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ANTONI GAUDI ART AND ARCHITECTURE |
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"Even in Gaudi's earlier works we can see how aware he was of the behaviour of different building materials. He was always concerned with the skin of his buildings and especially with the effects of light and shade which gave the building surfaces life. Bricks and terracotta are used in many ways, forming various patterns. In his first buildings the influence of the Orient is evident; it is particularly clear in the brick and terracotta treatment of the porter's lodge of the unfinished Guell Villa (1882)." (James Johnson Sweeney and Josep Lluis Sert, "Antoni Gaudi")
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