Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Sagrada Familia

Accession Number: 
177899
Order Title: 
Archivision Addition Module FIVE--6,102 images
Type of View: 
partialView
View Title: 
West front (Passion Fa¿ade), portico elevation detail
Date of View: 
5/15/2008
Image description: 
The Passion Facade on the west side, dedicated to the suffering and death of Christ, is nearly complete. It is decorated with striking, angular sculptures by Josep Maria Subirach (begun 1952).
Image Rights: 
¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Source Institution: 
Archivision, Inc.
Collection: 
Addition Module FIVE
Culture: 
Spanish
Subject: 
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Subject: 
apostles
Subject: 
Jesus Christ
Work Types: 
Architecture; religious structures; churches; cathedrals
Preferred Title: 
Sagrada Familia
Agent Display: 
Antoni Gaud¿ (Spanish architect, 1852-1926)
Date: 
begun 1882 (creation)
Materials: 
glass and tile mosaic; stone
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Measurement: 
200 ft. (width, total) x 300 ft (length, total)
Alternate Title: 
Bas¿lica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia
Alternate Title: 
Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
Locations: 
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Location Type: 
(site)
Style/Period: 
Twentieth century
Style/Period: 
Modernismo
Classification: 
Architecture