https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/574/Bench_Parc_Guell_Barcelona.jpg a5b25e71b3c4a5c34a7c331dcf7881df https://collections.ecu.edu/files/original/20/574/Victoria_Bishop_-_Park_Guell_Bench.pdf f4372d38905244ba0dba8257c1b4a44a PDF Text Text Bench in Parc Güell In Park Güell, designed by Antoni Gaudí, there is a long tile bench which consists of numerous interesting components, one of them being the art form of trencadís. Conrad Kent refers to the bench, in his article From Pleasure Gardens to Places of Dures, as a “brilliantly tiled bench that wraps around the central theater of the park” (Kent 2002: 227). The bench is not tiled like most would think, with the same decorative pattern all the way around, instead it decorated using trencadís. Trencadís is using broken tile from various sources to tile and decorate a specific item, there are different pictures and colors included when using this method. Trencadís is something that Gaudí is known for using, which as Robert Hughes points out in Barcelona the Great Enchantress, by saying that “Gaudí was fascinated by how mosaic fragmentation of trencadís” (Hughes 2004: 140). Gaudí asked people to bring him broken pieces of tile. There is also a deeper meaning to trencadís, as Josep Sobrer discusses in his article Against Barcelona, “in symbolic terms, trencadís exalts the poor, the broken, the outcast” (Sobrer 2002: 212). Gaudí got the tile from everyone who would give him tile, he did not just use tile from the rich and that is one way that Gaudí was able to uplift the poor. Gaudí was able to portray a deeper spiritual meaning and make something look absolutely astounding all while using trencadís, and the bench in Park Güell is a huge highlight of what he did while using this method. � 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 Bench in Parc Güell Subject The topic of the resource Bench in Parc Güell Description An account of the resource Parc Güell is home to a very particular bench, created by Gaudi. Parc Güell and the bench are located in Barcelona, Spain Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Victoria Bishop 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 03/01/2017 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. 03/01/2017 Barcelona Bench in Parc Güell Spain Victoria Bishop