Sypher on art & design: Gaudí, the modernist architect for all time
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About the Event
Antoni Gaudí venerated Barcelona and Catalonia, alongside his three passions which were architecture, nature and religion. He turned to nature, which he called his greatest teacher, to study how it supported things — trees, rocks, limbs, bodies — animal and human.
His Catholic faith intensified throughout his life and earned him the title “God’s Architect”. In every detail of his unique creations, Gaudi combined ceramics, stained glass, wrought-iron and trencadís – waste pieces of ceramics.
We will look at representative works, including Casa Milà, Casa Batlló, Park Güell, and his still unfinished Basílica de la Sagrada Família (the most-visited monument in Spain).
About the Speaker
Recently returned to Greenwich Village, a few steps away from the venerated Salmagundi Club, Eleanor K. Sypher has volunteered her extensive skills in a series of talks on art history, first enjoyed at Arizona State University and a local art center for the past six years. Eleanor is well-acquainted with ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, Byzantium, The Italian Renaissance, The Baroque in Italy and Holland, Rococo in France, the Impressionists, and European and American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Eleanor holds a B.A. in English from Smith College; and an M.A. in Latin and Ph.D. In Greek and Latin from Columbia University. Employment in New York included teaching, book editing and directing a foundation for 25 years. Earlier volunteer work included founding a charter school in the South Bronx and fundraising for that school and for a church.
Hungry?
Grab a bite to eat after the event from our dining room (a normally member-only benefit)! Ticketed attendees who would like to stay for drinks and dinner should make dining reservations in advance via our Reservations page with the message “Sypher talk”.
