Renaissance Barcelona

... ," Catalan is "grathias." Hilarious? Absolutely. A lovely dinner of tapas rounded off the evening, before an early bedtime at the gorgeous Renaissance Barcelona.  And by "gorgeous" I mean "gorgeous, but where is my upgraded room?" ...

... forms, which characterizes his later masterpieces, reflects Gaudí's sensitivity to the movements at the time. Gothic art was experiencing a renaissance, while Art Nouveau had newly arrived at the start of the 19th century. His good grounding in the use ...

... old-world atmosphere. In a small square a fashion shoot in progress slowed our walking pace: a model with a corset top and fancy Renaissance attire strutted her stuff under the gaze of onlookers. On our way back to the hotel, we passed by the Catalan ...

... PM: Barri Gotic 7:30 PM: Placa de Catalunya 7:45 PM: Tapas! 9:00 PM: Back to the Renaissance for a night of drinking and discussing the finer points of private aviation until 3 AM. Day 6: ...

... Isabella are buried.  It was built on a destroyed mosque after the second reconquista.  It is one of only two renaissance style cathedrals in all of Spain and is the second largest, next only to the cathedral Seville.  Interestingly, the ...

... to have a look. As you go deeper and deeper, you go further and further back in history. First it was the Renaissance level, then the Medieval layer and finally the Roman ones. It really felt like travelling through a time machine. The part of ...

... some of his earlier works (even at a very young age) are phenomenal and right up there with the best artists from the Renaissance. From there we found a nice park to relax in for a while before heading down to the beach.  Despite the reasonably cool ...

... , but most of it is his early stuff and this was actually very classical stuff. It seems like he went through a classical stage, some renaissance stuff and then it skips to the stuff that he is known for. Weird. It has a lot of paintings inspired by the ...

... boulevard), before stopping in the Gothic quarter for a foot tour, which took in buildings from the Roman era through the Gothic, Renaissance and Modernist phases, and gave us time to visit the main cathedral in this sector of the city. Pilar also pointed ...

... rt and was absolutely blown away by the art paintings by Rubins and Goya, Murals from Romanesque churches and a beautiful collection of Renaissance and Baroque art. On my first day I wondered round the Gothic quarter which is my favoutite part of the city ...

Flights to Barcelona were great and we stepped off to balzing sunshine. So far so good. Now looking forward to getting to the hotel, taking a shower and exploring the city. Sounds good-not! We got to the point where the hotel bus was supposed to pick us ...

... looked for and finally found the Deacons house across from the Church, which is now the city archives. It was a good example of Renaissance housing. After that we browsed a few shops before heading back to the hostel. On our last day we were determined to ...

... get into Mosaics when l get home- if l ever find the patience. We then took photos of the Basilicas New-Renaissance façade of Christ and the apostles and left the Basilica passing through a long alleyway containing so many beautiful coloured illuminated ...

... . Skimming pieces of art felt like an injustice but at least I got to "see" some. Most of what we saw were Renaissance paintings and Modern Art. And there you have it, our two week trip to Spain! Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona Viva I had this ...

... , and steel.  But Barcelona's Modernistas were also inspired by an astonishing variety of other styles too: Gothic and Islamic, Renaissance and Romanesque, Byzantine and baroque."        Then we headed for Park Guell, a ...

... surreallity, which i think is one of the funnest realities to inhabit. where else can you ornament a theatre facade wit renaissance staues balancing baguettes on their heads? Needless to say i fell in love with Barcelona and have overstayed my visit, ...

... store which caught my attention and quickly hurried to see. It was a mask shop; but the kind of masks one would see in a Renaissance masked ball in Venice. Hundreds of them hanging from the wall and displayed in the window. I couldn't go in due to two ...

... was a little much. We did pay though to go in the Sagrada Familia. The Cathedral was impressive, though so different than the Renaissance and Gothic styles of which we had become accustomed to see. Gaudi died before it was finished though. He was hit by ...

... Calatrava Telefónica Communication Tower, we descend to the National Art Museum of Catalunya. This magnificent pink building in Spanish Renaissance style was opened by King Alfonso XIII in 1929 and overlooks the Font Mágica and Plaça d’Espanya. ...