Word: besan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he had spells of marching about like a soldier and in some of his youthful plays he wrote for himself parts as Napoleon. He was (his father assured him) "conceived ... on one of the highest peaks of the Vosges, in the course of a journey from Luneville to Besançon"-and this, to Victor, was topographical confirmation of his title to eminence in life. His very name was a triumphant blend of conquest and personal identity, and his war cry was Ego Hugo! "If I had any doubt of my ability to take the foremost place...
...decorated by stained glass designed by Le Corbusier. The broad church door also bore a symbolic painting by Le Corbusier, done in enamel. Capping it all was a swelling, sausage-roll roof from which extends a mighty spout to carry rain water to a concrete tank. Said Abbé Besançon, one of Ronchamp's priests: the church is "ungodly and ungainly...
...soft at the same time, like the Gospels." Swiss Architect Hermann Bauer praised it as "more like sculpture than a work of architecture." A band of gypsies, adept at mind reading, decided they liked the new chapel "because of its pure form and white color." Even Abbé Besançon confessed a change of heart: "I take back everything I said against the chapel. I think it is beautiful and believe people can pray...
...hand for the dedication, Le Corbusier proudly proclaimed: "The Christian drama has henceforth taken possession of this spot. I hand over to you this chapel made of loyal cement, molded with boldness, with courage ..." Replied Besançon's Archbishop Duchet: "I have the honor to bless the most modern chapel in the world...
...Boucher and Fragonard drawings opposite are included in a collection of 55 masterpieces of French and Italian drawing on loan from France's Museum of Besan-Qon and showing this week at The Detroit Institute of Arts. From Detroit the show will go on to Indianapolis, Cincinnati and San Francisco to give gallerygoers a fascinating look at what the ancien regime regarded as modern...