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The Sagrada Familia: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí's Unfinished Masterpiece

The Sagrada Familia: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí's Unfinished Masterpiece - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gijs Van HensbergenPublish date:2017-07-25Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury USAISBN-13:9781632867810ISBN-10:1632867818UPC:9781632867810Book Category:Art, Architecture, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History, Buildings, Artists, Architects, PhotographersBook Topic:Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), ReligiousSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC7E349MEG

An illuminating biography of one of the most famous--and most famously unfinished--buildings in the world, the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona.

The scaffolding-cloaked spires of Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia, dominate the Barcelona skyline and draw in millions of visitors every year. More than a century after the first stone was laid in 1882, the Sagrada Familia remains unfinished, a testament to Gaudí's quixotic ambition, his religious devotion, and the sensuous eccentricity of his design. It has defied the critics, the penny-pinching accountants, the conservative town-planners, and the devotees of sterile modernism. It has enchanted and frustrated the citizens of Barcelona. And it has passed through the landmark changes of twentieth-century Spain, surviving two World Wars, the ravages of the Spanish Civil War, and the "Hunger Years" of Franco's rule.

Gijs van Hensbergen's The Sagrada Familia explores the evolution of this remarkable building, working through the decades right up to the present day before looking beyond to the final stretch of its construction. Rich in detail and vast in scope, this is a revelatory chronicle of an iconic structure, its place in history, and the wild genius that created it.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury USAISBN-13:9781632867810ISBN-10:1632867818UPC:9781632867810Book Category:Art, Architecture, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:History, Buildings, Artists, Architects, PhotographersBook Topic:Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), ReligiousSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SC7E349MEG
Gijs van Hensbergen is an art historian and Hispanist. In March 2013 he was featured on "God's Architect," a CBS profile of Gaudí's breathtaking Sagrada Familia for 60 Minutes. He has been a fellow at the Harry Ransom Center and the London School of Economics, and lectured all over the world, including at Oxford University, the National Gallery in London, the Prado, and the prestigious summer school at El Escorial. His previous books include Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon and Antoni Gaudí A Biography.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

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