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  • Essay / The works of Antoni Gaudí - 681

    Many years ago there lived a man named Antoni Gaudí. This man was a great artist who became very popular and well recognized in the city of Barcelona. In this essay I will briefly discuss the life of this famous architect, Antoni Gaudí, I will also talk about the influence and his style that can be observed in the city of Barcelona. In my essay I will detail and study three masterpieces of Gaudí, which tourists from all over the world can today visit and appreciate in the city of Barcelona. I will first introduce the great architect Antoni Gaudí, then I will talk about the Sagrada Familia, then I will continue to talk about La Pedrera and finally I will finish with Casa Batlló. My objective is to demonstrate that the works of Antoni Gaudí contain different types of symbols linked to a religion or symbols linked to nature, at the same time as to demonstrate that the works of Antoni Gaudí converted the city of Barcelona. , a city full of art Antoni Gaudí was born in the town of Reus in Catalonia on June 25, 1852. At sixteen, Gaudí left for the city of Barcelona to study at the Higher School of Architecture of the same city. And it was there, in Barcelona, ​​that he decided to stay and leave his mark. At the same time that Gaudí arrived in Barcelona, ​​the city was growing, and very quickly, since at the end of the 19th century Barcelona was being transformed thanks to the changes brought by the industrial revolution and becoming a modernist city. Thus, the city that was transforming into a modern city would inspire Gaudí to create wonderful works and display them in itself. In Barcelona you can find spectacular works designed by Antoni Gaudí, such as the Sagrada Familia temple, La Pedrera and Casa Milà. At first glance, the Sagrada Familia temple is a huge sculpture that will make any tourist sigh. From a distance, you can see the very large towers that are easy to notice. The Sagrada Familia or its full name Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Familia, is like a universal symbol of Barcelona. The idea for this structure came from a writer named Josep María Bocabella, a man very devoted to the Catholic religion. The idea of ​​the Sagrada Familia temple was born from the fact that the writer, passing through an Italian municipality, saw the temple they had there, and it was there that he decided to create one replica..