Axonometric projection in Art and Architecture in France from 1900's to 1930's

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720086
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
• Research Institution: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: YONEDA NAOKI 独立行政法人国立美術館東京国立近代美術館, その他部局等, 研究員 (50601019)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 美術 / 建築 / 表象文化論 / アヴァンギャルド / モダニズム / 現代美術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study aimed to reconsider the intervention of the axonometric projection, a way of the drawing of perspective, appeared in art and architecture in Western Europe from 1900's to 1930's. The main subjects of the research are, Le Corbusier (1887-1965), Piet Mondrian(1872-1944), Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) and Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943). The research has achieved to verify that the aesthetic effect of axonometric projection, which developed from the tectonic way of seeing, influenced the works of these avant-garde artists and architects of the era.

Free Research Field

美術史、表象文化論