Casa Batlló

Architecture · 1904–1906 · Barcelona · Europe

An apartment block rebuilt as a 'house of bones' with a dragon roof: pure Catalan Modernisme

Author: Antoni Gaudí
Style: Art Nouveau — A new style of living lines: stems, waves and flowing hair rendered in iron, glass and stone
Century: 20th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

1907–1908 The Kiss — Gustav Klimt · Art Nouveau · Vienna
1907 Les Demoiselles d'Avignon — Pablo Picasso · Cubism · Paris, Bateau-Lavoir
1893 The Scream — Edvard Munch · Expressionism · Kristiania (Oslo)
1915 Black Square — Kazimir Malevich · Russian avant-garde · Moscow
1889 The Starry Night — Vincent van Gogh · Post-Impressionism · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
1922–1931 Christ the Redeemer — Paul Landowski, Heitor da Silva Costa · Art Deco · Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro
1928–1930 Chrysler Building — William Van Alen · Art Deco · New York
1928–1931 Villa Savoye — Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret · Modern architecture (International Style) · Poissy, near Paris