Re: Antonio Gaudi, by George R. Collins
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2018 12:18 am
"Plate 19. View of the Sagrada Familia church from the side of its unfinished nave--the early Gothic Revival apse can be seen at the left. Note that the church will in time be surrounded by the public parks and gardens that its builders intended." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 20. Chalk and ink drawing of 1917 for the other transept of the Sagrada Familia church, that of the Passion. It resembles more the Colonia Guell than the earlier transept." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 21. Early model for the Sagrada Familia church (c.1910). This model employs parabolic arches, but otherwise uses Gothic structure with vertical piers." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 22. A drawing that shows Gaudi's ideas for the exterior of the church as of about 1906. Note that the pinnacles are of a foliated Gothic form, not the final type." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 23. Transverse section of the nave of the church of the Sagrada Famlia as it is now planned. Here can be seen the structure of the roof, composed of a series of pyramidal units rising more than 75 feet above the vaulted ceiling." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)
"Plate 24. Present model for the nave of the church. It uses inclined tree-like supporting piers as well as vault and wall surfaces made of hyperbolic paraboloids that produce attractive star-like patterns. It is based on Gaudi's last model of about 1925 (destroyed)." ("Antonio Gaudi," by George R. Collins)