Gaudí: The Complete Works Hardcover. ISBN:9783836566193

[{"t":"Gaudí: The Complete Works Hardcover – Box set, September 13, 2020\nProduct details\nPublisher ‏ : ‎ Taschen America Llc (September 13, 2020)\nLanguage ‏ : ‎ English\nHardcover ‏ : ‎ 510 pages\nISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3836566192\nISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3836566193\nItem Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.45 pounds\nDimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.9 x 1.73 x 6.65 inches\nThe life of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) was full of complexity and 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 spectacular church, La Sagrada Família. In his youth, he courted a glamorous social life and the demeanor of a dandy. By the time of his death in a tram accident on the streets of Barcelona, his clothes were so shabby that passersby assumed he was a beggar.Gaudí’s incomparable architecture channels much of this multifaceted intricacy. From the shimmering surface textures and skeletal forms of Casa Batlló to the Hispano-Arabic matrix of Casa Vicens, his work merged the influences of Orientalism, natural forms, new materials, and religious faith into a unique Modernista aesthetic."}]