http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/534/OR_Llotja_de_Mar_[Barcelona]_-_2.jpg a7ce695cf359e8b8384a0973e2e52470 http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/534/Llotja.m4a 0d106405d3ed723a0299c93ae1e91e01 http://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/534/Casa_Llotja_de_Mar_-_Graziella_Dominado.pdf 095f6bd25626071e6758cb6de3902798 PDF Text Text Casa Llotja de Mar The beauty of Barcelona bewitches me, its network of streets morphing into a network of veins, meticulous and flawless, pumping culture rich with history mixed with urbanization back into the heart of the city. It grows, flourishes, and breathes life, all the while never losing sight of the past that roots it. Filling the spaces of Cerdà’s checkerboard blueprint for Barcelona’s Eixample, we find the Casa Llotja de Mar, a prime portrayal of Catalan Gothic with its eagerness, in the words of Hughes, to “show you its bones” (Choay 1969: 26; Hall 1997: 135). Comparable to many Barcelonan places, the Llotja has an enrapturing history of its own. Fast-forwarding through its past role as a meeting place for negotiating trading deals, and its shutdown and conversion into a barracks for troops during the Bourbon conquest of Barcelona, neoclassic architect Soler created plans for a new Llotja in 1764. After its completion in 1804, half of the top floor housed the Escola de Bellas Artes, the main art school in Barcelona. While Pablo Picasso’s father taught at the school as a professor, Pablo himself studied there as a student, in addition to Joan Miró and other lesser known—but still impressive—architects, artists, and the like (Hughes 2004: 47-52). Above all the ornate facets found in the Llotja, I find my eye drawn to the “bones” Hughes refers to, evident in the columns and open space seen in the main hall. Its bareness and lack of exorbitance provide it with a raw, organic beauty that only places of the past can capture and urbanization can overtake if excessively done. With names like Picasso walking through the stairways of the building, one can’t help but wonder what other life filled its skeleton. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Digital Barcelona Subject The topic of the resource Sights around Barcelona Description An account of the resource The items (text documents, audio, video) used in the collection were created by the students from Fall 2016 HONS 2011.003: Barcelona: An Urban Cultural history class taught by Dr. Benjamin Fraser. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Benjamin Fraser Irina Swain Camille Kresz Language A language of the resource English, Spanish Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Digital Barcelona Date Created Date of creation of the resource. January 2017 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Irina Swain Camille Kresz Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Casa Llotja de Mar Subject The topic of the resource Casa Llotja de Mar Description An account of the resource The Casa Llotja de Mar is located in Barcelona, Spain. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Graziella Dominado, Benjamin Fraser Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Camille Kresz Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/06/2017 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Creative Commons Language A language of the resource English, Spanish Type The nature or genre of the resource Document, Still Image, Sound Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 02/06/2017 Barcelona Casa Llotja de Mar Graziella Dominado Spain