Gaudí (Basic Art Series 2.0)

Gaudí (Basic Art Series 2.0)

<div id="description_text_headlines" class="margin-bottom"><strong>God’s architect: Gaudí’s ravishing symbiosis between built environment and natural world</strong></div> <div class="margin-bottom"> </div> <div class="description_text"> <div id="description_text" class="margin-bottom">From the towering <strong>Sagrada Família</strong> to the shimmering, textured facade of <strong>Casa Batlló</strong> and the enchanting landscape of <strong>Park Güell</strong>, it’s easy to see why <strong>Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) </strong>gained the epithet “God’s architect”. With fluid forms and mathematical precision, his work extols the wonder of natural creation: columns soar like tree trunks, window frames curve like flowering branches, and ceramic tiling shimmers like scaly, reptilian skin.<br /><br />With this outstanding attention to natural detail, his inspirations from both neo-Gothic and Orientalist aesthetics, and a lifelong commitment to Catalan identity, Gaudí created a <strong>unique brand of the Modernista movement </strong>which transformed, and defines, Barcelona’s cityscape.<br /><br />With seven of Gaudí’s projects listed as <strong>UNESCO World Heritage Sites</strong>, this book introduces the architect’s extraordinary vision and unique legacy, exploring the influences and the details which allow his buildings to impress, inspire, and amaze, one century after their construction.</div> <div class="margin-bottom"> </div> <div id="series_text" class="margin-bottom"><strong>About the Series:</strong><br />Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture Series features: <ul> <li>an introduction to the life and work of the architect</li> <li>the major works in chronological order</li> <li>information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions</li> <li>a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings</li> <li>approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)</li> </ul> </div> </div>