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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:26:12 +0530
| where is the corroboration?
Play of imagination
Every detail was an echo of nature. Pillars resembled knurled tree bark,
stalactites appeared on walls, and we walked through passages that had a
cave-like effect. The theme of broken ceramic tiles on many built-up
surfaces mark Gaudi's style. Shiny and colourful, they twinkled in the
sunlight. Myriad shades of blue, green, red, yellow and white, all in
jewel tones winking in the sunlight and vying for attention with their
gleaming colours. Every now and then an animal, lizard or insect would
be gazing at us, also Gaudi style.
Yes, Antonio Gaudi dared to dream. His imagination used materials at
hand to achieve impossible structures that pierced the azure blue sky.
Stretching imagination to the limits, he built when there was no
funding, and he translated his dreams into reality in the various
buildings that we stand around and look on with wonderment. Many of his
creations are jocularly called gaudy, but they are certainly not run of
the mill. Would anyone, a century later, be able to complete these dreams?
cont'd....
http://www.hindu.com/mag/2006/12/10/stories/2006121000380800.htm