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Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the Pyrenees falling sharply to the rugged Costa Brava, is tormented, too.
Michael Eaude traces this history and it monuments: roman Tarragona, celebrated by the poet Martial; Greek Empúries, lost for centuries beneath the sands; medieval Romanesque architecture in the Vall de Bo:i churches (a World Heritage Series) and Poblet and Santes Creus monasteries. He tells the stories of several of Catalonia's great figures: Abbot Olivia, who brought Moorish learning to Europe, the ruthless mercenary, Roger de Flor, and Verdaguer, handsome poet-priest.
Catalonia is famous today for its twentieth-century art. This book focuses on the revolutionary Art Nouveau buildings (including the Sagrada Família) of Antoni Gaudí. It also explores the region's artistic legacy: the young Picasso painting Barcelona's vibrant slums; Salvador Dalí, inspired by the twisted rocks of Cap de Creus to paint his landscapes of the human mind; and Joan Miró, discovering the colors of the red earth at Montroig.
Michael Eaude writes for the Guardian and Independent and is the author of Barcelona, The City that Re-Invented Itself.
- Introduction
- Part One: Birth and Rebirth of a Nation
- 1: The First Town in Spain. Portbou
- 2: Mediterranean: The Center of the Earth. Tarragona
- 3: Romanesque Catalonia. The Pyrenees
- 4: Glory and Rapine. Poblet and Athens
- 5: The Poet-Priest and the Indiano. Verdaguer
- 6: The Lancashire of Spain. Gaudí and G:uell
- Part Two: Geniuses
- 7: Fleeing the Straight and Narrow. Gaudí and Reus
- 8: Modern Painting. Rusiñol at Sitges, Picasso
- 9: The Terminal Beach. Salvador Dalí
- 10: Feet rooted to the Red Earth. Joan Miró
- 11: Come from a Silence. Raimon
- Part Three: Tourism and War
- 12: The Sweaty Groin. Barcelona's Raval
- 13: The Gothic Quarter. Barcelona
- 14: Mass Migration and Mass Tourism. Lloret
- 15: Plain and River. Lleida and the Ebro
- 16: The Anarchist Dream. George Orwell
- 17: The Landscape in the Pot
- 18: Cradle and Refuge. FC Barcelona
- Glossary
- Short Bibliography