Famous architectures in Spain

Sagrada familia

World’s most iconic religious building that has not yet finished.

Antonio Gaudi took over in 1884 by finishing the underground crypt that villar

had begun and “gaudifying” the original plans to give La Sagrada Familia a

unique twist and a revolutionary design.

10 TOWERS missing to complete Gaudi’s design, 18 dotting skyline at varying

heights( 12 representing the Apostles, 4 the evengelists and the final two the

Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.

Plaza de EspanaParque de Maria luisa in Seville

• It was especially built for the Ibero-

American Exposition, a world fair

held by Seville in 1929

• Architect Anibal Gonzales

• 50,000 square meters , has a semi-

circular shape ,equating roughly 5

football pitches

• Also called “VENICE IN SEVILLE”

• 4 Bridges representing the 4 cities in

Spain and 48 ceramic tiled alcoves

depicts its provinces.

• Used as a site of filming.

PARK GUELL

• Located in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built from 1900 to 1914. Covering an area of over 17 hectors it is one of the largest architectural works in south Europe.

• The buildings were designed with

fantastically shaped roofs with unusual

pinnacles. Roadways were constructed using

local stone and as structures jutting out

from the steep hillside or running on

viaducts, with separate footpaths in arcades

formed under the structures. The structures

echo natural forms, with columns like tree

trunks supporting the vaulting designed as

branches under the roadway.

Tarragona

Located in the region of Catalonia on the East coast of Spain,

Tarragona is approximately 60 miles (98 km) from Barcelona.

The city dates back to the Phoenicians when it was called

Tarchon.

This period saw the enlargement of the forum and public baths

and the construction of many of the buildings, the ruins of

which remain today.

The circus, the place of chariot races, was 190 metres long and

although it has largely disappeared, the turn at the eastern

end can still be seen with an illustration on a wall overlooking

the site showing how it would have looked. To be seen clearly

at this site are the concrete vaults which supported the circus.

Carthagena

(The Roman Theatre)

Cartagena has a number of Roman ruins but certainly one

of the finest is the Theatre which was constructed

between 5 and 1 BC. In the 3rd century AD a market was

built over the site of the theatre, and evidence of the

reuse of materials can be seen in the semicircular open

space which followed the plan of the orchestra.

The theatre was rediscover during construction work in

1988 and excavations and restoration was completed by

2003 and opened to the public: In 2008 a museum was

added.

With regard to the design of the theatre it is divided

horizontally into three parts which are then split into

radial sectors by a number of stairways. The public,

estimated to be a capacity of 6,000 entered by two side

passages where the dedications were found and with the

cavea (the tiered semicircular seating space) having

been carved directly into the rocks in the central

portion. Also to be seen are a series of vaulted galleries.

Visual artist in spain

Visual artist in spain

-716th Century: El Greco (1541-1614)

His highly emotional style gave powerful expression to the

religious fervour of his adopted country but it was not to

Philip’s taste. El Greco consequently enjoyed little royal

patronage but he produced a succession of magnificent

altarpieces for churches in Toledo.

The Burial of Count Orgaz, especially, encapsulates El Greco’s

art in that it depicts a visionary experience, transcending the

known and revealing that which exists in the spiritual

imagination. One of El Greco’s most celebrated works, it

features a dichotomy of heaven and earth, the burial and the

spiritual world waiting above, and it took his artistic vision

beyond what he had previously been able to accomplish.

17th Century: Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)

The artist probably most loved by the Spanish people

is Velázquez who painted religious pictures and also occasional

mythological scenes and tavern scenes with a prominent still-life

element.

His masterpiece, Las Meninas (The Maids of Honour, 1656,

Prado), is a stunning group portrait of the royal family and

Velázquez himself in the act of painting. It's a big and

paradoxical picture, a portrait not of the king and queen – who

are only reflected in the painting in a bright mirror at the back

of a high, deep room – but of the anxious court mirrored in their

– our – eyes. Velázquez shows us the world a monarch sees.

The scene is intensely theatrical, everyone in their costumes

and everyone on best behaviour. But at a door in the background

a man is coming with news from Spain's vast and, when

Velázquez was at work, decaying empire.

18th Century: Francisco Goya (1746-1828)

The greatest painter of his time in Spain and also probably the most

powerful and original figure in the visual arts in the whole of Europe

He is known for his scenes of violence, especially those prompted by

the French invasion of Spain. The series of etchings Los desastres de la

guerra ("The Disasters of War", 1810-14) records the horrors of the

Napoleonic invasion. show scenes from the Spanish struggle against

the French army under Napolean Bonaparte, who invaded Spain in

1808

19th Century: Joaquin Sorolla (1863-1923)

Joaquin Sorolla, whose work—influenced by Impressionism—is

characterized by brilliant colour and vigorous brushwork. His

distinct ability to depict the effects of light comes across

strongly in many of his beach scenes of his native Valencia.

20th Century: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)

One of the most prolific artists in history was Pablo

Picasso who spent most of his life in France but his work often

used imagery from his native country. The bullfight was a

favourite subject and his most famous

painting, Guernica (1937, Centro Cultural de la Reina Sofia,

Madrid), was inspired by his revulsion at the bombing of the

Basque town during the Spanish Civil War.

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989)

Salvador Dali was probably the greatest Surrealist artist

using bizarre dream imagery to create unforgettable and

unmistakable landscapes of his inner world. His most

famous work is The Persistence Of Memory.

Time is the theme here, from the melting watches to the decay

implied by the swarming ants. Mastering what he called “the

usual paralyzing tricks of eye-fooling,” Dalí painted this work

with “the most imperialist fury of precision,” but only, he said,

“to systematize confusion and thus to help discredit completely

the world of reality.”

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