Miami:
Vizcaya is an Italian-inspired villa and
gardens, begun in 1910 and completed in 1916. Built by James Deering in a
Mediterranean Revival style; today operates as a museum. Upon his death, James
Deering left Vizcaya to his half-brother Charles also left his collection to
him and his daughters, who donated several of these works to the Art Institute
of Chicago. By this time, Charles had left Sitges and his Palau Maricel to create
his Florida estate, the Deering Estate at Cutler.
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| Vizcaya, Miami, Florida |
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| The Stone House The Deering Estate at Cutler |
New
York City:
The New York City Freedom Tower stands 541.3248
metres tall (1,776 feet) on the site of the former World Trade Centre. It
serves as a beacon of freedom, and demonstrates the resolve of the United
States, and the people of New York City.
We researched at the New York Public Library…
in particular, the Catalan newspaper published in New York from 1874 until May 1881, La
Llumanera de Nova York.
Chicago:
The
24½-acre Millennium Park, which encompasses the Frank Gehry-designed
Pritzker Pavilion, ranks among the city's top three tourist attractions.
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| In the Millennium Park, Chicago |
“Cloud Gate”
sculptor Anish Kapoor has created a work of art that reflects the splendour that
is the Chicago skyline, playing with the light and the sky. It is elegant—balanced
on its ends and without any colour of its own. It is interactive art, letting the
viewer become part of it with simple acts of walking and turning, changing the
visual reflection presented by the sculpture.
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| The Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor Millennium Park, Chicago |
Barcelona born artist, Jaume Plensa has created
four monumental heads for the 10th anniversary of Chicago's Millennium Park,
through December 2015. Also in the park is his white head sculpture, Look into My Dreams, Awilda.
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| Barcelona Artist, Jaume Plensa |
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| Look into My Dreams, Awilda. |
Note:
Mr. Plensa's original contribution to the park, "Crown
Fountain," two 50-foot-tall glass-lined towers at opposite ends of a
shallow pool that project video images of 1,000 Chicago residents. "I'm
trying always to create a place where people could meet and share dreams,"
he said. "And I probably could not find a better landscape for that to
happen than the human body”. WSJ.com
