Gaudi considered nature his greatest teacher, trees, limbs, tendons, ribs, leaves...
The man was colour blind.
It's just so........organic
I can't find enough interior pictures.....anyone got a spare ticket to Spain?
Sunday Sagrada has been temporarily postponed until next Sunday due to the election stuff/stress/issues OMFG!!!
This is huge news in Australia, as I type there will be a Hung Parliament (?), Whoaaa Nelly.
I don't have much to say about it (shellshock) except to remind everyone to make sure you buy the newspapers today, read them and then stick them under your beds tomorrow. Keep them for your kids.
I KNOW the world is all online and kids can just type shit into Google for themselves, but there is nothing like having a tangible piece of history in your hands.
My Aunty Nancy kept the front pages of The Sun from the first landing on Mars, in a copy of Carl Sagans Cosmos. I treasure that hard copy, the smells the feel of the dry paper between my fingers. You can't get that off a keyboard.
Happy Sunday!
*sigh
The Passion Facade.
At the front of the Sagrada Familia is the Passion Facade. Harsh, blocky sculptures, and a skeletal look.
Sculptures by Josep Maria Subirachs, designed to be dramatic, provoke fear and to be a reminder of Christs suffering.
Still not religious here, but this is just stunning.
Thank you for your comments and complete agreement of the magnificence of The Sagrada Familia. For those who asked - no I haven't been there *sob *wail. If you do post pics on your own blogs let me know so I can link 'em up.
I have discovered Sagrada Familia - official name Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia, a Roman Catholic Church in Barcelona. Under construction since 1882 (yep, you read that right) and expected to be finished in 2026.
I am obsessed. Totally obsessed, so therefore I am sharing it with you every Sunday until I'm done with it. Which could be never.
The Sagrada Familia was designed by Antonio Gaudi, who took Neo Gothic to a new level with his truly impressive understanding of geometry and style based on nature. Gaudi died in 1926, the ongoing construction has been incredibly hard as the most designs and models he left were destroyed during the Civil War in 1936.
I can't find exactly how big it is right now, but when finished it will have 18 nearly 400 ft towers. 12 to represent the Apostles, 4 for the Evangelists, one for the Virgin Mary and the largest tower at 558ft representing Jesus Christ. It will be able to accomodate 13,000 people.
The scale is just mind boggling, the detail and design out of this world.
It's almost enough to get me religious!
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