.M. Pearson (MA, Christopher E.M. Pearson (MA, Courtauld Institute; PhD, Stanford), a scholar of modern art and architecture, has taught at Stanford University, U.C. Davis, Arizona State University, the University of Oregon, and Trinity University (San Antonio). In 2006 he was a founding faculty member of Quest University Canada. Institute; PhD, Stanford), a scholar of modern art and architecture, has taught at Stanford University, U.C. Davis, Arizona State University, the University of Oregon, and Trinity University (San Antonio). In 2006 he was a founding faculty member of Quest University Canada.
'A major contribution to the study of modernist art and architecture of the mid-20th century...an original, comprehensive and well-written account of an important subject on which it is certain to become the standard text.' Sophie Bowness, independent scholar 'In this fascinating, detailed narrative, the Canadian architectural historian Christopher E. M. Pearson has turned what might have been a plodding account of a now obscure building into an enthralling cultural history.' The Art Newspaper
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