In the Bell Towers...
Gaudí waited four years for his Venetian glass order to arrive so he could crown the first tower. His intention was to produce this material in Catalonia.
True-scale reproduction of one sphere, Venetian Mosaic and current “Gres” Ceramic
Ø 45 cm
Production: Montse Agüero; material loaned by the Basílica de la Sagrada Família
The identification between beauty and truth frames the deep religiousness of the architect’s adult years, which were dedicated exclusively –body and soul– to the Sagrada Família. Gaudí, who only saw the bell tower of Sant Bernabé finished, wanted to apply the highest quality and most expensive mosaic, Venetian glass, to the pinnacles of the cathedral.
