The Casa Amatller by Puig i Cadafalch: the Modernism Beyond Gaudí
In Barcelona we love chocolate. Any time is good to have a hot chocolate with churros or melindros. In addition, always in good company. This is why we say that we can only eat chocolate when it rains, so we avoid gaining too much weight! But this post is not about...
Romanesque Art Barcelona
Romanesque art Barcelona Talking about the Romanesque art is not among my hobbies, not even among my interests. It is true that I do not understand the meaning of seeing paintings with long faces and disproportionate extremities. Why use a space to expose sculptures...
Step by step through the Modernism, a stroll with Barcelonina
Its name was the Path of Jesus and it used to connect the walls of Barcelona with the village of Gracia. The temps went by and the city walls were destroyed in order ot allow the city to grow according the the plan designed by Cerdà. The Passeig the Gracia was born....
The Station of France or knocking on Barcelona’s doors
“The Station of France was the laic cathedral when God was to run away.” Josele Sangüesa, musician and writer Even if the first railway line started to operate in Barcelona in 1848, the city had to wait until 1929 to have an station fitting its category, like Paris or...
The Quatre Gats. Santiago Rusiñol and his friends have fun
If when somebody asks you if there were many people somewhere and you say "Bah, we were just four cats" that might look as a negative answer. This is just the opposite if we talk about the Quatre Gats, the tavern which became the heart of the modernist bohemians for...
Joan Miró (II). From Barcelona to Paris
Joan Miró (II). From Barcelona to Paris And here we have the second part of Joan Miró’s life. The last post about him, he had finished his college and found his first job. His intention was to work during the day et to improve his technique during the afternoon but...