- ANTONI GAUDI - ARTIST & ARCHITECT

Antoni Gaudi

Classified with:Gothicism

Art NouveauSurrealism

Artist & ArchitectBuildingsFurniture

BathroomsArt PiecesSculptures

- Gaudi’s Inspiration -Medieval Books

Gothic ArtOriental Structures

Art Nouveau movementThe Glory of Nature

And the desire to go beyond anything that has never been done before

Antoni Gaudi’s Work - Barcalona• Casa Vicens• Sagrada Familia• Palau Guell• Colegio Teresano• Casa Calvet• Colonie Guell• Bellesguard• Park Guell• Casa Batllo• Casa Mila

La Sagrada Familia • La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is one of Antoni Gaudí's most

impressive works. This enormous church, as yet unfinished, is a summary of everything that Gaudí designed before. The structural difficulties he faced and errors he committed in other projects are revisited and resolved in Sagrada Familia.

• A notable example of this is Gaudí's innovative "leaning columns" (that is, columns which are not at right angles to the floor and ceiling). Previously seen in Parque Güell, leaning columns form the structure of Sagrada Familia's temple. When designing the temple, Gaudí invented an extraordinary method for determining the correct angle for each of the leaning columns. He made a small hanging model of the church, using string to represent the columns. Then he turned the model upside down and... gravity did the math.

• The ongoing construction of Sagrada Familia is paid for by tourism. When Sagrada Familia is complete, the church will have a total of 18 towers, each dedicated to a different religious figure, and each one hollow, allowing the placement of various types of bells which will sound with the choir.

• The architectural style of Sagrada Familia has been called "warped Gothic," and it's easy to see why. The rippling contours of the stone façade make it look as though Sagrada Familia is melting in the sun, while the towers are topped with brightly-colored mosaics which look like bowls of fruit. Gaudí believed that color is life, and, knowing that he would not live to see completion of his masterpiece, left colored drawings of his vision for future architects to follow.

La Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona, Spain

A Spanish Modernist Architect

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From Cathedrals To Airport Towers

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To Art Nouveau Inspired Bathrooms

• Capizzi – Antoni Gaudi Bathroom

Casa Batllo - BarcalonaCasa Batllo (Passeig de Gracia, 1904-1907)

Casa Milà Barcelona, or La Pedrera

Casa Milà Barcelona by Antoni Gaudí, 1906 to 1910, Barcelona

Casa Milà Barcelona, or la Pedrera, by Antoni Gaudí is an apartment building with wavy walls.

Parque Güell

Parque Güell, or Guell Park, by Antoni Gaudi, 1900 to 1914, Barcelona

Parque Güell, or Guell Park, by Antoni Gaudi is surrounded by an undulating mosaic wall.

Sagrada Familia School

Sagrada Familia School by Antoni Gaudí, 1908 - 1909, Barcelona

Casa Calvet

Casa Calvet by Antoni Gaudí, 1898 to 1900, Barcelona

Gaudi was influenced by Baroque architecture when he designed the sculptural decorations at Casa Calvet in Barcelona, Spain.

Sagrada Familia School by Antoni Gaudí was erected for the sons of men working on the Sagrada Familia church.

• Gaudi’s art and architectural inspiration has come from many different things, where this is just a simple example of something that was inspired by him to others of today.