Daniel Giralt-Miracle

Essential Gaudí (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The work of Antoni Gaudí continues to fascinate us today as it fascinated Eusebi Güell in 1878 during his visit to the Universal Exposition in Paris. He was so struck by a glove display case he saw there that he determined to contact its unknown author, a man to whom he would eventually entrust the design of no less than five hugely significant architectural projects. Suffice to mention Sagrada Família, Gaudí's last and most famous work, which amazes visitors today as much as or more than it did in the early 20th century, when its first four towers were just beginning to emerge. But the mark of his genius in Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain and even in the projects he never saw to fruition, such as the skyscraper for Manhattan, is far broader and more nuanced than is generally thought. From El Capricho in Comillas to the schools at Sagrada Família, each building, column, piece of furniture and grille evokes the creativity of a privileged mind for architecture and design.Daniel Giralt-Miracle synthesizes in this easy-to-read book the essential aspects of Gaudí's life, his time, his ideology and his methods, at the same time as he summarises the most significant elements of each work, focusing precisely on that which places him at the pinnacle of world architectural achievement.This has not always been the case however. In the same way as Gaudí's oeuvre is still a work in progress (we are unlikely to see Sagrada Família in all its splendour until 2026, the centenary of his death), its appreciation has evolved over time until the present day, when the architect's exceptional work in ruled geometry can be explained better than ever through computerised design. The book summarises this evolution and brings what we thought we knew about Gaudí up to date with information that has come to light in recent years.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Libros de Vanguardia
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2015
• Spanisch
• ISBN-13: 9788496642966
• Artikelnr.: 43327083

Autorenporträt

Daniel Giralt-Miracle (Barcelona, 1944) is one of the most prestigious critics and historians of art, design and architecture in Spain. He was trained on Philosophy and later on Information Sciences, and he began his professional career as an art critic in Destino magazine (1966-1976) and as head of the section art in Avui newspaper (1976-1982). Among the about thirty books he has published, it is worth highlighting L'art català contemporani (1972), Argenters i joiers de Catalunya (1986), Dalí, un artista multidimensional (1990), El crit de la terra. Joan Miró i el camp de Tarragona (1994), Gaudí. Exploring form (2002) o 3D Magic Gaudí (2011). He was director of MACBA (1988-1994) and of Espai Gaudí (1995-2000) at the Centre Cultural Caixa Catalunya, La Pedrera, to mention two of the positions he has held. On the other hand he has curated more than one hundred exhibitions and events, including the International Gaudí Year 2002 (1999-2002), under which he organized the exhibition Gaudí, art and design for which he received the National Prize of Culture. Now he is a member of the Council of Culture of the City of Barcelona and a patron of the Joan Brossa foundation by choice of the poet himself, he works on several international projects about Gaudí, and he writes regularly in magazines and newspapers, including La Vanguardia.