I was reading about the upcoming exhibit of Le Corbusier’s “Le poem de l’angle droit” (The poem of the right angle) which will be at the Architekturmuseum in Munich.
Like any creative work, this poem was written in the form of 19 lithographs and long –hand writings by Le Corbusier from 1947 to 1953. The poem, which received little attention for decades, is now considered the Swiss-French architect’s vision of the cosmos as well as a kind of self portrait.
One of the lithographs is about “Caractère” and the 7 stanzas read:
The amazons are ready
to leave to go to come back and
to leave again and
to fight combat always
soldier.
The amazons are young
they do not grow old.
For some reason, Le Corbusier’s interest in looking at the world according to some angle of view and the mention of amazons reminded me of photos from Vienna.
A look at a painting of the best known Empress of Austria, the Bavarian born Elisabeth best known as “Sissi” :
A street angle of view in Old Town Vienna at midnight:
... The amazons are young
they do not grow old.
Well, neither do the right angles of view!
April 15, 2018
© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2018
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