Art Around, DBH 4

Sagrada Família

       The temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia known simply as the Sagrada Família, is a Catholic basilica in Barcelona (Spain), designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí. Begun in 1882, still is under construction. It is the masterpiece of Gaudi.

       The construction started in neo-Gothic style, but to assume the project Gaudí in 1883, it was completely rethinking. Gaudí designed a temple of great vertical, so it should be visible from any point of Barcelona and Excel on the other buildings. This endowed to the Sagrada Familia of 18 towers.

      The towers are parabolic profile, and have different solutions according to their typology: the Apostles are finished off with pinnacles of Venetian mosaic polychrome with shields with the cross and a white spheres, symbolizing the episcopal MITRE; they are also Episcopal ring and the staff, as well as the initial letter of each Apostle

Gaudí was inspired in the stems of a plant called nail of cat.

 BY: Claudia Efrem

Andra Mari Church

Andra Mari's church is the largest church in the village. Is Gothic because contruyed in the 15th century, has very largue windows and lots of decorations on the facade. The door has pointed end arches.Today is still used to celebrate Masses and funerals.  

BY: Endika Andonegui

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by the  Canadian architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast.  The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.  The museum features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.

 

BY: Joane Aberasturi