The Neo-gothic façade of the Cathedral of Barcelona
Safeguard and transfiguration of the medieval memory
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Eviternare.vi8.9624Keywords:
medievalism, neo-Gothic, Gothic, façade, Cathedral of BarcelonaAbstract
The Cathedral of Barcelona is one of the landmarks of the Gothic quarter of the city, especially for its façade, a monument in the landscape. However, it is a neo-Gothic façade built in a context of expansion of medievalism in different sectors of society, materialized in architecture by neo-Gothic; In addition, the context of the celebration of the Universal Exhibition in the city, in the year 1888, fostered the architectural patronage in Barcelona. The new façade, created under competition promoted by the banker Manuel Girona, replaced the wall of the fifteenth century, built in the face of the impossibility of execution of the original project for economic reasons. Although the theme of the reconstruction of the façade is quite explored by historiography, we will seek to deal specifically with the temporal scope, of the permanence and ruptures. We will discuss the peculiarities and aesthetic, material and ideological approaches between the original Gothic façade, designed by Master Carlí in the fifteenth century, which was never built, and the project actually carried out in the nineteenth century by José Oriol Mestres. We will analyze the relationship between Gothic and Neo-Gothic in that building, between the Middle Ages and its contemporary recreation; we will consider the new constructive possibilities of the eight hundred applied to that significant intervention and we will problematize its intentions on the Cathedral as a historical heritage and plausible memory of manipulations.
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