Historical Architecture Barcelona Loewe Building Spain
by Chuck Kuhn
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Historical Architecture Barcelona Loewe Building Spain
Artist
Chuck Kuhn
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Photograph - Photography
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The building was not only the result of an architectural project, but —common practice in Catalan modernism architecture—, several artists collaborated with Domènech i Montaner so as to make a complete artwork, inspired in natural and organic motifs: Lluís Bru and Mario Maragliano were responsible of the mosaic work, Eusebi Arnau made the sculptures, Antoni Serra i Fiter elaborated the ceramics, and Gaspar Homar designed the decoration and the furniture.[4]
It has been considered that Morera's family wanted to leave trace of their lineage with the continuous references to their family name (Morera, which means mulberry tree in English) in the decoration. Some examples are the mulberry tree found in the patio, the mulberry motifs of the door handles or the portraits made by Antoni Serra in the second floor.
Interior of Barcelona's Casa Lleó Morera covered gallery (1st floor). The stained glass was made by Antoni Rigalt i Blanch, the picture was taken by Baldomer Gili i Roig (2nd from the right)
The façade and ground floor of the building were decorated with big and varied modernist ornaments, with some outstanding sculptures by Eusebi Arnau surrounding the entrance, which represented two couples of feminine figures holding vases. Those sculptures were installed on double pairs of columns made of pink marble, and under the gallery of the first floor, other feminine heads could be found. On the first floor, aside the windows, two couples of feminine figures can also be found, showing several objects related to the technological improvements made in that period, such as the phonograph, electricity, telephone and photography.[5] Barcelona's official chronicler Lluís Permanyer stated that this building is like "a scaled Palau de la Música Catalana.
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