Antoni Gaudí : el máximo exponente de la arquitectura modernista catalana / / Jeremy Roe

• Autore: Roe Jeremy
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Parkstone International, , 2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 724.91
• Soggetto topico: Art nouveau (Architecture); Arts, Catalan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Essential Gaudí; Perspectives on the Life of Antoni Gaudí; Gaudí's Character and Thought; Architecture and Catalan Identity; Religion and Spirituality; Gaudí's Death and Barcelona's Tributes to his Life; Gaudí's Barcelona; Gaudí and the Architecture of his Day; Modernisme; Barcelona: The Growth of a Modern City; Theories of Architecture and the Search for a Modern Style; Architecture and Ideology; Gaudí and the Ideals of the Industrial Age; The Celebration of the Values of Catalonia and Modernity; Preserving Past Values and Practicesthe Modern Era ; Shops and Streetlamps: Gaudí's Urban ProjectsTransforming Domestic Space; Casa Vicens; El Capricho; Casa de los Botines; Casa Calvet; Bellesguard; Houses for Two Friends and a Painter; Casa Batlló; Casa Milà; Gaudí's EcclesiasticalArchitecture; Early Studies and Altarpieces; First Church Designs; A New Façade forBarcelona's Cathedral; Two Altarpieces; Representing Ecclesiastical Authority:the Bishop's Palace, Astorga; A Contemplative Style: College for theCompany of St Teresa; The Catholic Missions, Tangier; Two Projects for His Hometown; A Sculptural Installation ; Restoring Tradition in MallorcaUnfinished Projects; The Creative Encounter of Gaudí and Güell; The First Project: a Dragon for a Country House; The Güell Palace; The Güell Colony Crypt; The Güell Park; The Sagrada Familia; Gaudí's Vision; The Nativity Façade; Working on the Sagrada Familia; In the Shadow of the Cathedral: the Sagrada Familia Schools; Biography; List of Illustrations
• Sommario/riassunto: The book undertakes a critical survey of the architecture of Antoni Gaudí, drawing on the latest academic research and accompanied by documentary illustrations and a photographic essay of his work. The opening two chapters provide an introduction to Gaudí's biography and the social and cultural context of Barcelona amidst which he developed his remarkable and original architecture. Following this his work is examined in four detailed chapters. The first two chapters provide a survey of Gaudí's development as an architect by tracing the contribution he made to two areas of architecture; firstly
• Titolo autorizzato: Antoni Gaudí
• ISBN: 1-64461-815-X; 607-618-607-0; 1-78160-390-1; 1-283-95407-9; 1-283-95809-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Spagnolo
• Record Nr.: 9910811617603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Temporis