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Teresa-M. Sala (Ed.) - Barcelona 1900 - 9780801446573 - V9780801446573
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Barcelona 1900

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Description for Barcelona 1900 Hardback. Editor(s): Sala, Teresa-M. Num Pages: 196 pages, 192. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1714.

Barcelona is well known as a center of contemporary art and architecture, but that prominence owes much to the creative outpouring it witnessed at the dawn of the twentieth century, when it was known as the "rose of fire." The physical city was transformed by the civil engineer Ildefonso Cerdà and the architects Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech. As Barcelona changed around them, modernist artists including Pablo Picasso, Isidre Nonell, and Ramon Casas produced work fueled by and focused on political and humanitarian concerns.

Barcelona 1900 portrays the artistic, cultural, social, and political history of the city at this crucial ... Read more

Accompanied by a wealth of historical and contemporary photographs of the cityscape, this book—which also serves as the catalog for a landmark exhibition of the same name organized by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam—invites the reader to promenade along the most remarkable spots in the city, from Las Ramblas, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, and the Palau de la Musica; to Els Quartes Gats, the cafe where Picasso and his friends met; and Parc Güell and Gaudí's Sagrada Familia.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801446573
SKU
V9780801446573
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Teresa-M. Sala (Ed.)
Teresa-M. Sala is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Barcelona.

Reviews for Barcelona 1900
"The subject of this catalog, edited by Sala and accompanying an exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, is turn-of-the-20th-century Barcelona and its great architectural, cultural, political, and societal changes. Coverage includes the works of dominant artists and architects (e.g., Antoni Gaudi's Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia), notable landmarks (e.g., Els Quartes Gats, the cafe once frequented by ... Read more

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