Casa Batlló (Barcelona, Spain) : Northeast elevation, detail showing sculpted sandstone
- Creator:
- Gaudi, Antoni, 1852-1926
- Published/Created:
- Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
1877; 1904-1906 (alteration) - Date Depicted:
- 2008
1850 AD - 1899 AD
1900 AD - 1949 AD - Materials:
- sandstone; wrought iron; glazed ceramic tile
- Notes:
- The Casa Batlló reveals Gaudí’s confidence and skill in remodelling an existing building. He added a floor to the original Neo-classical five-storey town house and clothed ground and first floors in stone in fantastic, fluid lines like an eroded outcrop o
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Spain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- Spanish
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-GA-CB-B14
- Genre:
- apartment houses (AAT)
architecture (AAT)
town houses (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:
- architecture; decorative arts; Modernisme 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:
- 10051290
- PID:
- digcoll:2331508