Title
Architecture by Seuss
Artist
Omaste Witkowski
Medium
Photograph - Altered Photograph
Description
This is an architectural photograph that I took years ago. Something made me want to take a twisted approach to this one as I revisited it.
This altered photograph reminds me of a Dr Seuss book or a Gaudi creation.
" Antoni Gaud� i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈ�i]; 25 June 1852�10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaud�'s works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Fam�lia.
Much of Gaud�'s work was marked by his big passions in life: architecture, nature, religion.[3] Gaud� studied every detail of his creations, integrating into his architecture a series of crafts in which he was skilled: ceramics, stained glass, wrought ironwork forging and carpentry. He introduced new techniques in the treatment of materials, such as trencad�s, made of waste ceramic pieces.
After a few years under the influence of neo-Gothic art and Oriental techniques, Gaud� became part of the Catalan Modernista movement which was reaching its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work transcended mainstream Modernisme, culminating in an organic style inspired by nature. Gaud� rarely drew detailed plans of his works, instead preferring to create them as three-dimensional scale models and molding the details as he was conceiving them.
Gaud�s work enjoys widespread international appeal and many studies are devoted to understanding his architecture. Today, his work finds admirers among architects and the general public alike. His masterpiece, the still-uncompleted Sagrada Fam�lia, is one of the most visited monuments in Spain.[4] Between 1984 and 2005, seven of his works were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Gaud�s Roman Catholic faith intensified during his life and religious images permeate his work. This earned him the nickname "God's Architect"[5] and led to calls for his beatification.[6][7][8]" - Wikipedia
"Theodor Seuss Geisel (pron.: /ˈɡaɪzəl/; March 2, 1904 � September 24, 1991) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for children's picture books written and illustrated as Dr. Seuss. He had used the pen name Dr. Theophrastus Seuss in college and later used Theo LeSieg, and once Rosetta Stone, as well as Dr. Seuss.[2]
Geisel published 46 children's books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of anapestic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Horton Hatches the Egg, Horton Hears a Who!, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including 11 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical and four television series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Geisel also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for PM, a New York City newspaper. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the United States Army, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
He was a perfectionist in his work and he would sometimes spend up to a year on a book. It was not uncommon for him to throw out 95% of his material until he settled on a theme for his book. For a writer he was unusual in that he preferred to only be paid after he finished his work rather than in advance.[3]
Geisel's birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association." - Wikipedia
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