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Commentators like the historian Cathy Gere have repeatedly pointed out that the “restored” Minoan palace came to resemble modernist works—Lenin’s Mausoleum or Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoy.
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― The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
― The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
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Le Corbusier made architecture seem easy. His mind was focused. His lines are fecund and lean. His circles weave tabular cones of early morning facial grimaces. His buildings are magnificent. My spirit revolts positively whenever I muse over the masterpieces he left behind. He held his breath on rotund glimpses that stretched out in mirrors so sopping that they simply diffuse distortions. He truly was the architect of his own breathtaking designs. Impeccably talented.
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