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ANTONIO GAUDI, BY GEORGE R. COLLINS |
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Where appropriate, a comment is included after the listing to explain the value of the item. To save space most books and articles on special subjects which are cited in the Notes are not repeated here, but may be located through their subject entry in the Index. However, titles that are used throughout the text in abbreviated form will be found listed here in full. Almost without exception the items cited in this book can be consulted in the archive of the Amigos de Gaudi U.S.A. (in the Department of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Columbia University) or in neighboring libraries. A large part of this material, including much that is basic, is written in Catalan. (A) Basic books or pamphlets dedicated to Gaudi. These include monographs, picture books and anthologies of articles, but not publications dedicated to single buildings, which can be located in the Notes by consulting the index. [various]. Antoni Gaudi: La seva vida, les seves obres, la seva mort (Barcelona: Poliglota, 1926). See note 19. Juan Bergos, Gaudi: l'home i l'obra (Barcelona: Ariel, 1954). Invaluable and up-to-date. 184 illustrations. Juan Eduardo Cirlot, El Arte de Gaudi (Barcelona: Omega, 1st ed. 1950, 2nd ed. 1954). Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Gaudi (New York: Museum of Modern Art [1957]). Illustrated catalog of the Museum's exhibition. Le Corbusier, Jo. Gomis and J. Prats Valles, Gaudi: fotoscop (Barcelona: RM, 1958). 61 dramatic photographs. Arturo Llopis, Gaudi en la Villa de Gracia (Barcelona: Arolas, n.d.). Obscure but useful pamphlet of recollections. Cesar Martinell, Antonio Gaudi (Milano: Electa, 1955). Well-illustrated booklet in Astra-Arengarium series. idem., Gaudinismo (Barcelona: Amigos de Gaudi, 1954). A compilation of the author's writings on Gaudi. Francesc Pujols, La visio artistica i religiosa d'En Gaudi (Barcelona: Catalonia, 1927). Rare and fascinating essay by a Catalan critic. Jose F. Rafols and Francisco Folguera, Gaudi, el gran arquitecto espanol (Barcelona: Canosa, 1st ed. in Catalan 1928, 2nd ed. in Spanish 1929). See note 103. This, the basic tool for Gaudi studies, contains a chronology, twenty pages of bibliography and about 275 illustrations that show many works now lost. J. F. Rafols, Gaudi: 1852-1926 (Barcelona: Aedos, 1952). A rather more discursive volume with less data and illustrations, but additional bibliography. (B) Periodicals and newspapers have frequently dedicated special numbers or supplements to the works of Gaudi. Among the more important are: Calendario 1927. See under "D" below. Basic biographical details. Catalunya Social, Barcelona VI (19 June 1926). Literary essays. Chiesa e quartiere, Bologna, no. 5 (March 1958). Useful. La ciutat i la casa, Barcelona, III, no. 6 (1927). La Cronica de Valls, Valls in Catalonia (7 April 1917). Sagr. Familia. Cuadernos de arquitectura, Barcelona, no. 26 (1956). Pictorially exciting, new plans, old caricatures. Cupula, Barcelona, no. 319 (1952?). 11 informative articles. De l'art de la forja, Barcelona, I (March 1921). Gaudi's ironwork. Forma, Barcelona, II, no. 16 (1907). Essays by J. Pijoan and J. Maragall. Gaseta de les arts, Barcelona III (1 July 1926). Unique photographs of Gaudi's studio. La Hormiga de Oro, Barcelona, XLIV (17 March 1923). Sagr. Familia. Ilustracio Catalana (18 March 1906), Sagr. Famlia; and (19 June 1910). El Mati, Barcelona (21 June 1936). A newspaper supplement containing more than 25 articles on Gaudi, many of them basic. Papeles de Son Armadans, Madrid and Palma, IV (Dec. 1959). El Propagador (see under "D" below) dedicated special numbers to Gaudi or the Sagr. Familia on the following occasions: XLIX (15 May 1915) Sagr. Familia; LX (1 & 15 July 1926) (see note 19; LX (1 & 15 Aug. 1926) illustrated chronology of Sagr. Familia works; LXI (1 June 1927) memorial lectures (see Chronol. 1926); LXII (1 June 1928); LXVI (1932), pp. 80 ff., more illustrated history of Sagr. Familia works. Proyectos y Materiales, New York, V (Sept.-Oct. 1949), see note 97. Revista (Barcelona) 31 May & 6 June 1956. Useful articles on occasion of the Gaudi exhibition. Revista Nacional de Arquitectura, Madrid XIII (July 1953). Report of a symposium on Gaudi. Revista Nova, Barcelona, I (23 May 1914). Templo (see under "D" below) dedicated special numbers to Gaudi or the Sagrada Familia on the following occasions: LXXXVI (June 1951); LXXXVII (April-May 1952) Sagr. Familia; LXXXVII (Aug. 1952); XCI (April 1956) Sagr. Familia; XCII (Sept. 1958). (C) The following is a list of articles on Gaudi that have an interest for their critical point of view, for their factual content, or for their availability in languages other than Spanish. It is a small fraction of the articles that have appeared on him and does not ordinarily include those in the special issues listed in "B" or articles on special subjects cited in the Notes. Dore Ashton, "Antonio Gaudi," Craft Horizons, New York, XVII (Nov.-Dec. 1957). E. and R. Burckhardt, "The Unfinished Cathedral and Antonio Gaudi," Art News LVI (Jan. 1958). Antonio Cassi Ramelli, "Mestiere e maestria di Antonio Gaudi," Archittetura: cantiere, Milan, no. 11 (Dec. 1956). Ramiro de Maeztu, "El arquitecto del naturalismo," Nuevo Mundo (Madrid), 16 March, 1911. F. L. P. Dewald, "Antonio Gaudi, spaans architect," Bouwkundig weekblad, Amsterdam, LXXV (19 March 1957). Cesar Ferrater, "Gaudi en el Museo Municipal de Reus," Reus (28 June 1952). Little-known works illustrated. P. L. F[louquet], "Surrealisme et architecture: a propos de Gaudi y Cornet," La Maison, Brussels, VIII (Nov. 1952). C. Giedion-Welcker, "Bildhafte Kachel-Kompositen von Antonio Gaudi," Werk, Zurich, XLII (April 1955). H. R. Hitchcock, "The work of Antoni Gaudi i Cornet," Architectural Association Journal, London, LXXIV (Nov. 1958). Oswaldo Jimeno, "Antonio Gaudi y la originalidad arquitectonica," El arquitecto peruano, Lima (July-Aug. 1953). Anthony Kerrigan, "Gaudianism in Catalonia," Arts, New York, XXXII (Dec. 1957). Marius-Ary Leblond, "Gaudi el l'architecture mediterraneenne," L'art et les artistes, Paris, XI (1910), pp. 69 ff. An influential early critique. Paul Linder, "Encuentros con Antoni Gaudi," Mar del Sur, Lima, II (Mar.-Apr. 1950). Interesting reminiscences. Alberto Moravia, "Gaudi," Corriere della sera (Milan), 6 May 1954. Ricardo Opisso, a series of informative recollections in Diario de Barcelona, 24 Nov. 1950; 24 March, 5 July, 30 Aug., & 2 Dec. 1951; 25 June, 20 July 1952; 21 Jan. and 22 March 1953; 3 Oct. 1956. Bengt Pettersson, "Antonio Gaudi ett ornamentikens geni," Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmo, 27 Feb. 1955. Nikolaus Pevsner, "The Strange Architecture of Antonio Gaudi," The Listener, London, XLVIII (7 Aug. 1952). See Chronol. 1952-53. Francisco de P. Quintana, "Conferencia ...," Templo, LXXXVII (Aug. 1952). Very comprehensive discussion of Gaudi. [Carlo L. Ragghianti], "Antoni Gaudi," Sele arte, Ivrea, VI (Mar.-Apr. 1958). Amos Salvador, "Un recuerdo de Gaudi," Arquitectura, Madrid, IX, no. 93 (1927). Robert Schoelkopf, "Antonio Gaudi, architect," Perspecta, New Haven, no. 2, [1953]. Jose Luis Sert, "Introduzione a Gaudi," Casabella, Milan, no. 202 (Aug.-Sept. 1954). A chapter of his forthcoming book. Idem, "Gaudi, visionnaire et precurseur," L'Oeil, Paris, no. 2 (15 Feb. 1955). Poul E. Skriver, "Gaudi," Arkitekten, Copenhagen, no. 18 (Sept. 1959). J. M. Sostres Maluquer, "Sentimiento y simbolismo del espacio," Proyectos y Materiales, New York, V (Sept.-Oct. 1949). Idem, "El funcionalismo y la nueva plastica," Boletin de informacion de la Direccion general de Arquitectura, Madrid, IV (July 1950). Domingo Sugranes, "Gaudi i l'urbanisme," El Mati (Barcelona), 31 July 1932. J. J. Sweeney, "Antoni Gaudi," Magazine of Art, New York, XLVI (May 1953). Idem, "Is yesterday's fantasy tomorrow's working geometry?" Arch. Forum, New York, CIV (March 1956). Umberto Tavanti, "Un architecto independente: Antonio Gaudi," Vita d'Arte, Siena, V (1910), pp. 25 ff. Nils Tesch, "Antonio Gaudi," Byggmastaren, Stockholm, no. 10 (1948). First long non-Spanish article on Gaudi since the early 1930s. Evelyn Waugh, "Gaudi," Arch. Review, London, LXVII (June 1930). "Discovery" of Gaudi. Reprinted in Labels (London: Duckworth, 1930) pp. 172-82. Bruno Zevi, "Un genio catalano: Antonio Gaudi," Metron, Rome, no. 38 (Sept.-Oct. 1950). A landmark in post-war rediscovery of Gaudi. (D) The only one of Gaudi's works about which a full length monograph has appeared is the Church of the Sagrada Familia. The following is a portion of the immense bibliography on it: The bookstore, Libreria Herederos de la Vda. Pla (see note 36) has from time to time published small booklets and large albums with photographs and essays about the Sagrada Familia, for sale at the site. The title varies; editions have been printed in 1915, c. 1917, 1925, 1936, 1947, 1952. The bookstore also published a periodical, El Propagador de la Devocion a San Jose (1867-1936, 1943-48) which has been continued as Templo since 1948. From 1915-36 an annual Calendario Josefina was issued at year-end for the following year. All are full of articles on Gaudi and the church works--see listings in Rafols 1929 and 1952. BOOKS: A Cirici Pellicer, J. Gomis, J. Prats Valles, La Sagrada Familia: fotoscop (Barcelona: Omega, 1952). 80 striking pictures. Cesar Martinell, Gaudi i la Sagrada Familia comentada per ell mateix (Barcelona: Ayma, 1951). Anthology of Gaudi's ideas on architecture--see note 82. Idem, La Sagrada Familia (Barcelona: Ayma, 1952). Isidro Puig Boada, El Temple de la Sagrada Familia (Barcelona: Barcino, 1929). This first edition of the standard book on the building is in Catalan. It has been republished in Spanish with many more plates (Barcelona: Omega, 1952). ARTICLES: Discussions of the building have appeared in L'Osservatore Romano on 18 Dec. 1921, 6 Jan. 1922, 3 Oct. 1952. Special items in El Propagador and Templo that should be mentioned are a report on the war destruction in the former (LXXVIII, 1943, pp. 4-8); in the latter a history of the models (LXXXIII, Feb. 1948), and a chronicle of the enterprise (LXXXV, Oct. 17, 1951). An interesting report from Madrid is in El Universo, 7 & 8 Dec. 1914. Mildred Stapley, "The story of the creation told in stone in the great new cathedral of Barcelona," the Craftsman, New York, XXI, no. 5 (1912). Anton Henze, "Antonio Gaudi's Suhnetempel der heiligen Familie," in Festschrift Martin Wackernagel (Cologne, Bohlau, 1958). Kenji Imai, "Architecture of Barcelona: Sagrada Familia Cathedral," Kentiku Sekai, Tokyo, no. 8 (Aug. 1939). A. Lambert, "Die Kirche Sagrada Familia in Barcelona," Deutsche Bauzeitung, Berlin, LX (15 May 1926). Juan Maragall published essays on the building in Diario de Barcelona, 19 Dec. 1900, 7 Nov. 1905, 19 March 1906, and in Ilustracio Catalana, 15 Jan. 1905. They can be found in his collected works. See notes 5, 14. Fritz Mielert, "Vom modernen Kirchenbau in Spanien," Archiv f. Christl. Kunst, Stuttgart, XXVIII (1910), pp. 76 ff. P. M. Stratton, "The Sagrada Familia Church," The Builder, London, CXXXIII (5 Aug. 1927). L. Z[ahn], "Antonio Gaudi und seine Kathedrale" Das Kunstwerk, Baden-Baden, IX, heft 5 (1955-56). (E) Gaudi is discussed in many general books on art, architecture and Spain. His works are invariably mentioned in travel books, guide books, biographical dictionaries, picture books of Catalonia and in general surveys of Spanish art. These are too numerous to list here, but we cite a few that are of interest and have not appeared in the Notes: Louis Brehier, L'art chretien (Paris: Laurens, 1918), pp. 415-16. Francisco Gras y Elias, Hijos ilustres de Reus (Barcelona: Puig y Alfonso, 1899), p. 97. H. R. Hitchcock, Architecture: 19th and 20th Centuries (Baltimore: Penguin, 1958), passim. Kenji Imai, Modern Architecture in Europe (Tokyo: Waseda Univ., 1928), II. Nikolaus Pevsner, Wegbereiter moderner Formgebung (Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1957), p. 8 Alberto Sartoris, Encyclopedie de l'architecture nouvelle (Milan: Hoepli, 1948-54), I, p. 110 Post-war "rediscovery"; edition of 1957 contains more. Bruno Zevi, Storia dell'architettura moderna (Torino: Einaudi, 1950) pp. 87-88 and passim. (F) BACKGROUND: books, periodicals and articles that discuss or illustrate aspects of Catalan art and architecture between about 1850 and 1950. Most of these take up Gaudi as part of the general ambient. Monographs or articles dealing with specific architects among his forerunners, contemporaries, assistants and followers are listed in the Notes and can be located by consulting the individual's name in the Index. Album artistich de la Renaixensa (Barcelona, 1882-88). Collection of plates that were issued by subscription. Album d'architecture moderne a Barcelona (Barcelona: Parera, 1911), similar. The former Asociacion de arquitectos de Cataluna published three serials that are full of illustrative material and valuable articles: Revistai (1893-97); Arquitectura y construccioni (1897-1923?); Anuario (1899-1929, some years being combined), cumulative index to Anuario in Cuadernos de Arquitectura IV (May 1947). Oriol Bohigas, "La arquitectura catalana moderna en seis fechas," Revista (Barcelona), 3-9 May 1956. A. Cirici Pellicer, Picasso antes de Picasso (Barcelona: Iberia, 1946). G. Desdevises du Dezert, "L'art catalan moderne," Revue des Pyrenees, Toulouse, XV (1903), pp. 1-10. Idem, Barcelone et les grands sanctuaires catalans (Paris: Laurens, 1913). Documentos de Arte y Decoracion (Barcelona: Parera, n.d.). Similar to the Albums above. Feliu Elias ("Joan Sacs"), L'Escultura Catalana moderna (Barcelona: Barcina, 1928), 2 vols. P. M. F[itzgerald] & D. F., "The Arts in Modern Spain," World Review, London, n.s. XXII (Dec. 1950). Good report. Enric Jardi, "Renaissance catalane: architecture," in L'Art Public, Brussels, (Dec. 1909). "Katalanische Impressionen," National Zeitung (Basle) 26 Jan. 1953. Cesar Martinell, L'art catala sota la unitat espanyola (Barcelona: Canosa, 1933). Idem, "Veinticinco anos de arquitectura barcelonsa: 1908-33," Barcelona Atraccion (May 1933). Victor Ottmann, "Die phantastische Stadt," Die Woche (Berlin) 28 Aug. 1926. J. F. Rafols, el arte romantico en Espana (Barcelona: Juventud, 1954). Idem, Diccionario biografico de artistas de Cataluna (Barcelona: Milla, 1951-54) 3 vols. Indispensable! F. Rogent y Pedrosa and L. Domenech y Montaner, et al., Arquitectura moderna de Barcelona (Barcelona: Perera, 1897-1900?). Issued similarly to the Albums above. Maria Rusinol, Santiago Rusinol vist per la seva filla (Barcelona: Aedos, 1950). Emmanuel Sorra, "L'architecture catalana contemporaine," L'art decoratif, Paris, I (1908), pp. 201-18. Carlos Soldevila, Cataluna: sus hombres y sus obras (Barcelona: Aedos, 1955). Many thumb-nail sketches of the intellectual figures of Gaudi's day. Illustrated. Wolfgang Weber, Barcelona (Berlin: Albertus, 1928). Good photographs. (G) BACKGROUND: The following deal more specifically with aspects of Modernismo, the Spanish Art Nouveau, usually treating Gaudi as well: The movement and the subsequent classicistic reaction to it can be followed in two different series of local avant-garde periodicals: Luz (1898), Quatre Gats (1899), Pel & Ploma (1899-1903), Forma (1904-08); Joventut (1900-1906), Garba (1906--). R. Benet and r. Llates, Quatre Gatsi (Barcelona: Barna, 1954). Catalog of the exhibit of Modernista painting at the Sala Pares. A. Cirici Pellicer, El arte modernista catalan (Barcelona: Ayma, 1951). With its more than 500 illustrations, color plates and facsimiles and its masses of biographical data, this volume is basic for study of the period. La Esquella de la Torratxa XX (17 June 1898). Contemporary issue of one of Barcelona's leading humor magazines devoted to a caricature of Modernismo. James Grady, "A Bibliography of the Art Nouveau," J. of the Society of Architectural Historians XIV (May 1955). See also note 54. Stephen Tschudi Madsen, Sources of Art Nouveau (New York: Wittenborn, 1955). J. F. Rafols, Modernismo y modernistas (Barcelona: Destino, 1949). Somewhat more literary and anecdotal in character, this is a valuable complement to Cirici's volume for Catalan studies. It is an expansion of Rafols' smaller book, el arte modernista en Barcelona (Barcelona: Dalmau, 1943). Idem, "Valoracion de Gaudi por los de Pel & Ploma," Destino (Barcelona) 14 Dec. 1957.
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