Sketch Book for the Artist

Wire Sculpture of Guell Crypt

c. 1900

ANTONIO GAUDI

ANTONIO GAUDI
Visionary Catalan architect.
Gaudi's cathedral in Barcelona,
churches, and apartment
homes are distinguished by
their unique organic shapes,
Their manipulation of light,
and high embellishment.
Flowering curves of stone or
concrete are often encrusted
with bright ceramic mosaics.
Gaudi was inspired by
medieval and oriental art,
The Art Nouveau movement,
and his love of music.

Wire and watercolor Above is a

three-dimensional drawing made

with linked wires and weights. Gaudi

preferred to calculate form in the

air than on paper. To the right

is a watercolor drawing thought to

have been made over a photograph

of the model above. This sculptural

drawing envisions the finished crypt

glowing and ethereal as if caught in

the light of red morning sun.

Guell Crypt at the Time

of its Construction

c. 1910

24 x 18^1 / 4 (610x475 mm)

ANTONIO GAUDI