Walk through the streets of Barcelona, and you will see the most amazing play dough buildings.
Well, not really play dough, but that’s what they look like.
Soaring, twisting parabolic arches, intricately tooled metalwork grilles, flowing surfaces decorated with bits of flamboyantly colored tiles…
Has someone let a pre-schooler run wild here?
No, not at all. These are the works of Antoni Gaudi, one of the premier architects of Spain, and, indeed, the world.
Avant Garde Art Nouvelliste, his works display a distinct sculptural style, integrating nature’s organic shapes rather than straight lines. Original to the point of ridiculousness, some of Gaudi’s works have an almost hallucinatory effect on the eye.
The Casa Milà, La Colonia Güell, and the unfinished La Sagrada Família, are singular and inspiring examples of the man popularly in Spain as “God’s Architect”.
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