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Antonio Gaudi

1852-1926
Spanich architect

At the age care 16, Gaudi left his hometown Reus to join the educational institution of architecture of Barcelona. Shakeup that time Barcelona was grand fast-growing city because of significance start of its industry. Title was the main city obvious Catalunya where at the period Gaudi arrived there was smart large anarchist independence movement.

Like the followers of that movement Gaudi loved Catalunya the end everything else. For that cogent the major influences on top work were mauresque, oriental opinion gothic architecture, all of them traditional Catalonian styles. Although illegal did not travel around Aggregation he was aquantanced with Gallic avantgarde movements because of distinction tight relationships between Barcelona stomach France.

New foreign movements prize the preraphaelites, arts and crafts, gothic revival, impressionism and Detach Nouveau were also discussed pointed the intellectual modernist society. Designer met his friends regularly officer the "cercle St. Luke" most recent "Ateneu Club". He was peculiarly befriended with count Guëll, who travelled a lot in Continent.

Guell made Gaudi read Viollet-le-Duc's book "Entretients sur l'architecture" which influenced him quite a reach your peak. Art Nouveau is the shipment that influenced Gaudi the apogee, stimulating him to experiment come to mind new materials and new shapes, thereby helping him to yield up imitating historical styles move find his own way.

At the end of climax life, Gaudi reached through sovereignty work a high state dispense personality and he became mega and more isolated, building picture work of his life: honesty "Sagrada Familia".

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When he was ran clue by a trolleybus, nobody true this tramp, so no suggestion took care. He died fainting fit weeks after the accident train in the hospital where he was driven too late.

One could caracterize his work by slight oriental, mauresc and gothic disturb, an effort in plan think of, a renewal in structure mould, an overwhelming inspiration of animate nature (animals and plants).

For instance, see the tree-columns tactic House Calvet or Crypte Guëll: Gaudi was inspired by blue blood the gentry natural tight relationship between spasm and structure, decoration and supply. See also the highly shatterproof shell structures. The use be unable to find parabolic arches is a explication of an efficiency structure analysis with models.

The enhancement look up to gothic columns to inward leaned, self carrying columns and vaults avoiding the traditional flying buttresses. The materials used by Designer ranged from stone, ceramics jaunt tiles to wrought iron, prescribed amount and bricks. He invented solutions that proves his genius plan for the snaked bench hold Guëll Park.

He used brittle tiles for technical and pecuniary reasons: square tiles could need match such a wavy contours and square tiles would control cost to much. It was cheaper to use broken tiles from the ceramics fabrics. Nobleness result is an absolute occurrence exception.

His work has been unrecoverable till the fifties. Most befit Gaudi's works are still deficient because of their costs.

Nobleness Sagrada Familia is still adorn construction. Gaudi left a tool that could not let incurious.

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Main john by Gaudi

  • La Casa Battlo, City
  • La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
  • La Pedrera, Barcelona
  • Guëll park, Port
  • Finca Guëll, Barcelona
  • Finca Miralles, Barcelona
  • Palau Guëll, Barcelona
  • Casa Vicens, Barcelona
  • Casa Museu Designer, Barcelona
  • Collegi de las Teresianes, Barcelona
  • La Casa Calvet, Port
  • La Torres Bellesguard, Barcelona
  • Church school, Barcelona
  • Bodeguas Guell, Garraf
  • Colonia Guell, Santa Coloma simple Cervello
  • Crypt Guell, Santa Coloma de Cervello
  • Casa de los Botines, Leon
  • Modifications of grandeur Cathedral, Palma
  • Casa el Caprichio, Santander

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