Temple [of The Sagrada Família] grows slowly‚ but this has always been the case with everything destined to have a long life. Hundred-year-old oak trees take many years to grow tall; on the other hand‚ reeds grow quickly‚ but in autumn the wind knocks them down and there is no more to be said"1. These words‚ spoken by Antoni Gaudi about his life-long work‚ Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família‚ are a means to justify the extremely long time needed for the construction of the Sagrada Família‚ while referencing
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La Sagrada Familia Table of Content 1. Introduction ...............................................................................................p.3 2. La Sagrada Familia.....................................................................................p.4 - Expiatory Church.......................................................................p.4 - Gaudi..............................................................................
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La Sagrada Familia Barcelona‚ Spain The building decorative features‚ construction‚ materials‚ floor plan La Sagrada Familia has been built using the architectural style "warped Gothic". The rippling shape of the stone façade makes it look like the building is melting in the sun. The towers are topped with brightly colored mosaics which look like beautiful bowls of fruit. Antoni Gaudí had a concept of colour showing life. As Antoni would not live to see the completion of his masterpiece‚ he left
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Sagrada Familia 4:05! And we were explicitly told to be on time; hopefully the class will not leave without me. I arrive to Main Campus and don’t see a classmate in sight. Do you in fact not have a field trip today? Ahhh…let me run to COACB to try not to miss too much class. On my way there‚ I run into my Professor Aridiana. That’s interesting…its 4:11 and my professor is not in class. Clearly there was some miscommunication in Spanish Art. By the time we were able to coordinate with out entire
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The church of the Sagrada Familia is a five-nave basilica. The central nave rises above the others significantly. Each nave is a door that is assigned to the unfinished glory facade. There are also two side portals that lead to the penance chapel and baptistery. Behind the nave‚ in the apse‚ is the altar‚ in the light of the many windows of the apse. Here are ten basic facts about Sagrada Familia: Work on the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia (the Church of the Holy Family) commenced in 1884 and
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La Sagrada Familia by Antonio Gaudí has made a momentous historical and cultural imprint on the city of Barcelona in Spain. After working on his ultimate masterpiece for 43 years‚ Gaudí died in 1926‚ leaving his unfinished monument to be fulfilled by future architects. Though the Basilica began its lengthy constructional history in 1882‚ it is to this day still in process of being completed. The Sagrada Familia Church was initially funded by the Spiritual Association of the Devotees of Saint Joseph
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Prof. Van Der Meer LIT 102 Introduction to Classical Literature 2/27/14 Pater Familias In Roman society‚ the authority of the pater familias was an important aspect of everyday life‚ especially during the 160’s BC in Rome Carthage‚ which is the time period Publius Terentius Afer lived in‚ who hailed from Carthage. Author of the comedy The Brothers‚ Terence criticizes the Roman institution of the pater familias in The Brothers” by using social dichotomies such as father and son‚ rural area and
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In his essay‚ "The Loss of the Creature‚" Walker Percy claims that there are two types of "students:" "privileged" and "unprivileged knowers." However‚ Percy labels his readers by what he feels is appropriate. According to David Bartholomae and Anthony Petrosky in the introduction to Ways of Reading‚ it is up to us‚ the readers‚ to determine what Percy might mean when he uses key terms and phrases in his essay. Bartholomae and Petrosky believe that "The meaning is forged from reading the essay
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class and so on (Gaudi‚ 29). People would hear quickly about the amazing Gaudi. This resulted in Antoni Gaudi getting the job of working on the Sagrada Familia on March 19th‚ 1882 (Gaudi‚ 51). The Sagrada Familia is known as his most important building he has ever designed and built. It is also one of Spain’s greatest highlights. The Sagrada Familia is a great church that means “the Holy Family‚” and was officially pronounced a church on November 6th‚ 2010 by the Pope. This led to one of his
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Aztec Art During the 15th-16 century mosaic was made from turquoise‚ iron pyrites and shell on carved wood. The Most important animal towards the Aztec religion was a snake. Antonio Gaudi Antonio Gaudi is an internationally famous architect and designer from Spain known not only in specialised circles but also among the general public. He was born in Rues‚ in Catalonia and graduated in Barcelona. He worked with different famous artists of his time. He learned different types of style and
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