Essential Gaudi

Author : Jordi Bonet i Armengol
Publisher : Art Stock
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Gaudí written by Jordi Bonet i Armengol and published by Art Stock. This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a fascinating study of the architectural design and artistry of the Church of the Sagrada Familia. Based on documents and models which survived the 1936 fire, the author describes the research to uncover the choices and decisions Gaudi himself would have made. This title is the ultimate book for all those eager to learn and to understand Gaudi's work.

Author : Daniel Giralt-Miracle
Publisher : Libros de Vanguardia
ISBN 13 : 8496642968
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential Gaudí written by Daniel Giralt-Miracle and published by Libros de Vanguardia. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of Antoni Gaudí continues to fascinate us today as it fascinated Eusebi Güell in 1878 during his visit to the Universal Exposition in Paris. He was so struck by a glove display case he saw there that he determined to contact its unknown author, a man to whom he would eventually entrust the design of no less than five hugely significant architectural projects. Suffice to mention Sagrada Família, Gaudí's last and most famous work, which amazes visitors today as much as or more than it did in the early 20th century, when its first four towers were just beginning to emerge. But the mark of his genius in Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain and even in the projects he never saw to fruition, such as the skyscraper for Manhattan, is far broader and more nuanced than is generally thought. From El Capricho in Comillas to the schools at Sagrada Família, each building, column, piece of furniture and grille evokes the creativity of a privileged mind for architecture and design.Daniel Giralt-Miracle synthesizes in this easy-to-read book the essential aspects of Gaudí's life, his time, his ideology and his methods, at the same time as he summarises the most significant elements of each work, focusing precisely on that which places him at the pinnacle of world architectural achievement.This has not always been the case however. In the same way as Gaudí's oeuvre is still a work in progress (we are unlikely to see Sagrada Família in all its splendour until 2026, the centenary of his death), its appreciation has evolved over time until the present day, when the architect's exceptional work in ruled geometry can be explained better than ever through computerised design. The book summarises this evolution and brings what we thought we knew about Gaudí up to date with information that has come to light in recent years.

Author : César Martinell
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaudí written by César Martinell and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1975 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Gill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780752553474
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential Gaudí written by John Gill and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maria Antonietta Crippa
Publisher : Taschen
ISBN 13 : 9783822825181
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antoni Gaudi︠, 1852-1926 written by Maria Antonietta Crippa and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaudi's bizarre and romantic buildings, interiors and exteriors, mosiacs and public spaces, have imbued Barcelona with unique character and ensured his place in the pantheon of great architects.

Author : Jeremy Roe
Publisher : Parkstone International
ISBN 13 : 1780429673
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Antoni Gaudí written by Jeremy Roe and published by Parkstone International. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish architect and designer, Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) was an important and influential figure in the history of contemporary Spanish art. His use of colour, application of a range of materials and the introduction of organic forms into his constructions were an innovation in the realm of architecture. In his journal, Gaudí freely expressed his own feelings on art, “the colours used in architecture have to be intense, logical and fertile.” His completed works (the Casa Batlló, 1905-1907 and the Casa Milà, 1905-1910) and his incomplete works (the restoration of the Poblet Monastery and the altarpiece of Alella in Barcelona) illustrate the importance of this philosophy. His furniture designs were conceived with the same philosophy, as shown, for example, in his own office (1878) or the lamps in the Plaza Real in Barcelona. The Sagrada Familia (1882-1926) was a monumental project which eventually took over his life (it was still incomplete at the time of his death).

Author : L. Permanyer
Publisher : Ediciones Polígrafa S.A.
ISBN 13 : 9788434313026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaudí of Barcelona written by L. Permanyer and published by Ediciones Polígrafa S.A.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Color in architecture must be intense, logical, and fertile,” wrote Catalan architect and designer Antoni Gaudí in his diary in the late 1870s. Known for his sensuous, curving, almost surreal Art Nouveau buildings, Gaudí (1852-1926) is today one of the best-known architects in the world. Within four decades, he designed a large body of works, including apartment houses, private residences, park complexes, and religious and secular institutions, most of which were erected in or around Barcelona. Gaudí’s organic structures––undulating tiled roofs, pinnacles and towers that rise like plants or tentacles, chimneys that take on phantasmagoric shapes and colors––are all illustrated here, accompanied by plans and drawings that provide a clear picture of Gaudí’s structural innovations. Lluís Permanyer places the architect’s work within the context of Catalan and wider European developments of the time, but he also describes the extremely personal mystical impetus that was at the core of Gaudí’s invention. For those already familiar with the architect’s work, the magnificent photographs taken by Melba Levick, full of details, will prove a revelation; for those just discovering Gaudí, this book is the next best thing to experiencing the buildings themselves.

Author : Douglas Walla
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022631541X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Paul Laffoley written by Douglas Walla and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Laffoley is a Visionary artist who lives and works in a tiny space in Boston he calls "the Boston Visionary Cell." A trained architect, Laffoley produces brilliantly colored mandala paintings filled with symbols and texts. Each painting is accompanied by a tex called a "thought-form," which serves as commentary on the painting's content. The paintings--many of them large (73 x 73 inches)--have titles that range from the paranormal and arcane ("The Ectoplasmic Man," "The Sexuality of Robots") to the erudite: "De Rerum Natura," referring to the poet Lucretius. Laffoley is interested in "the mechanics of mysticism," time and space, dreams, magic, and consciousness. In addition to painting, he has also designed a time machine and a prayer gun. This book collects what Laffoley and his gallerist, Douglas Walla, see as "the essential works"--94 color plates w/91 attendant thought-forms. It also includes an introduction by Walla, a biography of Laffoley by artist Steven Moskowitz, and essays by two scholars. Linda Dalrymple Henderson (University of Texas at Austin, Art History) is a renowned expert on Henri Bergson, Duchamp, the art/science juncture, and "the fourth dimension." Arielle Saiber (associate professor of Italian, Bowdoin College) analyzes one Laffoley's major works: Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Triptych.

Author : Rainer Zerbst
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
ISBN 13 : 9783822840726
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaudí, 1852-1926 written by Rainer Zerbst and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2005 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaudí's complete works: The inspiring, visionary buildings by the "Dante of architecture" Anyone who visits Barcelona today will come across the works of Antoni Gaudí--the architect who has attracted art-lovers from all over the world to Spain. It was here, in the capital of Catalonia, that the famous master of architecture produced nearly all of his works, including villas for the well-to-do bourgeoisie, the expansive Güell Park (which today is open to the public), and the famous church designed in honour of the Holy Family--a project which was begun over 100 years ago and has yet to be completed. Antoni Gaudí's life was full of contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life he devoted himself completely to the construction of one single church. As a young man Gaudí had a liking for the glamour of social life and the looks of a dandy; in old age, on the other hand, he lived a spartan life. Gaudí never married and devoted his life entirely to his art: architecture. His works have been acclaimed as "soothing oases in a desert of functional buildings," as "precious gems in the uniform grey of rows of houses," and the master himself was acclaimed as the "Dante of architecture". This book provides a sweeping study of his entire career, presenting his complete works via texts and illustrations.

Author : Gijs van Hensbergen
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060935634
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaudi written by Gijs van Hensbergen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-11-04 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of his death in 1926, Antoni Gaudí was arguably the most famous architect in the world. He had created some of the greatest and most controversial masterpieces of modern architecture, which were as exotic as they were outrageous. But little is known about the shadowy figure behind the swirling, vivid buildings that inspired the Surrealists. This masterful biography brings both man and architect powerfully to life against the changing backdrop of Barcelona and Catalonia. Gijs van Hensbergen leads us through the design and construction of Gaudí’s most significant buildings -- revealing their innovation and complexity, and demonstrating the growing relevance of Gaudí’s architecture today.