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ANTONIO GAUDI, BY GEORGE R. COLLINS |
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"Plate 1. Porch tower of 'El Capricho,' a summer villa at Comillas on the coast near Santander, 1883-85." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 2. Abstract expressionism' more than a half-century ahead of its time. Detail of the broken-tile surface of a cupola on the stables of the Finca Guell, Barcelona, 1887." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 3. Benches of the Park Guell, Barcelona, decorated from about 1908 under Gaudi's direction. By this time his surfaces are warped so irregularly that the use of the usual square Spanish tiles as covering would have been impossible." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 4. A detail of the wall of 'Bell Esguard,' Barcelona, 1900-1902, illustrates Gaudi's manner of combining a variety of warm earth-colored stones in a decorative rubble-work." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 5. Exterior wall of Colonia Guell chapel. An infinite variety of shapes and tones of the clinker bricks and basalt fragments contrast with the vivid polychrome of the tiles and colored windows." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 6. Roof of the Casa Mila, 1905-10. Through the parabolic arch Gaudi planned that we should see his symbol of the new city of Barcelona--the Sagrada Familia church." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
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