Word: casa
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...contains stunning metaphors and moments of theater. The basement of the palace he built off the Ramblas for his main patron, Eusebi Guell, could serve as a set for The Ring -- not surprisingly, since Catalans in the 1880s were crazy for Wagner, the newest of new composers. Gaudi's Casa Mila, on Passeig de Gracia, known to Barcelonans as La Pedrera -- the Stone Quarry -- was intended to suggest a seaworn cliff, and its iron balconies fringe it like kelp...
...architecture is that of a great sculptor -- witness the totemic chimneys and ventilators on the Casa Mila and the Palau Guell -- and a remarkable painter too: the facade of Casa Batllo, on the opposite side of Gracia, is as atmospheric as a Monet, sparkling with drifts of blue and green mosaic. Nor should one miss the iron dragon gate of the Finca Guell, or the crypt of the Colonia Guell -- the chapel of an industrial community for weavers at Santa Coloma de Cervello, half an hour's drive from Barcelona -- or the Parc Guell, with its ravishing Hansel-and-Gretel...
Tradition -- and tourism -- insists the Sagrada Familia is Gaudi's masterpiece. It is not. The Casa Mila and the crypt of the Colonia Guell, among others, are superior. But in any case, not all the best modernista building and decor are by Gaudi. Other and hardly lesser Catalan architects await discovery by the visitor. Two names in particular stand out: Lluis Domenech i Montaner (1850-1923) and Josep Puig i Cadafalch...
...Cultural Rhythms--sponsored by the Harvard Foundation. Hosted by Jimmy Smits, star of L.A. Law. Proceeds to benefit Rosie's Place, Casa Myrna Vasquez, and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Memorial Hall, 4-6:30 p.m. Food Festival in Memorial Hall, 6:30-8:30. $5 for students. Tickets available at the Holyoke Center Ticket Office (495-2663) or at the door...
...Salvador Walk Through Boston--with the Central America Solidarity Association (CASA). Call 492-8699. Starting at the Boston Common. Saturday...