Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC) incorporates two drawings by Antoni Gaudí to its collection
The drawings by Antoni Gaudí, which represent the exterior and interior of the Colonia Güell’s Church in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, allow us to approach Gaudí’s architectural conception. The documents of incalculable value, also show Gaudí’s technical conception, experimentation and ingenious solutions aimed at overcoming Gothic structures, reducing columns and buttresses.
The two sketches, dated between 1908 and 1910, are painted on top of an inverted photograph of the mock-up of the church, by sculptor Vicente Villarrubias. From the negatives, enlargements were made on photographic paper, and on top of these extensions, Gaudí drew the outer elevation and an interior view of the church.
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The Barcelona Modernisme Route is an itinerary through the Barcelona of Gaudí, Domènech i Montaner and Puig i Cadafalch, who, together with other architects, made Barcelona the great capital of Catalan Art Nouveau. With this route you can discover impressive palaces, amazing houses, the temple that is symbol of the city and an immense hospital, as well as more popular and everyday works such as pharmacies, shops, shops, lanterns or banks. Modernisme works that show that Art Nouveau took root in Barcelona and even today is still a living art, a lived art.
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