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Take a stroll through any of the buildings designed by architectAntoni Gaudí and you will quickly be transported into a fairy taleworld. Dragons and other mythological creatures adorn facades androoftops, insects, mushrooms and crosses serve as columns and arches,chimneys are warriors and trees, windows are curved, colourfulaffairs, and eagles and other birds peer out at us from attics aboveour heads. Gaudí was a bold artist who was open to the stimuli of life and the sensations it evoked, creating a novel and vast universe. His larger-than-life imagination appeals to children and adults alike,and not only because his buildings are beautiful living spaces, butalso because they allow us to dream and experience a life filled withmagic and creativity.
ABC Gaudí draws on the architect's infinite universe to takefirst-time child readers beyond the literal meaning of words, for itis at this stage when the incipient linguistic and visual dialoguethey hold with the world is open to endless possibilities in terms ofrepresentation, materials, form, colour, and texture. This book is anattempt to slow down their gaze and expose them to these fantasticworlds, nourishing their imagination with extraordinary creations andinterpretations.
