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Michael Eaude - Antoni Gaudí, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Antoni Gaudí

Av Michael Eaude

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The celebrated art nouveau architect Antoni Gaudí was a contradictory figure: deeply religious and politically right-wing, he nevertheless created revolutionary, lyrical buildings. This book explores Gaudí’s life, work and influences, from Catalan nationalism to the Industrial Revolution. Michael Eaude expertly guides readers through Gaudí’s great works – including the Sagrada Família, which attracts millions of tourists to Barcelona each year – and examines his monumental life, from the architect’s provincial upbringing in Reus to his time in Barcelona, where he became a dandy whose only attempt at marriage was rejected. Gaudí later suffered a nervous breakdown, became obsessively religious, and fused Gothic, Baroque and Orientalist architecture into his unique style.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-02-01
  • Mått: 104 x 198 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 431 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Critical Lives
  • Antal sidor: 192
  • Förlag: Reaktion Books
  • ISBN: 9781789148374
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Michael Eaude is a writer who has lived in Barcelona and Valencia for more than thirty years. He is the author of several books on Spanish and Catalan culture, including A People’s History of Catalonia (2022).

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Journalist Eaude delivers an energetic survey of the life and work of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí . . . a worthy tribute to one of history’s great iconoclasts. - Publishers WeeklyThe book provides good historical context for some basic understanding of Gaudí’s motives and historical setting . . . Eaude writes very accessibly . . . Adorned with 57 illustrations and/or snaps, though black and white, it feels a complete picture of the man and the myth . . . A concise, yet contextual and entertaining overview of the life and times of one of Spain’s most well-known and prodigious architects. - BookmunchEaude’s “Ode” to Gaudí is a wonderful introduction to the architect as genius and Catalan myth, while also celebrating Gaudí's extraordinary capacity to blend a medieval mindset with his position at the cutting edge of the avant-garde. - Gijs van Hensbergen, author of Gaudí and GuernicaThis new intellectual biography explains the complex synergy between the life and work of Gaudí at a crossroads of history: from the awakening of the Catalan bourgeoisie to the shipwreck of his legacy in Barcelona today. - Carolina García-Estévez, Serra Húnter Professor of History of Architecture, UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia), Barcelona

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