Was Gaudí a nationalist?
Was Gaudí a nationalist? Gaudi absorbed this culture and was a committed nationalist as a young man, but in later life he turned to Catholicism and became deeply religious and ascetic.
Was Gaudí a socialist?
There had always been an aestheticism within Gaudi—his reverence of nature combined with an early drive towards utopian socialism, ongoing vegetarianism and a sometimes dangerous tendency to fast. Though he was a famous architect, he embraced a Franciscan concept of holy poverty.
Why is Gaudi a genius?
His inventiveness and special handling of shapes make him a great creator; his extraordinary handling of structures, his imaginative use of materials and his sense of decoration make him an extraordinary master of Catalan architectural modernism.