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Jaume Busquets i Mollera (Girona, 1903 – Barcelona, 1968) was a Spanish sculptor and painter of the noucentisme generation from Catalonia . He was the youngest son of a family of four artist brothers from Girona, Catalonia, Spain. [1] Busquets was a disciple of Antoni Gaudí. He designed and sculpted the Holy Family ensemble on the Nativity ...
This interest in the value of medieval architecture resulted in Gaudi being put in charge of the design of Sagrada Família (Sacred Family) shortly after construction had begun. Gaudí was a deeply religious Catholic whose ecstatic and brilliantly complex fantasies of organic geometry are given concrete form throughout the church.
Nov 28, 2020 · The history of the Sagrada Familia. Construction on the church began on March 19th 1882, on the feast of Saint Joseph. However, the planning goes far beyond this date. Allready in 1866, the catholic association Associació de Devots de Sant Josep was founded by Josep Maria Bocabella i Verdaguer.
Sagrada Família. The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família is the largest unfinished Roman Catholic church in the world located in Barcelona, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. Gaudí's work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a ...
RI-51-0003819. Casa Calvet ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈkazə kəlˈβɛt]) is a building, designed by Antoni Gaudí for a textile manufacturer which served as both a commercial property (in the basement and on the ground floor) and a residence. It is located at Carrer de Casp 48, Eixample district of Barcelona. It was built between 1898 and ...
Sagrada Família. Plaça de toros de la Monumental, one of the two former bullrings of Barcelona. Domènec Sugrañes i Gras ( Catalan pronunciation: [duˈmɛnək suˈɣɾaɲəz i ˈɣɾas]; 12 December 1878 – 9 August 1938) was a Catalan modernist architect and disciple of Antoni Gaudí. He succeeded him at the head of the works of the church ...
Sep 27, 2010 · The Sagrada Familia has been financed privately—in Gaudí’s time, the late 19th century, through donations, these days by three million tourists a year (more than visit either the Prado or the ...
