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Modernist Architecture in Barcelona
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| Modernist Architecture in Barcelona Some modernist buildings Casa Batlló Casa Lleó Morera Casa Milà Sagrada Familia Park Güell |
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Modernist Architecture in Barcelona
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Modernist Architecture in BarcelonaSome modernist buildings:Manzana de la discordia. The name is a pun on the word Mançana, which means both "city block" and apple, alluding to the architectural counterpoint on this block and to the classical myth of the Apple of Discord. The houses here are spectacular. The ornate Casa Lleó Morera (N°35) was extensively rebuilt 1902-6, by architect Domenèch i Montaner, and the Eusebi Arnau sculptures on the main floor are excellent. The pseudo Gothic, pseudo Flemish Casa Amatller (N°41) is by Puig i Cadafalch. Next door is Gaudi's Casa Batlló, with a mottled facade that resembles nearly anything you want it to. Nationalist Simbolism is at work here: the scaly roof line represent the dragon of evil impaled on St. George's cross, and the skulls and bones on the balconies are the dragon's victims. Casa Milà. Gaudi's Casa Milà, nicknamed "La Pedrera" (the stone quarry), has remarkable, curving-stone facade that undulates around the corner of the block. When the building was unveiled, in 1905, local residents were not enthusiastic about the appearance of these cavelike balconies on their most fashionable street. Gaudi's rooftop chimney park is as spectacular as anything in Barcelona, especially in late afternoon, when the sunlight slants over the city into the Mediterranean. The Espai Gaudí (Gaudí Space), in the attic, has an excellent critical display of Gaudi's works, theories, and techniques. Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia. Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family. Barcelona's most emblematic landmark Gaudi's Sagrada Familia is still under costruction. Unfinished at his death, at age 74 - Gaudi was run over by a tram and, unrecognized for several days, died in a pauper's ward in 1926 - this striking and surreal creation causes consternation, wonder, howls of protest, shrieks of derision, and cries of rapture. Whatever your feelins, you can't deny that it occupies space in an exceptional and possibly unique manner. Gaudi envisaged three facades. The three main facade of the Sagrada Familia are inspired by the Nativity ', the Passion (Josep Maria Subirach) and Glory (Jordi Bonet, project manager), each with four towers collectively representing the 12 apostoles. The facade of Glory will be 'the most' spectacular, with seven columns representing the seven capital withered and the theological virtues. Will represent 'the road to God: Death, Judgement, and Gloria. Hell will contain 'the souls of those who have strayed from God's will. These, in turn, would be dwarfed by a giant central dome some 500 ft. high, still unfinished (in fact, unbegun) today. Construction began again in 1940 but faltered due to confusion over Gaudi's plans; current controversy center on sculptor Josep Maria Subirach's angular fugures on the western facade, condemned by the city's intellectual elite as kitsch and the antithesis of Gaudi's lyrical style, and by religious extremistsfor depicting Christ in the nude. An elevator can take you to the top of the east towers for a spectacular view, but the stairway, though narrow, steep, and often crowded, is a better way to get a feel for the building. The crypt has a museum of Gaudi's scale models; photographs show-ing the progress of constructions; and photographs of Gaudi's multitudinos funeral...... This architect is buried here. Parc Güell Güell Park is one of Gaudi's, and Barcelona's most excelent resources. Whereas the Sagrada Familia can be tiring in its massive energy and compexity, Parc Güell is light and playful, uplifting and restorative. Named after Gaudi's main patron, it was originally intended as a hillside garden suburb on the English model, but only two of the house were ever built. It's an Art Noveau extravaganza, with a mosaic pagoda, undulating benches, and large, multicolored lizards guarding a Modernisme grotto. The Gaudi Museum. The Gaudi Museum, within Güell Park, occupies an Alice-in-Wonderland house in which Gaudi lived from 1906 to 1926. Exhibits include some of his eccentric forniture, decoration, and drawings. Some modernist architects : Antoni Gaudí - Domènech i Montaner - Puig i Cadafalch - Josep Villaseca - Manuel Comas i Thots - Joan Rubió i Bellver - Enric Sagner - Antoni de Falguera i Sivilla - Francesc de Paula del Villar i Carmona - Bonaventura Conill i Montobbio...
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