Today, LEC is heading to Catalonia to meetAntoni Gaudí y Cornet—better known simply as Gaudí—a Spanish architect whose incredible body of work you may have the opportunity to discover during your language study trip to Spain…
This brilliant architect was born in Reus, Catalonia, in 1852. From his earliest artistic endeavors to his final works, he exerted an unprecedented influence on Catalan art and established himself as a passionate lover of the region where he was born and where he would die 73 years later.
Discover Gaudí's influences during your language study trip to Spain
Influenced both by the rationalism of Viollet-le-Duc and by a strong affinity for medieval art and Catalan tradition, Gaudí quickly distinguished himself from other Spanish architects through his remarkable formal and technical inventiveness.
A language study trip to Spain might be the perfect opportunity to learn more about the creative process of this extraordinary artist: his choice of materials (from brick to cement and ceramics), the organization of architectural space, and the introduction of new forms (such as spirals, paraboloids, and hyperboloids) defined an entire era and left their mark on an entire region.
A language study trip to discover Gaudí’s most iconic works
LEC therefore invites the lucky winners, during their language study trip to Spain, to visit Casa Vicens in Barcelona, Park Güell, Casa Batlló and Casa Milà, and, of course, the extraordinary Sagrada Familia, an unfinished masterpiece that LEC looks forward to revisiting very soon…