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ANTONIO GAUDI, BY GEORGE R. COLLINS |
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"Plate 47. Plan of the ground floor of the Colegio de Santa Teresa de Jesus drawn for the architect Luis Bonet y Garii." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 48. Teresan school entrance gate. This is in the age-old Spanish tradition of rejas (grille-work), here spikey like those of Leon." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 49. Interior of the ground floor of the Teresan school, 1889-94. Notice how simply and strongly the structural lines of the various arches and piers are articulated. Chicago architects were developing a similar bare rationalism in metal in these same years." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 50. Arcades of the first floor of the Teresan college. Here the piers are only one brick thick. Parabolic arches have by now become standard for Gaudi." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 51. Door grille of the Case Fernandez-Andres of Leon (fabricated in Barcelona) contains the lion of the city at top. The sculptured St. George of Barcelona above caused a stir in Leon; the present one is a modern replica of 1956." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 52. Gaudi's original drawing for the elevation of Casa Fernandez-Andres of Leon, 1891. The building was completed in 1894." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
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