[PDF] Barcelona Art Nouveau eBook

Author : L. Permanyer
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 17,28 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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London is famous for Big Ben; Paris for the Eiffel Tower; Rome for the Colosseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is not identified by one or two famous buildings as these other European cities, but rather by an entire movement of turn-of-the-century architecture known simply as "Modernisme." Familiar to Americans as art nouveau, its most famous practitioner was the artist and architect Antoni Gaudi. But the city is filled with superb examples of art nouveau in vivid color in "Barcelona Art Nouveau." This book offers a tour of 46 houses, public buildings, and monuments in the art-nouveau style, including brand-new photographs of the work of Gaudi. Visit the famous literary cafe Els Quarte Gats, which was once patronized by Pablo Picasso, who also designed the menu. Lose yourself in the whimsical curves of Casa Josep Batllo, a wonderful example of the combination of artisan tradition and richness that exemplifies art nouveau. These structures, fully restored to pristine condition for the 1992 Olympics, have been rediscovered by both foreigners and Barcelonans alike, and are captured inside and out in this fascinating record of the adventurous, undulating designs of an exciting era.

Author : William H. Robinson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 13,62 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300121067

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Catalogus van een tentoonstelling van werk van Catalaanse kunstenaars.

Author : L. Permanyer
Publisher : Ediciones Polígrafa S.A.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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London is famous for Big Ben, Paris for the Eiffel Tower and Rome for the Coliseum. Barcelona, on the other hand, is associated not with one or two buildings but with the creations of an entire movement, Modernisme, which straddled the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book, besides constituting a survey of the most significant buildings by Domenech i Montaner, Antoni Gaudi, Josep Maria Jujol and Puig i Cadafalch, is also a detailed analysis of the forms created by the most important craftsmen of the period, many of whom have been relegated for decades to absolute anonymity. 136 illustrations

Author : L. Permanyer
Publisher : Ediciones Polígrafa S.A.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,48 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788434313026

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“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 : Jeremy Roe
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,57 MB
Release : 2012-05-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 1780429673

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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 : Lluís Permanyer
Publisher : Anchor Books
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 9788434308794

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Modernista architecture was not only the product of the convictions of innumerable architects, it also received the unconditional support of property owners. A series of favorable social conditions, but above all this meeting of passions, led to the emergence of Barcelona's Eixample, a unique urban project. In the pages of this book we discover an array of astonishing works by following an itinerary designed to be both instructive and pleasurable. A stimulating promenade, with none of the characteristics of a simple catalog, on which the reader will be able to discover, admire and savor the best of Modernisme.

Author : L. Permanyer
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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The work of Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) defines the city of Barcelona like no other. Its art-nouveau-style spires and visionary eccentricities bestow their unique character on the skyline and make the city a point of pilgrimage for fans of Gaudi's inimitable, playful style.

Author : Robert Hughes
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 10,61 MB
Release : 1993-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0679743839

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A monumentally informed and irresistibly opinionated guide to the most un-Spanish city in Spain, from the bestselling author of The Fatal Shore. In these pages, Robert Hughes scrolls through Barcelona's often violent history; tells the stories of its kings, poets, magnates, and revolutionaries; and ushers readers through municipal landmarks that range from Antoni Gaudi's sublimely surreal cathedral to a postmodern restaurant with a glass-walled urinal. The result is a work filled with the attributes of Barcelona itself: proportion, humor, and seny—the Catalan word for triumphant common sense.

Author : Raül Garcia i Aranzueque
Publisher : A. Asppan S.L.
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 11,37 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788489439658

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This book is intended to be an aid to visitors who wants to go deeper than just taking in the traditional tourist sites so that they can discover how a group of artists created a trend which broke away from the old established ideas.