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L’ Esprit Nouveau : Purism in Paris, 1918-1925
From april 29 to august 5 2001
Architecture, town planning
C.-E. Jeanneret (known as Le Corbusier), Amédée Ozenfant and Fernand Léger form the center of the Purist movement. They renew traditional classicism by introducing pure geometric forms. The reconstitution of the 1925 Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau is on display.