GAUDI: THE COMPLETE WORKS
Packed full of expert texts and hundreds of full-color illustrations, including new photography, this book presents Gaudí’s complete oeuvre.
The life of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life he devoted himself completely to the construction of one single spectacular church, La Sagrada Família. In his youth, he courted a glamorous social life and the demeanor of a dandy. By the time of his death in a tram accident on the streets of Barcelona, his clothes were so shabby that passersby assumed he was a beggar.
Gaudí’s incomparable architecture channels much of this multifaceted intricacy. From the shimmering surface textures and skeletal forms of Casa Batlló to the Hispano-Arabic matrix of Casa Vicens, his work merged the influences of Orientalism, natural forms, new materials, and religious faith into a unique Modernista aesthetic. Today, his buildings enjoy global popularity and acclaim; his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família, is the most-visited monument in Spain and seven of his works are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Like a personal tour through Barcelona, we explore his residential, religious, and public projects. We see how the “Dante of architecture” was a builder in the truest sense of the word, crafting extraordinary constructions out of minute and mesmerizing details, transforming fantastical visions into realities on the city streets.
Автор | Rainer Zerbst |
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Страници | 510 |
Корица | твърда |
Език | английски |
Година | 2020 |
Дата на получаване | 18.11.2023 г. |
Издателство | TASCHEN |
ID на книга | 30116619 |
ISBN | 9783836566193 |
Категории | Архитектура Книги на английски език |
- София / Книгомания / бул. Прага 17
- София / Книгомания / The Mall, бул. Цариградско шосе 115
- София / Ciela - Книгомания / Mall Paradise, бул. Черни връх 100