Antoni Gaudi

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TOMORROW WE WILL DO BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

TOMORROW WE WILL DO BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

Antoni Gaudi; quote on tomorrow

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet

Antoni Gaudi’s name in Catalan

Antonio Gaudí y Cornet

Antoni Gaudi’s name in Spanish

Catalan Architect

Antoni Gaudi was a _______

June 25, 1852 - Reus, Catalonia, Spain

Born on…

June 10, 1926 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Perished on…

freedom of form, voluptuous color and texture, and organic unity

Antoni Gaudi’s distinctive style is characterized by __________.

Art Nouveau and modernism

He remains a pioneering figure of _________, or Catalan Modernism.

intricate structures; Barcelona

Gaudí is best known for his _________ throughout __________, with the storied Basílica de la Sagrada Família having become one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe in the last century.

Catalonia

Born: provincial _________ on the Mediterranean coast of Spain

coppersmith

Son of a _________ who was to live with him in later life, together with a niece.

1869/70; 1878

Went in ___ ______ to study in Barcelona, graduated in ______.

married

Gaudí was never _________.

military service and other intermittent activities.

He did not graduate until eight years later, his studies having been interrupted by __________

trolley car

Gaudí was struck down by a ______, and he died from the injuries just a few weeks shy of his 74th birthday.

Provincial School of Architecture in Barcelona; florid Victorianism

_____________ (1878), practiced _________, later on developed manner of composing by means of unprecedented juxtapositions of geometric masses.

Moorish or Mudéjar,

The general effect, although not the details, is __________ as Spain’s special mixture of Muslim and Christian design is called.

dynamic possibilities of historic styles

Next, Gaudí experimented with the ______________: the Gothic in the Episcopal Palace, Astorga (1887–93), and the Casa de los Botines, León (1892–94); and the Baroque in the Casa Calvet at Barcelona (1898–1904).

conventional stylistic nomenclature

But after 1902 his designs elude _____________. Except for certain overt symbols of nature or religion, Gaudí’s buildings became essentially representations of their structure and materials.

equilibrated

a structure designed to stand on its own without internal bracing, external buttressing

RENAIXENSA

artistic revival of the arts and crafts combined with a political revival in the form of fervent anti-Castilian “Catalanism.”

Sagrada Família

The religious symbol of the Renaixensa in Barcelona was the ________, a project that was to occupy Gaudí throughout his entire career.

Castilian-dominated and Madrid-centered

Both movements sought to reinvigorate the way of life in Catalonia that had long been suppressed by the ____________ government in Spain.

KINGDOM OF PORTUGAL(PORTUGAL),

KINGDOM OF NAVARRE,

KINGDOM OF GRANADA,

KINGDOM OF ARAGON(CATALONIA)

CASTILE Y LEON (CASTLE & LION, NOW IS SPAIN)

5 KINGDOMS IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

married

relationship of Isabela (Spain) and Fernando (Catalonia)

high fever and droupsy

Isabela died due to _______.

Catalonia; RENAIXENSA

_________’s culture, arts, and tradition is slowly fading that's why different movement like _______was created to revive it's significance.

CASA VICENS

In 1883, Manel Vicens i Montaner. It is his first masterpiece and one of the first buildings to kick off the Modernisme movement in Catalonia and Europe. It is the work of architect Antoni Gaudí and is considered to be his first major project.

PARK GUELL

is a privatized park system composed of gardens and architectural elements located on Carmel Hill, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. With urbanization in mind, Eusebi Güell assigned the design of the park to Antoni Gaudí.

CASA BATTLO

local name for the building is Casa dels ossos (House of Bones. It is located on the Passeig de Gràcia in the Eixample district. Casa Batlló is only identifiable as Modernisme or Art Nouveau in the broadest sense.

EPISCOPAL PALACE OF ASTORGA

built between 1889 and 1913. Designed in the Catalan Modernisme style, it is one of only three buildings by Gaudí outside Catalonia. When the original Episcopal Palace was destroyed by a fire in the 19th century, Bishop Juan Bautista Grau y Vallespinos of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga decided to assign the design of the new building to his friend Antoni Gaudí.

LA SAGRADA DE FAMILIA

is an unfinished church in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí

MARCH 19, 1882

La Sagrada Familia started on…

2026

ESTIMATED DATE OF COMPLETION

15 - 25 %

_______ of the church was completed when Gaudi died.

12; 4; 4

_ towers, representing some notable apostles of Jesus Christ ______ of them are dedicated to ___ Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John)

Virgin Mary

The very north one of these 6 central towers is slightly shorter than 4 towers of evangelists but much more sturdy, representing _______.

Highest Tower and spire

_______ represents God.

God

"My client is not in a hurry", means his client is ______.

inside

Gaudi's tomb is ______ La Sagrada De Familia.

most tallest church

It will be the world's ______ building when finished.