a presentation on Antonio Gaudi (a famous architect) made when i was doing art at school

1. By Lucy Boult

2. Antonio Gaudi was Born on 25 June 1852 and Died 10
June aged 73.
Much of Gaudi's work was marked by his four life
passions: architecture, nature, religion and love for
Catalonia. he was very skilled at things such as ceramics,
stained glass, forging and carpentry. He introduced new
techniques in the treatment of materials, such as his well
known trencadís, made of waste ceramic pieces. After a
few years under the influence of neo-Gothic art and
Oriental techniques, Gaudi became part of the Catalan
Modernista. Rarely did Gaudi draw detailed plans of his
works, instead preferring to create them as three-
dimensional scale models and moulding the details as he
was seeing them in his mind.

3. Gaudi was born in Riudoms, to the industrial boilermaker Francesc Gaudi (1813–1906)
and Antònia Cornet (1819–1876). He was the youngest of five children, but only
three survived to adulthood: Rosa (1844–1879), Francesc (1851–1876) and Antoni.
Gaudi's family originated in the Auvergne region in southern France. One of his
ancestors, Joan Gaudi, a hawker, moved to Catalonia in the 17th century; possible
origins of Gaudi's family name include Gaudy or Gaudin.
Gaudi's exact birthplace is unknown because no supporting documents survive, leading
to a controversy about whether he was born in Reus or Riudoms, Most of Gaudi's
identification documents from both his student and professional years gave Reus as
his birthplace. Gaudi stated on various occasions that he was born in Riudoms, his
paternal family's village Gaudi was baptised in the church of Sant Pere Apòstol in
Reus the day after his birth under the name "Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudi”.
Young Gaudi suffered from poor health, including rheumatism. His religious faith and
strict vegetarianism led him to undertake several lengthy and severe fasts. These
fasts were often unhealthy and occasionally, as in 1894, led to life-threatening
illness.

4. Gaudi attended a nursery school run by Francesc Berenguer, whose son, also called
Francesc, later became one of Gaudi's main assistants. He enrolled in the Piarists
school in Reus where he displayed his artistic talents via drawings. During this time
he worked as an apprentice in the "Vapor Nou" textile mill in Reus. In 1868 he
moved to Barcelona to study teaching in the Convent del Carme.
In his adult years Gaudi became interested in utopian socialism . Between 1875 and
1878, Gaudi completed his compulsory military service in the infantry regiment in
Barcelona as a Military Administrator. Most of his service was spent on sick leave,
enabling him to continue his studies. His poor health kept him from having to fight
in the Third Carlist War, which lasted from 1872 to 1876.In 1876. Gaudi's mother
died at the age of 57, as did his 25-year-old brother Francesc, who had just
graduated as a physician. During this time Gaudi studied architecture at the Llotja
School and the Barcelona Higher School of Architecture, graduating in 1878. To
finance his studies, Gaudi worked as a draughtsman for various architects and
constructors such as Leandre Serrallach, Joan Martorell, Emili Sala Cortés,
Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano and Josep Fontserè. In addition to his
architecture classes, he studied French, history, economics, philosophy and
aesthetics. His grades were average and he occasionally failed courses.

6. Name Photo Location Date built
Sagrada
Familia
Barcelona 1882
Casa Vicens Barcelona 1883–1888
Park Güell Barcelona 1883–1888
Palau Güell Barcelona 1885–1890
Casa Milà Barcelona 1905–1907
Casa Batlló Barcelona 1905–1907

7. name Photo Location Date built
Hotel Attraction New York 1908 (unbuilt)
Episcopal Palace of
Astorga
Astorga (León) 1883–1913
El Capricho Comillas (Cantabria) 1883-1985
Güell Pavilions Barcelona 1884–1887
Colegio de las
Teresianas
Barcelona 1888–1889
Casa Botines León 1891
Franciscan Missions in
Tangier
Tangier 1892 (unbuilt)
Bodegas Güell Sitges 1895–1897
Casa Calvet Barcelona 1898–1900
Bellesguard Barcelona 1900–1909

8. By Lucy Boult