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Antoni Gaudi - Ornament, Fire and Ashes
Juan Jose Lahuerta
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Description for Antoni Gaudi - Ornament, Fire and Ashes
Paperback. Num Pages: 236 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Juan Jos Lahuerta's Columns of Smoke series offers bold new readings of modernity and its key figures while redefining the connections between architecture, ornamentation, and the portrayal of both in print media. The third volume focuses on the Spanish architect Antoni Gaud (1852-1926), whose spectacular fin-de-si cle bohemian modernism stood in revolutionary contrast to the leading approaches of the day. With the rise of Le Corbusier's modern style of architecture in the early twentieth century, architects who favored ornamentation and a strong bond with nature, like Gaud , were relegated to the sidelines. Lahuerta ... Read more
Juan Jos Lahuerta's Columns of Smoke series offers bold new readings of modernity and its key figures while redefining the connections between architecture, ornamentation, and the portrayal of both in print media. The third volume focuses on the Spanish architect Antoni Gaud (1852-1926), whose spectacular fin-de-si cle bohemian modernism stood in revolutionary contrast to the leading approaches of the day. With the rise of Le Corbusier's modern style of architecture in the early twentieth century, architects who favored ornamentation and a strong bond with nature, like Gaud , were relegated to the sidelines. Lahuerta ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Editorial Tenov S.L.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
411g
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Barcelona, Spain
ISBN
9788493923167
SKU
V9788493923167
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About Juan Jose Lahuerta
Juan Jos Lahuerta is chief curator at the National Museum of Art of Catalonia in Barcelona and professor of the history of art at the Barcelona School of Architecture. Graham Thomson, who studied philosophy and literature at the University of Edinburgh, has translated poetry and prose from Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.
Reviews for Antoni Gaudi - Ornament, Fire and Ashes
Superbly edited with many photographs, some unpublished, the book reflects how the architecture of Gaud . . . became a symbol of the city of Barcelona during his lifetime, extending through media such as magazines and newspapers and impacting popular culture through jokes, cartoons, and postcards.
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