Was Gaudi a good student?

A HEADSTRONG STUDENT Gaudí had his heart set on becoming an architect. But he had to wait three whole years before he was accepted into the school of architecture. He was never a very good student and he found it hard to concentrate on the subjects he needed to pass to be eligible for a place.



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Gaudí passed away without seeing his beloved basilica completed. But his legacy as an architectural genius lives on through his astonishing works. Every year over 4 million people visit La Sagrada Familia Basilica to experience the wonders of Gaudí's endless imagination.

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Gaudi was born in Catalonia in 1852 into a wealthy family and a life filled, as Tarragona puts it, with horses, opera, and the best restaurants.

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His inventiveness and special handling of shapes make him a great creator; his extraordinary handling of structures, his imaginative use of materials and his sense of decoration make him an extraordinary master of Catalan architectural modernism.

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There had always been an aestheticism within Gaudi—his reverence of nature combined with an early drive towards utopian socialism, ongoing vegetarianism and a sometimes dangerous tendency to fast. Though he was a famous architect, he embraced a Franciscan concept of holy poverty.

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It evoked opposite emotions in George Orwell, the British writer, who called the church “one of the most hideous buildings in the world.”

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Gaudi was inspired by nature and the beauty around him. His organic style differentiates Gaudi from other architects because no one can infuse nature into an architectural creation as Gaudi can. Every detail ties in something new, leaving every project truly unique. Barcelona hosts Gaudi's greatest masterpieces.

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Particularly compelling is Monsieur de Jarcy's work that discovered Le Corbusier was an actual member of a militant fascist group.

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