{"id":266,"date":"2024-09-06T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuronthemes.com\/ponte\/?p=266"},"modified":"2025-02-06T19:55:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:55:34","slug":"antoni-gaudi-le-genie-de-la-sagrada-familia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/antoni-gaudi-the-genius-of-the-sagrada-familia\/","title":{"rendered":"Antoni Gaud\u00ed: The Genius of the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/<br \/>\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><\/p>\n<p><strong>Antoni Gaud\u00ed i Cornet<\/strong>was born on June 25, 1852 in <strong>Reus<\/strong>in <strong>Catalonia<\/strong>where his father <strong>Francesc Gaud\u00ed i Serra<\/strong> is a boilermaker contractor. His mother, <strong>Ant\u00f2nia Cornet i Bertran<\/strong>She gave birth to five children, only three of whom reached adulthood: Rosa, Francesc and Antoni.<\/p>\n<p>The kid wasn't spoiled by nature. His rheumatism stuck to him like a leech to a racehorse. As a result, he skipped school more often than not. But don't get me wrong, that didn't stop him from keeping an eye on nature. And believe me, it came in handy later on.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9518\" style=\"width: 832px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9518\" class=\"wp-image-9518\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/antoni-gaudi-300x135.webp\" alt=\"Antoni-Gaudi\" width=\"822\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/antoni-gaudi-300x135.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/antoni-gaudi-768x346.webp 768w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/antoni-gaudi-18x8.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/antoni-gaudi-600x270.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/antoni-gaudi.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antoni Gaudi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1868, he disembarked at <strong>Barcelona<\/strong> to become an architect. But be warned, it wasn't a foregone conclusion. His first attempt to get into the School of Architecture, he failed because of a watercolor drawing, can you believe it? Anyway, he worked like a madman for five long years, and in 1878, at the age of 25, he finally got his diploma.<\/p>\n<p>When it came to his heart, Gaud\u00ed wasn't exactly Casanova. At 19, he fell head over heels for a French girl passing through, but didn't dare talk to her. Later, at 33, he had a crush on a chick, <strong>Pepeta Moreu<\/strong>. For four years, he did the Sunday-in-the-park thing, and when he finally asked her to marry him, she told him she was already promised to someone else. After that, our Gaud\u00ed put his heart in the closet.<\/p>\n<p>His career really took off in 1883 when he met <strong>Eusebi G\u00fcell<\/strong>a wealthy industrialist who became his friend and patron. G\u00fcell was captivated by Gaud\u00ed's art, which twisted stone and iron into hymns to nature and God. A friendship was forged between these two visionaries, as solid as a pillar of the <strong>Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9520\" style=\"width: 829px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9520\" class=\"wp-image-9520\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eusebi-guell-300x159.webp\" alt=\"EUSEBI-GUELL\" width=\"819\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eusebi-guell-300x159.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eusebi-guell-1024x544.webp 1024w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eusebi-guell-768x408.webp 768w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eusebi-guell-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eusebi-guell-600x319.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/eusebi-guell.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eusebi Guell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The duo took on projects that seemed like something out of a fairy tale. <strong>G\u00fcell Palace<\/strong>a home where luxury meets the imaginary, with colorful fireplaces that look like giant candy canes. And then.., <strong>the crypt of the Col\u00f2nia G\u00fcell<\/strong>a sacred place where columns lean like trees blown by the wind. And of course, <strong>Parc G\u00fcell<\/strong>an open-air utopia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9521\" style=\"width: 829px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9521\" class=\"wp-image-9521\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cripta-guell-300x199.webp\" alt=\"cripta-guell\" width=\"819\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cripta-guell-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cripta-guell-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cripta-guell-600x397.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cripta-guell.webp 677w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Guell crypt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ah, <strong>Parc G\u00fcell<\/strong>... A dream a little too big for its time. G\u00fcell wanted to turn it into a garden city, an earthly paradise for Barcelona's elite. But the rich had other ideas. In the end, only two houses were built, like two stars in a sky that promised sixty. Commercial failure, say the pragmatists. Eternal masterpiece, say the poets.<\/p>\n<p>When everyone else turned their backs on the project, Gaud\u00ed stayed. He settled into one of the two houses, like a guardian watching over his unfulfilled dream.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9523\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9523\" class=\"wp-image-9523\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/park_guell-300x116.webp\" alt=\"park_guell\" width=\"830\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/park_guell-300x116.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/park_guell-768x296.webp 768w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/park_guell-18x7.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/park_guell-600x231.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/park_guell.webp 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">park Guell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the same year, he worked on the construction of the <strong>Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/strong>something that's going to eat away at him for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p>His first buildings were already heavyweight. <strong>La Casa Vicens<\/strong>, <strong>G\u00fcell Palace<\/strong>, l<strong>e Coll\u00e8ge des T\u00e9r\u00e9siens<\/strong>The whole thing was pure Gaud\u00ed. A mix of Orient, neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau, the kind of thing that makes your head spin like after three rounds of Pernod.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9525\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9525\" class=\"wp-image-9525\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-college-des-teresiens-300x200.webp\" alt=\"Coll\u00e8ge des T\u00e9r\u00e9siens\" width=\"830\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-college-des-teresiens-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-college-des-teresiens-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-college-des-teresiens-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-college-des-teresiens-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-college-des-teresiens.webp 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coll\u00e8ge des T\u00e9r\u00e9siens<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9528\" style=\"width: 837px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9528\" class=\"wp-image-9528\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-calvet-300x169.webp\" alt=\"Casa Calvet\" width=\"827\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-calvet-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-calvet-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-calvet-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-calvet-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-calvet-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-calvet.webp 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casa Calvet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 1900, he won the prize for best building for the <strong>Casa Calvet<\/strong>. His reputation even crossed borders. In 1908, he designed a <strong>skyscraper hotel<\/strong> for <strong>New York<\/strong>which, if it had been built, would have changed the face of the city. <strong>Grand Palais, Paris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9526\" style=\"width: 897px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9526\" class=\"wp-image-9526\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hocc82tel-gratte-ciel-pour-new-york9-300x113.webp\" alt=\"skyscraper hotel for New York\" width=\"887\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hocc82tel-gratte-ciel-pour-new-york9-300x113.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hocc82tel-gratte-ciel-pour-new-york9-1024x384.webp 1024w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hocc82tel-gratte-ciel-pour-new-york9-768x288.webp 768w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hocc82tel-gratte-ciel-pour-new-york9-18x7.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hocc82tel-gratte-ciel-pour-new-york9-600x225.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/hocc82tel-gratte-ciel-pour-new-york9.webp 1380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyscraper hotel for New York by Gaudi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Between 1900 and 1914, it's the apotheosis. He produces <strong>Parc G\u00fcell<\/strong>, <strong>Casa Batll\u00f3<\/strong> and <strong>Casa Mil\u00e0<\/strong>nicknamed <strong>\"La Pedrera<\/strong>. Buildings twisted like corkscrews, without a single straight line.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9527\" style=\"width: 846px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9527\" class=\"wp-image-9527\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-batllo-300x200.webp\" alt=\"Casa Batll\u00f3\" width=\"836\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-batllo-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-batllo-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/casa-batllo.webp 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casa Batll\u00f3<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gaud\u00ed was a stickler for detail. It's even said that he made his workers sit bare-assed on fresh concrete so that the bench in the <strong>Parc G\u00fcell<\/strong> is perfectly adapted to the human buttocks. Talk about a perfectionist!<\/p>\n<p>The good man had his little quirks. He always carried a raw egg in his pocket, like others carry around a grigri. He admired its perfect shape and was fascinated by the extraordinary solidity of the shell. And when it came to eyesight, it wasn't the best. Myopic in one eye, hypermetropic in the other, but he refused to wear glasses. He said the Greeks didn't have any, but that didn't stop them from building marvels.<\/p>\n<p>He lived like a monk lost in thought. His plate was a desert. A few lettuce leaves, trembling in a little milk, served as a feast. Nothing more. His philosophy was: \"Water is the supreme food. For him, it was the caviar of the poor. The best food.<br \/>One time, he almost died. Too thin, too weak, he couldn't stand up. Hunger is unforgiving, even for the enlightened. It was a priest who had to shake him out of it, remind him that he had a work, a mission, <strong>the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/strong>that damn stone dream he was dragging around like a cross. So Gaud\u00ed called a truce with his principles. He started eating again, not out of appetite, but to feed his dreams of stone and light.<\/p>\n<p>From 1914 onwards, he devoted himself body and soul to the <strong>Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/strong>. He even took up residence on the building site, like a tramp who had found his own palace. With his homeless look, people often mistook him for a beggar.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9530\" style=\"width: 838px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9530\" class=\"wp-image-9530\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/statue-d-antoni-gaudi-a-l-hiver-de-sa-vie-300x225.webp\" alt=\"Statue of Antoni Gaudi in the winter of his life\" width=\"828\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/statue-d-antoni-gaudi-a-l-hiver-de-sa-vie-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/statue-d-antoni-gaudi-a-l-hiver-de-sa-vie-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/statue-d-antoni-gaudi-a-l-hiver-de-sa-vie-16x12.webp 16w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/statue-d-antoni-gaudi-a-l-hiver-de-sa-vie-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/statue-d-antoni-gaudi-a-l-hiver-de-sa-vie.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue of Antoni Gaudi in the winter of his life<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gaud\u00ed firmly believed that nature was the greatest source of inspiration, and he integrated this philosophy into every detail of the project. <strong>Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/strong>. The basilica's columns, for example, are designed to resemble trees, with branches reaching out to support the roof.<\/p>\n<p>And that's when fate played a nasty trick on him. On June 7, 1926, he was knocked down by a streetcar. Nobody recognized him, with his sleep-under-the-stars look, so he just lay there on the pavement like a run-over dog. By the time he was finally picked up and taken to hospital, the clock had run down too far. His last heartbeat resounds three days later, at 73 winters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9519\" style=\"width: 843px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9519\" class=\"wp-image-9519\" src=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-cortege-funebre-d-antonio-gaudi-a-travers-les-rues-de-barcelone-300x169.webp\" alt=\"Antonio Gaud\u00ed&#039;s funeral procession through the streets of Barcelona\" width=\"833\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-cortege-funebre-d-antonio-gaudi-a-travers-les-rues-de-barcelone-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-cortege-funebre-d-antonio-gaudi-a-travers-les-rues-de-barcelone-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-cortege-funebre-d-antonio-gaudi-a-travers-les-rues-de-barcelone-600x339.webp 600w, https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/le-cortege-funebre-d-antonio-gaudi-a-travers-les-rues-de-barcelone.webp 618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonio Gaud\u00ed's funeral procession through the streets of Barcelona<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But his legacy has carved its wake in the rock of time. Seven of his works are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. <strong>La Sagrada Fam\u00edlia<\/strong>still under construction, has become the symbol of <strong>Barcelona<\/strong>. Every year, millions of visitors flock to the site, staring up, mesmerized by this stone forest in perpetual bloom.<\/p>\n<p>Gaud\u00ed's style is quite something. Organic forms, undulating structures, a whirlwind of creativity that still fascinates and feeds the imagination of architects the world over. Gaud\u00ed's life was also marked by solitude and tragedy. His transformation into a recluse, entirely absorbed in his work, shows the personal sacrifices he made to realize his vision. His total dedication to his art and his faith make him one of the most fascinating figures in the history of architecture.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more:<\/strong><br \/>https:\/\/famosos.arquitectos.com\/fr\/antonio-gaudi-biografia\/<br \/>https:\/\/www.techno-science.net\/glossaire-definition\/Antoni-Gaudi-page-2.html<br \/>https:\/\/www.casabatllo.es\/fr\/antoni-gaudi\/<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antoni Gaud\u00ed, born June 25, 1852 in Reus, Catalonia, is one of history's most famous and singular architects. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"Antoni Gaud\u00ed : le g\u00e9nie derri\u00e8re la Sagrada Fam\u00edlia","_seopress_titles_desc":"D\u00e9couvrez le fascinant Antoni Gaud\u00ed, de sa naissance en catalogne \u00e0 la construction de la Sagrada Fam\u00edlia et sa rencontre avec Eusebi G\u00fcell.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10277,"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/10277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elips-3d.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}