Tema: Antoni Gaudí - Sketches for Colonia Güell

ANTONI GAUDI ~ SKETCHES for COLONIA GUELL





Dennis Sharp:

Gaudí's Colonia Güell chapel was begun in 1899. Technologically brilliant and structurally sound, it combines the magic of traditional religious architecture with the originality of an isolated genius. Nothing else like it exists - the crypt is a mysterious place, with seats as fanciful as the thrusting structure. The porch consists of a series of connected columns taking down the load of isolated pieces of roof or wall.

Only the crypt to this chapel was ever built; it was completed in 1915.



The LION & the CARDINAL

GREAT CLOCKS of CHRISTENDOM: ANTONI GAUDI



National Gallery of Art:

This wooden clock represents the work of Spanish architect Antoní Gaudí, one of the most idiosyncratic practitioners of the Art Nouveau style. He created it in about 1909 for the Casa Milá, an apartment building he designed in Barcelona. All undulating stone walls and wrought-iron balconies, the Casa Milá gives the impression, like this clock, of perpetual motion. The leafy, asymmetrical swirls surrounding the timepiece are inspired by the gilded curves of the rococo period, which was an important influence on Art Nouveau designers.

The LION & the CARDINAL