ガウディに代表されるカタルーニャ・モダニズムの紹介

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This is the Casa Comalat in Barcelona, one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau buildings in the world. And, once upon a time, it was modern architecture... pic.twitter.com/IEfdZoLRnK

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The Casa Comalat is a perfect example of an architectural style usually called Catalan Modernism. So called because it was unique to Catalonia in Spain, and because it was, at the time, modern. Antoni Gaudí, of Sagrada Família fame, is the style's most well-known architect. pic.twitter.com/TX3zk5dBak

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The Casa Comalat itself was designed by Salvador Valeri i Pupurull, and built between 1906 and 1911 as a private household for the industrialist Joan Comalat Aleñá — it remains private. pic.twitter.com/MI5qHZk5fl

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In designing it Valeri was undoubtedly influenced by the work of Gaudí, who redesigned the Casa Batlló in 1904, just before the Casa Comalat was built. This is the unforgettable facade of the Casa Batlló: pic.twitter.com/eFShsh247h

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And here is the exterior of the Casa Comalat, complete with those same flowing curves and that same organic stonework: pic.twitter.com/SXuLYGVZLX

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While its interior is filled with the sort of sumptuous, colourful, exuberant decoration you'd expect of Catalan Modernism: pic.twitter.com/QjxORcYUkF

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So, what was Catalan Modernism as an architectural style all about? It was a subgenre of Art Nouveau. And Art Nouveau was a continental movement spread across art, architecture, graphic design, and even literature and music. You know Art Nouveau when you see it. pic.twitter.com/dWiabpPlhp

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Beginning in the late 1880s and continuing to the First World War, Art Nouveau took Europe by storm, as different variations of the same impulse emerged in different countries. In terms of its appearance, at least, it was always in direct contrast with what had come before...

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Europe in the 19th century was filled with what has been called Revivalist or Historicist Architecture: Neo-Gothic, Neo-Baroque, Neoclassical, Neo-Byzantine, Neo-Moorish... the list goes on. Every building was an imitation or mixture of styles from the past. pic.twitter.com/tKi3MPzQAf

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And so Art Nouveau was, as the name suggests, something new. It did take inspiration from the past, but transformed it into something entirely new and incredibly distinctive. Just see how the Maison Saint-Cyr in Brussels, designed in 1903 by Gustave Strauven, stands out. pic.twitter.com/6bXr29hgCz

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