The Center for Advanced Studies Antoni Gaudí and its collaborators
The Center for Advanced Studies Antoni Gaudí and its collaborators (CAGIC) organizes from June 25 to 28 the 4th Gaudí Week, which aims to approach the figure of Antoni Gaudí from different aspects: personal, architectural and artistic
The theme of this edition
This year’s edition focuses on the theme Around Gaudí: patrons, thinkers and poets. During the sessions, which will take place at the Antoni Gaudí Faculty in Barcelona, there will be an in-depth look at those people who commissioned works from Gaudí, the intellectuals with whom he interacted and who influenced his thinking, and also will study the historical and cultural context that inspired his most emblematic works.
Duration and recognition
This course has a duration of 15 hours and is recognized as a Continuing Education for Teachers activity.
Program of the 4th Gaudí Week
The program of the 4th Gaudí Week includes the following activities:
Tuesday the 25th
At 18.30, The Güell projection in the work of Gaudí, by Enric Puig, PhD in Linguistics.
Wednesday 26
At 6.30pm, Antoni Gaudí, poetry and prophecy, by Jaume Aymar, PhD in Art History.
Thursday 27
At 18.30, Gaudí, Maragall and Pijoan, by Anna M. Blasco, PhD in Philosophy and Letters.
Friday the 28th
At 18.00, visit to Palau Güell.
Collaborators and disciples of Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí collaborated with many of his disciples and assistants, such as Francesc Berenguer, Josep Maria Jujol, Josep Francesc Ràfols, Cèsar Martinell or Joan Bergós. In addition, he had the friendship of three bishops who were key in his career: Joan Baptista Grau, Pere Joan Campins and Josep Torras i Bages. He also maintained relationships with other people such as Ignasi Casanovas and Joan Maragall.
Dr. Rosa Ribas, director of the CAGIC, states that this Gaudí Week offers an opportunity to approach the figure of Antoni Gaudí from the perspective of his time, to realize that, beyond his own genius, he was a a man who reflected what he took from the world around him, often aspects that were little analyzed or understood in isolation, and all this at the hands of established researchers and experts.
Previous editions of Gaudí Week have focused mainly on architectural work, especially the Sagrada Família. Thanks to the participation of specialists in architecture, history and archives, a more complete knowledge of Gaudí’s person and work has been achieved.
