Tag Archives: Daniel Giralt-Miracle

our humble abode: serving the pious dandy?

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Dave

For Antoni Gaudi, as for the devout in the Middle Ages, almost anything in the universe could be read as a religious symbol. The Sagrada Familia is symbolic not only in its profusion of figurative sculpture and its conventional Christian … Continue reading →

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bending and twisting under desire’s distorting pleasures

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Dave

Antoni Gaudi was the great outsider of modern architecture. He was likely the inspired freak some detractors claimed, but he was also the father of an organic emotional style and ultimately a supreme artist…..In spite of these efforts at rehabilitation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Miscellaneous, Modern Arts/Craft, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Andre Breton, Antoni Gaudi, Art Nouveau, Barcelona architecture, Daniel Giralt-Miracle, Eric Woolfson, Eric Woolfson Gaudi, Jamer Hunt, Salvador dali, Walter Gropius, William Morris | Leave a comment

Gaudi addicted to an ecstasy of modernismo

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Dave

Antoni Gaudi. He was the great outsider of modern architecture. He was likely both an inspired freak and the creator of an emotional, organic style. A supreme artist. …. The spread of the dates of his major works and the … Continue reading →