Four people were treated for smoke inhalation, and the fire caused significant damage to Antoni Gaudi's masterpiece and the sacristy where it was ignited.
Antonio Gaudí y Cornet (1852-1926) ha pasado a la historia como un arquitecto singular, capaz de aunar atrevidas concepciones artísticas con un marcado esoterismo. Gaudí fue un arquitecto que supo …
Egyptian boy pharaoh Tutankhamen's travelling exhibition "Gold of the Pharaohs" has opened in Melbourne for a sell-out season. And once again the perennial "Curse of the Mummy" myth has surfaced. There are some strange circumstances that give breath to the myth but like all things the truth is in the eye of the beholder. 3,275 years ago when Tutankhamen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings, on the West bank of the Nile at Thebes [now Luxor] was sealed, the High Priest Ay placed an inscription above the door. Loosely translated from ancient text it reads, "Death will come on swift wings to whoever toucheth this Pharaoh." On the 26th November 1922, Lord Carnarvon [above] and his archaeologist Howard Carter broke the seals and entered Tutankhamen's tomb for the first time. Five months later Lord Carnarvon was dead. Exceedingly wealthy, Lord Carnarvon from Highclere Castle in Scotland, sponsored the excavation of the royal tomb. When he and Carter opened the tomb they exposed treasures unsurpassed in the history of archaeology. Some months later, after Carnarvon had finally obtained permission to start clearing the tomb, he was bitten on the cheek by a mosquito. That night he returned from the tomb to his suite in the Winter Palace Hotel, on the East Bank at Luxor, Carnarvon accidentally cut himself shaving over the mosquito bite. His cut-throat razor could have been rusty. The cut became infected. Carnarvon returned to the Continental-Savoy Hotel in Cairo to recuperate but he died of blood poisoning on 5th April, 1923. Co-incidentally, minutes after Carnarvon died, his prized pet dog, a cute little Terrier called Suzie, left behind in Highclere Castle, rolled over and also died. Thus the curse was born. Lord Carnarvon's partner Howard Carter, the first to enter the tomb, defied the curse to live to a ripe old age. However, despite being the world's most famous egyptologist, Carter was never officially recognised for his achievements and died a broken old man. His last years were spent sitting on the outside steps of Luxor's Winter Palace Hotel, hoping to earn a few pounds by recanting his story of how he unearthed the greatest archaeological discovery of all time.
Completed in 1906 in Barcelona, Spain. The inspiring imagination of Antoni Gaudí undoubtedly reveals itself in one of his most poetic and artistic designs for a building, Casa Batlló. His...
Completed in 1906 in Barcelona, Spain. The inspiring imagination of Antoni Gaudí undoubtedly reveals itself in one of his most poetic and artistic designs for a building, Casa Batlló. His...
Built between 1883 and 1885 as a summer garden home for the Vicens family in the village of Gràcia in Barcelona, Spain, “Casa Vicens” is the first remarkable project of Spanish architec…
Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. In Antonio Gaudi, their artistry melds in a unique, enthralling cinematic experience. Less a documentary than a visual poem, Teshigahara's film takes viewers on a tour of Gaudi's truly spectacular architecture, including his massive, still-unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia basilica in Barcelona. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudi on film.
I've been lounging around in these first, blissful weeks of summer. I have been watching many documentaries (as well as Lost. Yes, the entire series!) and one that stands out is Hiroshi Teshigahara's documentary on Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi. Here are some of his designs. One of his most famous works is the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain. Although this cathedral was built to serve the conservative end of atoning for the sins of the fallen metropolis, I still love looking about it and thinking about the city's history. The building has been under construction since 1882. Outside of Barcelona Gaudi designed another cathedral (the Colonia Guell) that was never completed. He did, however, complete the crypt. Gaudi designed a park commissioned by the same family, the Guells, in Barcelona. The park was done in Gaudi's idiosyncratic style, but is much more decadent than the cathedrals above. It also works more daringly with color and form, incorporating many mosaics. His work is amazing! He pushed boundaries and thought about his field in a unique and playful way.
this was a Gaudi style inspired wall that I saw on our walk over to a botanical garden in Barcelona. I cannot recall exactly where. I just recall passing this stone mosaic wall and opening and cactus was growing on it in places. it was a wall around a house or somethign like that.
Finca Ermenegild Miralles 1900-1909 Architect: Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet
A long and incomplete history of parametric modelling. Starting in the nineteenth century with James Dana’s crystal drawings, and ending up in twenty-first century by way of Gaudí, Moretti, Ivan Sutherland’s Sketchpad, and other more recent technological innovations.
'I Am Here' - Irit Levy Mainly art on Flickr Mosaic dynamics This statement by Krishnamurti reminds me of the innate dynamic in mosaic art - “A mind which is seeking permanency soon stagnates; like that pool along the river, it is soon full of corruption, decay. Only the mind which has no walls, no foothold, no barrier, no resting place, which is moving completely with life, timelessly pushing on, exploring, exploding – only such a mind can be happy, eternally new, because it is creative in itself.” By its very nature, mosaic art is particularly dynamic because
The schoolhouse on the grounds of La Sagrada Familia.
Completed in 1906 in Barcelona, Spain. The inspiring imagination of Antoni Gaudí undoubtedly reveals itself in one of his most poetic and artistic designs for a building, Casa Batlló. His...
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Situado en Comillas(Cantabria) junto al palacio de Sobrellano.Fue pryectado por Antonio Gaudï y construido entre los años1883 y 1885 Explore-81-
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Completed in 1906 in Barcelona, Spain. The inspiring imagination of Antoni Gaudí undoubtedly reveals itself in one of his most poetic and artistic designs for a building, Casa Batlló. His...
