03 — ARTWORK
Parc Güell: tortoise
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Besides Christian symbols, Gaudí loved classicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. and oriental mythology. The salamander in the Parc Güell, popularly known as "el drac" (the dragon), is thus a representation of Python, the guardian of the subterranean waters on the steps of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, while the frequent motif of a tortoise on the basemolded foot of a pillar or column providing the transition from the plinth to the shaft. of columns is a Chinese symbol of order in chaos.
The land tortoise was very common at that time throughout Catalonia.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Parc Güell: tortoise by GAUDÍ, Antoni},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gaud-antoni-r62d04c2fe2eba9/parc-gell-tortoise-r90ff6f5d3b01d5},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
