Casa Milà (Barcelona, Spain) : Overall view, looking northeast across Passeig de Gracia

Creator:
Gaudi, Antoni, 1852-1926
Published/Created:
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1906-1910
Date Depicted:
2008
1900 AD - 1949 AD
Materials:
wrought iron; stone; tile
Notes:
Going far beyond the exuberant use of natural forms in sculpture and wrought-ironwork, which were the hallmarks of Modernisme (the Catalan term for Art Nouveau), Gaudí turned to nature to generate structural form. The Casa Milà (‘La pedrera’) is one of Ga
Variant Titles:
La pedrera
Topics:
Architecture -- Spain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Period/Style:
Twentieth century
Culture:
Catalan
Spanish
Accession Number:
1A1-GA-CM-A1
Genre:
apartment houses (AAT)
architecture (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
Rights:
Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Digital:
abstraction; architecture; botanical; decorative arts Art Nouveau; Twentieth century buildings; dwellings; multiple dwellings; apartment houses
Source Creator:
Gilchrist, Scott
Source Title:
Archivision Addition Module Five
Source Created:
2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2008
Source Note:
Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Local Record Number:
4090
OID:
10051468
PID:
digcoll:2311876