Sagrada Familia
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Publicado: 11 de diciembre de 2012
SAGRADA FAMILIA
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was one of the most personal works of the Catalan architect, where he worked from 1891 until his death in 1926, leaving it unfinished. Constitutedsuch an obsession for the artist that he even live in the building, inside a small room.
The Fachada de la pasión is of recent construction. It is located on the street Sardenya and is oriented tothe west.
It represents the passion and death of Jesus Christ. Consistent with this function looks extremely bare and austere, geometric shaped edge.
The forms a six-column porch with threeentrances, of which the center is divided in two by a mullion signs with Alpha and Omega, located between the four towers. As the facade of the Natividad and the Gloria, the three portals of the Pasión arededicated to the three theological virtues.
The sobriety of the facade is also manifested by the presence of bone-shaped columns and sober sculptures were made by Josep Maria Subirachs deliberatelyadding drama to the already sad Gaudí design.
The project complies with the initial set of Gaudí with respect to their general, but the details are obviously adapted to modern aesthetics. In thisregard, highly symbolic imagery Subirachs represents a complete break with the concept of the facade opposite figurative (of Natividad).
Les towers or steeples:
They have a height of 112 meters bothcentral and the outdoor 107 meters.
They are, as on the side of the Natividad, the main and most characteristic elements of the facade.
Are fully accessible via spiral staircases that leave an importantcentral void.
The entire length of the bell is open and protected by a kind of stone shutters allow diffusion of the sound of tubular bells provided by Gaudí.
The towers are of diamond section, butbecome elliptical certain height.
Each of the towers of this and the other two facades, even twelve, four for each, is dedicated to an apostle. The facade of the Pasión, is dedicated to St. James...
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was one of the most personal works of the Catalan architect, where he worked from 1891 until his death in 1926, leaving it unfinished. Constitutedsuch an obsession for the artist that he even live in the building, inside a small room.
The Fachada de la pasión is of recent construction. It is located on the street Sardenya and is oriented tothe west.
It represents the passion and death of Jesus Christ. Consistent with this function looks extremely bare and austere, geometric shaped edge.
The forms a six-column porch with threeentrances, of which the center is divided in two by a mullion signs with Alpha and Omega, located between the four towers. As the facade of the Natividad and the Gloria, the three portals of the Pasión arededicated to the three theological virtues.
The sobriety of the facade is also manifested by the presence of bone-shaped columns and sober sculptures were made by Josep Maria Subirachs deliberatelyadding drama to the already sad Gaudí design.
The project complies with the initial set of Gaudí with respect to their general, but the details are obviously adapted to modern aesthetics. In thisregard, highly symbolic imagery Subirachs represents a complete break with the concept of the facade opposite figurative (of Natividad).
Les towers or steeples:
They have a height of 112 meters bothcentral and the outdoor 107 meters.
They are, as on the side of the Natividad, the main and most characteristic elements of the facade.
Are fully accessible via spiral staircases that leave an importantcentral void.
The entire length of the bell is open and protected by a kind of stone shutters allow diffusion of the sound of tubular bells provided by Gaudí.
The towers are of diamond section, butbecome elliptical certain height.
Each of the towers of this and the other two facades, even twelve, four for each, is dedicated to an apostle. The facade of the Pasión, is dedicated to St. James...
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