{"id":866,"date":"2015-10-15T22:58:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T22:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/zelixart102\/?post_type=chapter&p=866"},"modified":"2015-10-29T18:40:20","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:40:20","slug":"gaudi-sagrada-familia","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-arthistory2\/chapter\/gaudi-sagrada-familia\/","title":{"raw":"Gaudi, Sagrada Familia","rendered":"Gaudi, Sagrada Familia"},"content":{"raw":"Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of the Church of the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/SMqERP-J2tQ\r\n\r\nAntoni Gaud\u00ed, Church of the Sagrada Fam\u00edlia or Bas\u00edlica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Fam\u00edlia Basilica, 1882\u2013 (consecrated 2010, but still under construction), Barcelona, Spain <\/span>\r\n\r\nAlthough Gaud\u00ed was influenced by John Ruskin's analysis of the Gothic early in his career, he sought an authentic Catalan style at a time, the late 19th century, when this region was experiencing a resurgence of cultural and political pride. Ruskin, an English critic, rejected ancient classical forms in favor of the Gothic's expressive, even grotesesque qualities. This interest in the value of medieval architecture resulted in Gaudi being put in charge of the design of Sagrada Fam\u00edlia (Sacred Family) shortly after construction had begun.\r\n\r\nGaud\u00ed was a deeply religious Catholic whose ecstatic and brilliantly complex fantasies of organic geometry are given concrete form throughout the church. Historians have identified numerous influences especially within the northeast fa\u00e7ade, the only part of the church he directly supervised (the remainder of the church, including three of the southwest trancept's four spires are based on his design but were completed after Gaud\u00ed's death in 1926), these include African mud architecture, Gothic, Expressionist, of course a varient of Art Nouveau that emphasizes marine forms.\r\n\r\nThe iconographic and structural programs of the church are complex but its plan is based on the traditional basilica cruciform found in nearly all medieval cathedrals. However, unlike many these churches, Sagrada Familia is not built on an east-west axis. Instead, the church follows the diagonal orientation that defines so much of Barcelona, placing the church on a southeast-nothwest axis.\r\n