Antoni Gaudí
The Architect of Dreams and DevotionBy Jeremy Roe
Length4h 58m
About this audiobook
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).
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Table of contents
1Introduction
27Casa Batlló
2Essential Gaudí
28Casa Milà
3Perspectives on the Life of Antoni Gaudí
29Gaudí’s Ecclesiastical Architecture
4Gaudí’s Childhood
30Early Studies and Altarpieces
5Architectural Studies in Barcelona
31First Church Designs
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6Gaudí’s Character and Thought
32A New Façade for Barcelona’s Cathedral
7Architecture and Catalan Identity
33Two Altarpieces
8Religion and Spirituality
34Representing Ecclesiastical Authority: the Bishop’s Palace, Astorga
9Gaudí’s Death and Barcelona’s Tributes to his Life
35A Contemplative Style: College for the Company of St Teresa
10Gaudí’s Barcelona
36The Catholic Missions, Tangier
11Gaudí and the Architecture of his Day
37Two Projects for His Hometown
12Modernisme
38A Sculptural Installation
13Barcelona: The Growth of a Modern City
39Restoring Tradition in Mallorca
14Theories of Architecture and the Search for a Modern Style
40Unfinished Projects
15Architecture and Ideology
41The Creative Encounter of Gaudí and Güell
16Gaudí and the Ideals of the Industrial Age
42The First Project: a Dragon for a Country House
17The Celebration of the Values of Catalonia and Modernity
43The Güell Palace
18Preserving Past Values and Practices in the Modern Era
44The Güell Colony Crypt
19Shops and Streetlamps: Gaudí’s Urban Projects
45The Güell Park
20Transforming Domestic Space
46The Sagrada Familia
21Casa Vicens
47Gaudí’s Vision
22El Capricho
48The Nativity Façade
23Casa de los Botines
49Working on the Sagrada Familia
24Casa Calvet
50In the Shadow of the Cathedral: the Sagrada Familia Schools
25Bellesguard
51Biography
26Houses for Two Friends and a Painter
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