Tim Benton (born 21 June 1945,

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) is Professor Emeritus in the History of Art at the

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in the UK as well as a writer and broadcaster. He has also taught at

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, and

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. He has written extensively on the modernist architect

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. A large collection of photographs by Tim Benton is held in the

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's Conway Library archive, which is currently undergoing a digitisation project.

Education

Tim Benton was educated at the

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and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

Professional memberships

Benton is a member of the Association for the preservation of "

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" designed by

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with murals added by Le Corbusier. The site includes Le Corbusier's holiday home (" Cabanon de vacances") and the Etoile de Mer restaurant, in

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, France.

Bibliography

His writings include: * Benton, Tim. ''Le Corbusier conférencier'', Editions Le Moniteur, 2007. This book won the 2008 Prix National du Livre awarded by the Académie d'Architecture in France. * Benton, Tim. ''The Villas of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret 1920-1930'', Birkhäuser and Editions de La Villette, 2007 * Benton, Tim. ''The Modernist Home'', V&A Publications, 2006 * Benton, Tim. ''Le Corbusier: La Villa La Roche'' * Benton, Tim. ''Villa Savoye and the Architect's Practice'' * Benton, Tim. ''From the Arengario to the Lictor's Axe: Memories of Italian Fascism'' * Benton, Tim. ''Humanism and Fascism'' * Benton, Tim. ''The little "maison de weekend" and the Parisian suburbs'' * Benton, Tim. ''From Jeanneret to Le Corbusier: Rusting Iron, bricks and coal and the modern Utopia'' * Benton, Tim. ''Pessac and Lège revisited: standards, dimensions and failures'' * Benton, Tim. ''Charlotte Perriand: Les années Le Corbusier'' * Benton, Tim. ''Representing Modernism''

Exhibitions and exhibition catalogues

* Benton, Tim. ''Thirties: British Art and Design Before the War''. (co-curator) * Benton, Tim. ''Le Corbusier: Architect of the Century''. (co-curator) * Benton, Tim. ''Le Corbusier.: La Ricerca Paziente''. (co-curator) * Benton, Tim. ''Le Corbusier et la Mediterrannée''. (co-curator) * Benton, Tim. ''Art and Power: Europe Under the Dictators 1930–1945''. (co-curator) * Benton, Tim. ''Art Deco (co-curator and co-editor of the catalogue) and Modernism: Designing a New World.http://media.vam.ac.uk/media/documents/legacy_documents/file_upload/36471_file.pdf ''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Benton, Tim 1945 births Living people British art historians Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art Academics of the Open University Alumni of the University of Cambridge Architectural photographers Oikos (journal) editors