can negre1, catalan modernism
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Can Negre is located in a town - Sant Joan Despí -
close to Barcelona.
Can Negre is a 17th-century
farmhouse which was transformed by Art Nouveau architect Josep
Maria Jujol i Gibert between 1915 and 1930
At the beginning of the 20th century, it was
owned by lawyer and rural landowner Pere Negre i Jover (1867-
1939), who commissioned Josep
Maria Jujol with renovation work
Wrought iron bird
located at entrance
Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949) was a Catalan architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works
The main façade is one of the most
important elements and is
crowned by undulating lines in a style typical of Baroque façades
Side facade
Corner of the sidewall and backside
The original façade openings were maintained, but were given a
new style, designing the
main bay window in the surprising
shape of a carriage
the main bay window
the main bay window
For some reason, a glassy box resembling half an 18th-
century carriage is attached to the front, and propped on
insect-like legs
The commission of the refurbishment works of that old "masia" - the traditional rural Catalan house - was made to Jujol by his owner, the lawyer and important land owner Pere Negre i Jover, who was the aim to dignify it. Jujol applied his enormous imagination to develop a special design for the façade and interiors remembering the baroque style
Capping of a side gallery
Jujol was also a painter, sculptor, ironworker, graphic designer, and ceramic and stained-glass artist. As an architect, he was a close collaborator of Gaudí
The original façade openings were maintained, but were given a
new style, designing the
main bay window in the surprising
shape of a carriage.
wrought iron gate Iron crane and terra cotta gargoyle wrought iron
terra cotta gargoyle
Cantilever and curious drainage system side of the main tribune
Trencadís hole of drainage system overhang of the main tribune
Delicate sgraffito is laid on top of the white, showing fronds, garlands and inscriptions in honour of the Virgin Mary
Fountain
Well and laundry
The top of the back facade
Esgrafiados (scratchwork) on the top of the back façade
Sgraffito is a decorative technique used in various media, also known as graffito or scratchwork, in which layers of contrasting colours are applied to a surface and a design is scratched through the upper layer to reveal the colour beneath. In the Renaissance, lime plaster, tinted with ash, was used as the under layer, and then covered with white lime plaster. Most sgraffito, especially two or three colour work, belongs to the 19th century
the pergola
Decorated bench with ceramic fragments (trencadís technique) with the monogram of Negre
Trencadís is a type of mosaic used in Catalan modernism, created from broken tile shards. The technique is also called pique assiette. This mosaic is done using broken pieces of ceramic, like tiles and dinnerware .The Catalan architects Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol used trencadís in many projects, among which Barcelona's Parc Güell is probably the most famous.
Bench with flower bed
The traditional technique used by Gaudí and Jujol was to select and break ceramic fragments for uniform sized pieces, no more than 8 or 10 inches, which were united with mortar (mortar composed of lime, sand and water)
Gaudí’s employee and protégé, Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949) was a Catalan architect.The serpentine benches in the Park Güell are his, he carried out the ceramic cladding in the column room in Güell Park in Barcelona with Gaudí (1911-1913), the handrails in La Pedrera house (1905-1910) and the ceramic cladding on the Casa Batlló house façade (1904-1906).
Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949)
Casa Rovira in Sant Joan Despí is also one of Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert’s work
Sound: Isaac Albéniz - Azulejos
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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu
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