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Among the later works, done in Cannes in 1957,
Las Meninas
is a complex tech-
nical series of studies on Diego Velázquez' masterpiece of the same name (which
hangs in the Prado in Madrid).
MUSEU BARBIER-MUELLER D'ART PRECOLOMBÍ
Museum
(
www.barbier-mueller.ch
;
Carrer de Montcada 14; adult/senior & student €3/1.50;
11am-7pm Tue-Fri, 10am-7pm Sat, 10am-3pm Sun & holidays; Jaume I)
Occupying
Palau Nadal, this museum holds part of one of the world's most prestigious collec-
tions of pre-Colombian art, including gold jewellery, ceramics, statues and textiles.
The Modernistas' Mission
Antoni Gaudí (1852 -1926), known above all for La Sagrada Família , was just one, albeit
the most imaginative, of a generation of inventive architects who left an indelible mark on
Barcelona between 1880 and the 1920s. They were called the Modernistas.
The local offshoot of the Europe-wide phenomenon of art nouveau, Modernisme was
characterised by its taste for sinuous, flowing lines and (for the time) adventurous combin-
ations of materials like tile, glass, brick, iron and steel.
Gaud í and co were trying to create a specifically Catalan architecture, often looking
back to Catalonia ' s medieval golden age for inspiration.
L'Eixample, where most of Barcelona's new building was happening at the time, is
home to the bulk of the Modernistas' creations. Others in the city include Gaudí's Palau
Güell (
Click here
) and Park Güell (
Click here
); Domènech i Montaner's Palau de la
Música Catalana (
Click here
); Castell dels Tres Dragons (in La Ribera's Parc de la Ciut-
adella) and the
Hotel España
(Carrer de Sant Pau 9-11, El Raval)
restaurant; and Puig i
Cadafalch' s
Els Quatre Gats
(Carrer de Montsió 3bis, Barri Gòtic)
restaurant .
ESGLÉSIA DE SANTA MARIA DEL MAR
Carrer de Montcada opens at its southeast end into
Passeig del Born
, a
plaza that once rang to the cheers and jeers of medieval jousting tournaments,
today replaced at night by animated carousing. At its southwest tip rises Bar-
celona's finest Gothic church, the
Església de Santa Maria del Mar
Offline map
Google map
( Plaça de Santa Maria del Mar;
Church
9am-1.30pm & 4.30-8pm;
Jaume
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