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Project 8: Landscapes & Cityscapes

Artists and Movements part 2

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Who was Antoni Gaudi?

What was special and different about the work of Gaudi?

How can you redesign a building in the style of Gaudi?

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Architecture

An architect is a person who designs buildings. To some extent, they are in the business of creating cityscapes.

Antoni (sometimes Antonio) Gaudi was a famous Spanish architect. He was born in 1852 and died in 1926. He is famous for his unique Art Nouveau style.

Architecture is an art form (although some engineering skills are also required). Like painting and drawing, there are different styles and movements.

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Antoni Gaudi

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Gaudi was originally ridiculed by his peers for his innovative and unusual designs. He felt shunned by the Barcelona city authorities who never asked him to work on public building projects.

Antoni Gaudi

This photo shows Gaudi’s Casa Milá. What is unusual about the architecture?

Gaudi’s architecture was often highly irregular and very intricate.Gaudi took inspiration from natural forms. He avoided using straight lines, giving his work an organic feel.

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Parabolic curves

Parabolic curves were a trademark of Gaudi’s designs.

Traditional arches are made using straight lines and semicircles.

Parabolic arches use curves that are more commonly found in nature.

Straight lines

Semi-circles

For example, if you throw a ball up at an angle, it will travel in a parabolic curve.

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What characteristics does a Gaudi-designed building have?

Alien and Strange Spirals

Antoni Gaudi

Religious influences

Flowing lines

Natural forms

Exotic and bizarre

Use of colour and light

Arches

Mosaic

Beehive structure

Oriental influences

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‘Gaudify’ a building