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ANTONIO GAUDI, BY GEORGE R. COLLINS |
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"Plate 7. Sagrada Familia church spire, 1920s. Here the curvilinear warped surfaces gave way to flat, angular, shifting planes produced by the complex interlocking of geometric shapes." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 8. On the upper facade of the Casa Batllo, Barcelona 1905-07, not only are the surfaces iridescent, but they also shift from golden orange to bluish-green in a complex counter-change." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 9. Cascade in the Park of the Ciudadela (Citadel) in Barcelona constructed with Fontsere 1877-82. An extravaganza such as this has little to commend itself to twentieth-century taste, but as part of a large park layout it served as a good lesson in spatial planning." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 10. The Casa Vicens seen from under Gaudi's parabolic brickwork cascade (now destroyed to make way for an apartment house)." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 11. A section of the wrought and cast iron fence of the Casa Vicens illustrating Gaudi's use of lively plant forms and curved iron work that anticipate the Art Nouveau of the 1890s." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 12. Casa Vicens, Barcelona 1878-80, just after its modifications were completed and the street widened in 1925-26. As designed by Gaudi the present entrance door had been a window, and one of the present street windows served as the entrance. There were no grilles on the street windows, and the fence stood about 25 feet in front of the house." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
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