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Copyright: Tony Bourge (tobourge)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2008-06-08 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Camera: Cannon EOS 400 D |
| Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop |
| Date Submitted: 2008-07-01 22:50 |
| Viewed: 241 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Detail of the Gaudi's bench in Parc Guell - Barcelona.
The focal point of the park is the main terrace, surrounded by a long bench in the form of a sea serpent. To design the curvature of the bench surface Gaudí used the shape of buttocks left by a naked workman sitting in wet clay. The curves of the serpent bench form a number of enclaves, creating a more social atmosphere. Gaudí incorporated many motifs of Catalan nationalism, and elements from religious mysticism and ancient poetry, into the Park. The visitor was originally greeted by two life-size mechanical gazelles (a major euphemistic symbol of 'the young beloved' in the Hebrew strand of the medieval love poetry of the region), but these have since been lost during the turbulence of war.
Other details (colour) in Workshop.
Title: Song from The Beautiful South |
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