BARCELONA DAWN abstract cityscape textural impasto palette knife oil painting Ana Maria Edulescu

by Ana Maria Edulescu

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BARCELONA DAWN abstract cityscape textural impasto palette knife oil painting Ana Maria Edulescu

Artist

Ana Maria Edulescu

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Painting - Oil On Canvas

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Aerial view of Sagrada Familia Cathedral.
BARCELONA DAWN is a detail of a painting based on a sketch I did last year. I painted Sagrada Familia surrounded by the abstracted rooftops of Barcelona, the Abstract City Patterns.



I traveled to Barcelona many times in the last 10 years and I was impressed by Sagrada Familia. It's architectural style has been called ''warped Gothic''. The rippling contours of the stone facade make it look as though Sagrada Familia is melting in the sun,while the towers are topped with brightly-colored mosaic. Gaudi believed that color is life. Perhaps that's why I personally admire so much his amazing creations.

'' Describing Sagrada Familia, art critic Rainer Zerbst said >.
The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, commonly known as Sagrada Familia, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi ( 1852 - 1926 ). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thought construction of Sagrada Familia had commenced in 1882, Gaudi became involved in 1883, taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style - combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms.
Gaudi devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death, in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. Sagrada Familia's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining and an anticipated completation date of 2026 - the centennial of Gaudi's death. '' ( Wiki )

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