COLLECTION NAME:
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Preferred Title:
Chapel of Colònia Güell Work_PrefTitle Chapel of Colònia Güell Preferred Title false
Alternate Title:
Cripta de la Colònia Güell Work_AltTitle Cripta de la Colònia Güell Alternate Title false
Image View:
Detail, inclined rubble walls (zinc roofing added 2000-2002) Image_Title Detail, inclined rubble walls (zinc roofing added 2000-2002) Image View false
Creator:
Antoni Gaudí (Spanish architect, 1852-1926) Agent_Display Antoni Gaudí (Spanish architect, 1852-1926) Creator false
Location:
site: Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Catalonia, Spain Work_Location_Type_Display site: Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Catalonia, Spain Location false
Location Note:
Barcelona province, 12.9 km west of Barcelona; Carrer de Reixach Work_LocationNotes Barcelona province, 12.9 km west of Barcelona; Carrer de Reixach Location Note false
GPS:
+41.363583+2.027917
Date:
1908-1915 (creation); 2000-2002 (alteration) Work_DateDisplay 1908-1915 (creation); 2000-2002 (alteration) Date false
Cultural Context:
Catalan; Spanish Work_Culture Catalan; Spanish Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Art Nouveau; Twentieth century Work_StylePeriodDisplay Art Nouveau; Twentieth century Style Period false
Work Type 1:
chapel (room or structure) Work_Worktype1 chapel (room or structure) Work Type 1 false
Work Type 2:
crypt Work_Worktype2 crypt Work Type 2 false
Classification:
architecture Work_Classification architecture Classification false
Material:
stone; brick; glazed polychrome tile Work_MaterialDisplay stone; brick; glazed polychrome tile Material false
Technique:
construction (assembling); mosaic (process); stained glass Work_Technique construction (assembling); mosaic (process); stained glass Technique false
Description:
The chapel for the Colonia Güell, a settlement for Güell textile workers at Santa Coloma de Cervelló, near Barcelona, was commissioned in 1898. Its form was derived from a unique catenary modeling system, which Gaudi invented using wires, canvas, threads and hanging weights to simulate the structural stresses. The interior is created from highly complex ribbed vaults of stone, brick and tile in squat, quasi-parabolic shapes carried on inclined columns of roughly chiseled stone and textured brick. Outside, inclined rubble walls and columns grow out of the ground like trees, with teardrop-shaped windows between their roots. The whole building expressed Gaudí?s aim to achieve an organic unity of space, form and structure, in which each element was determined by analogy with nature; an aim reinforced by the exaggeration of the primitivist forms. Only the crypt was completed; it was dedicated in 1915. It was restored in 2000-2002 and some of the unfinished aspects were removed and the roof stabilized. (The roof would have formed the floor of the chapel above.) (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Eight LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module Eight Collection false
Identifier:
1A1-GA-CCG-A09 Image_OriginalVendorID 1A1-GA-CCG-A09 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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