The Sagrada Familia: The Astonishing Story of Gaudí’s Unfinished Masterpiece

An illuminating biography of one of the most famous--and most famously unfinished--buildings in the world the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona.The scaffolding-cloaked spires of Antoni Gaud’'s masterpiece the Sagrada Familia dominate the Barcelona skyline and draw in millions of visitors every year. More than a century after the first stone was laid in 1882 the Sagrada Familia remains unfinished a testament to Gaud’'s quixotic ambition his religious devotion and the sensuous eccentricity of his design. It has defied the critics the penny-pinching accountants the conservative town-planners and the devotees of sterile modernism. It has enchanted and frustrated the citizens of Barcelona. And it has passed through the landmark changes of twentieth-century Spain surviving two World Wars the ravages of the Spanish Civil War and the Hunger Years of Franco's rule.Gijs van Hensbergen's The Sagrada Familia explores the evolution of this remarkable building working through the decades right up to the present day before looking beyond to the final stretch of its construction. Rich in detail and vast in scope this is a revelatory chronicle of an iconic structure its place in history and the wild genius that created it.

Hardcover: 224 pages

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; 1st Edition edition (July 25 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1632867818

ISBN-13: 978-1632867810

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.6 inches

Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces