I always thought that people loved Gaudi just because he was wacky, what with the garish candy colors and drippy mosaics. I had never been impressed and thought all of that was downright ugly.
I take back everything I’ve said to underrate Gaudi’s work. Initial thoughts: These spaces do not follow standard conventions and makes no pretense to elegance. The beauty feels natural and inadvertant. And what I didn’t expect was the wit or charm of those oddball confections. These spaces suggest a kind of prehistory before life seemed serious.
Photos are inadequate to replicate that experience.
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