23: avenue park path trees

5 comments so far...

b4light April 17, 2011, 07:18 PM

Hi nelly, please help me with my English: Can you confirm that you'd call this an avenue? (even if it is not in an urban context, just rows of trees on both sides of a path).

I wrote the above, then I noticed your tags, so I guess that is the confirmation I am seeking... (sorry for rambling)

helen birch April 17, 2011, 08:53 PM

Yes, an avenue of trees. It could almost be a cathedral of trees : )

b4light April 18, 2011, 05:01 AM

Thanks nelly!
Yep, that is no coincidence. The arches of gothic churches and cathedrals were inspired by trees...

helen birch April 18, 2011, 07:28 AM

that's true. a 'maximalism' in design does seem to originate with the organic .... thinking of Gaudi's Familia Sagrada in particular

b4light April 21, 2011, 10:06 AM

Gaudi's work is so unique, that it is hard to categorize him within an "ism" (wikipedia informs that he was the best known exponent of Catalan modernism). I wouldn't call Segrada Familia gothic. Some relate Gaudi's work to Art Nouveau and Jugend, but in my mind, it doesn't really fit in there either...