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ANTONIO GAUDI, BY GEORGE R. COLLINS |
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"Plate 41. The Episcopal Palace in Astorga, 1887-93. It was Gaudi's desire to construct an edifice appropriate to the harshness of the Spanish meseta and in keeping with the dignity of his friend the Bishop Grau. (Astorga cathedral is behind at the left)." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 42. Entrance to the Astorga Palace. This unusual portal seems to recall, vaguely, ecclesiastical hats, crowns and canopies." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 43. Basement of Episcopal Palace of Astorga. Gaudi's underground vaulting is always powerful, complex and Catalan in technique. (This now serves as a museum)." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 44. Drawing by Gaudi for a Franciscan mission in Tangier (1892-93). The edifice was to be circular in plan and high, containing schools, lodgings and other facilities. In the central compound was to rise a chapel, whose many towers seem to have been the inspiration for later work on the Sagrada Familia church." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 45. Teresan school in Barcelona, 1889-94. These external walls are of rubble interlarded with brick and terracotta ornament. The whole is done in soft earth colors ranging from tan to reddish brown." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 46. Transverse section of the Colegio de Santa Teresa de Jesus drawn for the architect Luis Bonet y Gari." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
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