APW: Antoni Gaudi (732 hits)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (View user info) at 2007-03-28 06:12:42 EDT
Gaudi is one of the coolest architects this world has ever known. Forget your Frank Lloyd Wrights and Charles Rennie MacKintoshs', Gaudi was the bollocks when it comes to making excellent buildings.
He was born in 1852 to a coppersmith and studied at the Escola Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona. His style was a bizarre Gothic mix-up of fairly epic proportions. He was highly regarded by other avant-garde artists, mainly for his challenges to the established and accepted visual order of things.
I've seen probably his most impressive work, the Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, which is a faintly ridiculous church. Still unfinished is is undoubtedly one of the most imposing structures I've ever seen; at the same time, however, it is one of the most beautiful. It is also the closest I've come to shitting myself in public as at the highest point that thing is fucking high.
Oh, and I missed off one of his things, Park Guell, mainly because I couldn't find any decent photo's, but it's cool too. Sorry Gaudi.
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-05-30 12:45:46 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/108812#2429212
Submitted by Timmaaaaah (user info) at 2007-03-28 17:00:42 EDT (#)
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Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-03-28 16:29:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Tracer0351 (user info) at 2007-03-28 16:20:37 EDT (#)
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!FIRE! !FIRE! !FIRE!
Yor fucked up, man!
Submitted by Tracer0351 (user info) at 2007-03-28 16:20:37 EDT (#)
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!FIRE! !FIRE! !FIRE!
Submitted by vexx (user info) at 2007-03-28 16:20:23 EDT (#)
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Those pictures of the Sagrada Familia don't have anything on the real thing. When I finally got to the top of all those stairs I was dizzy from the height and its grandeur. The view lets you see from the mountains of Barcelona to the Mediterranean, maybe I'll post some of my own pictures sometime...
Submitted by Dexter-Brown (user info) at 2007-03-28 16:07:15 EDT (#)
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Great subject, great streak.
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2007-03-28 16:05:52 EDT (#)
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Fucking great shit ! Have another!
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-03-28 15:57:54 EDT (#)
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THAT second one looks like public housing for Smurfs
Submitted by odin (user info) at 2007-03-28 15:49:04 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 14:06:36 EDT (#)
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Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2007-03-28 13:31:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-27 20:41:38 EDT (#)
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What in fucks name is a wine cooler. I know I've asked on here before.
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A wine cooler is a fruity alcoholic beverage. They come in flavors like kiwi-strawberry and they're not really "wine" at all. If you've heard of Boone's Farm, that's sort of like a wine cooler.
Fucking cool post BTW.
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THANK YOU SIR!
Submitted by FartSmeller (user info) at 2007-03-28 13:31:57 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-27 20:41:38 EDT (#)
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What in fucks name is a wine cooler. I know I've asked on here before.
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A wine cooler is a fruity alcoholic beverage. They come in flavors like kiwi-strawberry and they're not really "wine" at all. If you've heard of Boone's Farm, that's sort of like a wine cooler.
Fucking cool post BTW.
Submitted by sideshow (user info) at 2007-03-28 13:07:29 EDT (#)
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awesome!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 12:28:53 EDT (#)
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funny that you didn't mention the contacts he had with Salvador Dali, they influenced
eachother seriously..
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I considered that, but this wasn't really supposed to be about his life/influences or whatever, just about what he made and how kick ass it looks.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:47:42 EDT (#)
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Eve is not a bad record.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:44:29 EDT (#)
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been there, saw that, loved it.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:43:17 EDT (#)
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i sometimes dream of gaudi, such fucking impressive stuff he made !
i considered this post myself, but thought somebody had done it before....
funny that you didn't mention the contacts he had with Salvador Dali, they influenced
eachother seriously..
also :
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-03-28 08:15:25 EDT (#)
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Ahh my favourite architect. Am driving through Barcelona (from Madrid) in June actually so I'll get to see it again.
Incidently, there was a song written about Antonio Gaudi. And it was called 'La Sagrada Familiar'.
Superb piece and by an AMAZING band called The Alan Parsons Project.
I'll give a tenner to anyone here who owns one of his albums.
Probably.
I own some of his albums... Eve, could that be one ?
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:27:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Draco (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:11:05 EDT (#)
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Mind blowing. Where are some of these buildings located?
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They're all in Barcelona. In fact, here's a map.
http://www.greatbuildings.com/cgi-bin/architect_map.cgi?Antoni_Gaudi
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:26:46 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Draco (user info) at 2007-03-28 11:11:05 EDT (#)
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Mind blowing. Where are some of these buildings located?
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:41:37 EDT (#)
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Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:40:29 EDT (#)
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Those are pretty fuckin cool.
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Tell me about it, and photo's don't even do them justice. The textures are amazing, as are the views both from the top of buildings as well as internally.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:40:29 EDT (#)
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Those are pretty fuckin cool.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:38:58 EDT (#)
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yup, thems art
Submitted by Void_Where_Prohibited (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:36:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:35:23 EDT (#)
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Orgasmo: I have this Gaudi font: http://www.haroldsfonts.com/gaudi.html it is fucking horrible.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:31:36 EDT (#)
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i would be fucking terrified to come home to that place at night.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:11:09 EDT (#)
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What a fucking gyp. That Goudy Dog Style font in Word looks NOTHING like any of these designs.
I mean Old Style.
No, I meant Dog Style.
Now you're thinking about Dog Sex.
BOOL! THE END!
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-28 10:06:10 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 09:45:08 EDT (#)
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I sang that shit in choir when I was a kid. No, I'm not gay.
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I can empathize. Had to play that piece and other selections from "Carmina Burana" in marching band my junior year of high school (god, I can't believe that was 13+ years ago). At least my band director got wiser for senior year and picked the far more interesting "Lord of the Rings" symphonic music.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 09:45:08 EDT (#)
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I sang that shit in choir when I was a kid. No, I'm not gay.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-03-28 09:42:01 EDT (#)
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O Fortuna,
velut Luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem;
egestatem,
potestatem,
dissolvit ut glaciem.
Sors immanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis;
obumbrata
et velata
mihi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.
Sors salutis
et virtutis
mihi nunc contraria;
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
hac in hora
sine mora
cordae pulsum tangite!
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 08:35:46 EDT (#)
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I've got no decent record shops near me sadly. Paypal will be fine, incidentally.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-03-28 08:21:47 EDT (#)
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Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 08:18:21 EDT (#)
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You owe me a tenner. I've got 'I, Robot'.
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Excellent. Get Eye In The Sky - its superb.
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 08:18:21 EDT (#)
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You owe me a tenner. I've got 'I, Robot'.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2007-03-28 08:15:25 EDT (#)
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Ahh my favourite architect. Am driving through Barcelona (from Madrid) in June actually so I'll get to see it again.
Incidently, there was a song written about Antonio Gaudi. And it was called 'La Sagrada Familiar'.
Superb piece and by an AMAZING band called The Alan Parsons Project.
I'll give a tenner to anyone here who owns one of his albums.
Probably.
Submitted by Mike-Mc (user info) at 2007-03-28 07:58:14 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by HurtByTheSun (user info) at 2007-03-28 07:41:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-03-28 07:36:48 EDT (#)
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If I can stretch your anus just enough I'm sure a plum would fit nicely.
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:'(
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2007-03-28 07:36:48 EDT (#)
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If I can stretch your anus just enough I'm sure a plum would fit nicely.
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2007-03-28 06:35:03 EDT (#)
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It's like fairy-ville or something...
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-03-28 06:32:12 EDT (#)
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Cool post though I've seen most of it since we had a house in Spain for a while.
Oh and this Monty Python bit:
Submitted by Hookhand (user info) at 2007-03-28 06:15:47 EDT (#)
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'tis only a model
Let's not go there, it's a silly place.
Submitted by Hookhand (user info) at 2007-03-28 06:15:47 EDT (#)
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'tis only a model
Submitted by orph (user info) at 2007-03-28 06:14:42 EDT (#)
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That cathedral kicks ass.