Built on the most fashionable street in Barcelona, Casa Batlló was remodeled by Antonio Gaudí for the Batlló family around 1910 as a primary residence with 14 apartments. Also referred to as the house of bones, Casa Batlló has a facade decorated with "random" tiles of blue, green, and yellow giving it a sponge painted apprearance with mask-like iron balconies and bone shaped columns. The spine of a dragon undulates across the roof and twists down through the master staircase. Seashapes abound from ceiling fixtures and railings to windows and floor tiles. Both form and function were important to Gaudí, yet his beautiful colors, flowing lines and shapes from nature were so radical a hundred years ago, that people made fun of his work. Gaudí died spiritually rich, but financially poor. Now Barcelona has totally embraced this master of Art Nouveau architecture.
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