Exploring the curves, cobblestone streets in his village, he watched the world with keen eyes. Gaudi noticed that everything in nature curved: from snails’ shells to mountaintops, from a bird’s breast to the shadows of tree branches. He began to appreciate the beauty in curved lines. With “nature as his teacher,” as he said, Antoni realized that bent did not mean broken.
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When Antoni Gaudi can’t go to school like the other kids, nature becomes his teachers. Later, when he trains to be an architect in Barcelona, his headmaster wonders, is he a “genius or fool’? Others think he is an artistic genius who is ahead of this time. What do you think?
Award-winning author Susan B. Katz captures the life of an artist ahead on his time. Linda Schwalbe’s dazzling art reflects Gaudi’s inventive and flamboyant style – from his colorful mosaics and unprecedented facades to his playful forms and bold buildings that make Barcelona shine and are collectively a UNESCO world World Heritage Site.