The sources of Le Corbusier’s status as the most influential architect of the twentieth-century may be traced above all to his theoretical writing, as communicated in his own carefully supervised book publications. A detailed and profound response to them comes in the form of unique artist’s books made from several of these works by the architect’s own cousin Louis Soutter, an artist often categorized as an ‘art brut’ visionary. This essay examines the ways in which Soutter’s dense figurative and decorative marginal drawings on the books emphasize the ambivalent tensions and exchanges between the two men and their apparently contradictory but equally complex world views.

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“对统一之美的复杂化和攻击”：勒柯布西耶和路易斯苏特

勒·柯布西耶 (Le Corbusier) 作为 20 世纪最有影响力的建筑师地位的来源首先可以追溯到他的理论写作，正如他自己精心监督的书籍出版物所传达的那样。对他们的详细而深刻的回应来自于由建筑师自己的堂兄路易斯·苏特 (Louis Soutter) 创作的独特艺术家书籍的形式，其中一些作品由建筑师自己的堂兄路易斯·苏特 (Louis Soutter) 创作，这位艺术家通常被归类为“艺术狂人”的远见者。本文考察了苏特在书中密集的具象和装饰性边缘绘画如何强调两人之间矛盾的紧张和交流以及他们明显矛盾但同样复杂的世界观。