Critics on Gaudi

Question 1

Gaudi on his source of inspiration

Answer 1

‘An upright tree; it bears its branches and these, in turn, their twigs, and these, in turn, their leaves.’

Question 2

Maria Antonetta Crippa on forms in Gaudis Casa Batllo

Answer 2

‘one’s gaze falls onto walls stirred by waves and gorges… hand clenched wax… the senesation is one of being pleasantly immersed in the cavity of a gigantic body’

Question 3

Joan Aicart on Gaudis Sagrada Familia

Answer 3

‘shows extensive rhcnoiess ad abundacne of the Mediterranean… Gaudi seeks to discover the latent secrets of Mediterranean nature through its metaphorical meaning and religious system of symbols’