"Esprit Nouveau" - Esprit Nouveau

Japanese: 《エスプリ・ヌーボー》 - えすぷりぬーぼー

…He started out as a Cubist, but was not satisfied with this. In 1918, together with painter and architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier), he advocated Purism, emphasizing clear lines and shapes, simple composition, and attempting to refine the language of design. From 1920 to 1925, they jointly published the magazine L'Esprit Nouveau (The New Spirit). After 1930, he established art schools in Paris, London, and New York (moving to the United States in 1938). …

From Le Corbusier

… In 1917, he met the painter A. Ozenfant, and the following year he wrote "After Cubism" with him, in which he criticized Cubism for having degenerated into decoration and advocated "Purism," which sought images in machines and aimed for clear and concise abstract forms. In 1920, he also launched the magazine "L'Esprit Nouveau (The New Spirit)." The essays he published in the magazine, covering a range of topics from architecture and painting to literature, were compiled in "Towards Architecture" (1923), which can be said to be the prototype of his architectural theory. …

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Japanese:

…初めキュビストとして活躍したがこれに十分満足せず，1918年に画家で建築家のジャンヌレCharles‐Édouard Jeanneret(ル･コルビュジエ)と共に〈ピュリスムpurisme(純粋主義)〉を提唱して，明確な線および形，簡潔な画面構成を強調し，造形言語の純化を企てた。20‐25年，共同で雑誌《エスプリ･ヌーボーL’Esprit Nouveau(新しき精神)》を刊行。30年以降，パリ，ロンドン，ニューヨーク(1938渡米)で美術学校を設立。…

【ル･コルビュジエ】より

…　他方，1917年，画家A.オザンファンと出会い，翌年彼と《キュビスム以後》を著し，装飾に堕したとキュビスムを批判し，機械にイメージを求めて明確･簡潔な抽象造形を目ざす〈ピュリスムpurisme〉を唱える。また20年《エスプリ･ヌーボーL’Esprit Nouveau(新しき精神)》誌を創刊。同誌に発表した建築，絵画から文学にまで及ぶ論文は《建築へ向かって》(1923)にまとめられるが，これは彼の建築論の原型をなすものといえる。…

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