Sagrada Família

The Temple Expiatori of La Sagrada Familia (abbr. La Sagrada Familia), uses iconography, a formal composition, and numerology to create a monumental moment to teach and tell the story of the New Testament to Christians of all backgrounds. La Sagrada Familia, whose design is attributed to Antonio Gaudi, is a modernisme (a style of Catalan Architecture that has ties to Art Nouveau and Neo-Gothicism) minor basilica located in Barcelona, Spain. The use of multiple iconographic scenes and symbolic forms throughout the structure are indicative of Gaudi’s motives to establish La Sagrada Familia as a building dedicated to the retelling of the New Testament. The three main facades all tell different parts of Jesus’ story. Chronologically, one would…

Around 100km east of Seville in Spain lies a residential community of 2,700 individuals called Marinaleda. It's one of numerous farming based towns and towns in the area of Seville, encompassed by endless supply of level, horticultural fields. What makes Marinaleda diverse, undoubtedly from anyplace else in Spain and potentially Europe as well, is that for as far back as thirty years it has been a focal point of proceeding with work battle and a place where a living, creating and real type of…

(Ferranti). It is a whole culture unto itself, where if you buy into it, you have to buy in fully, because there is no room for error it in prison gangs (Ferranti). These gangs are in prisons all across American but in some areas these gang organizations are not as developed as they are in other areas. California has the highest number of known and well developed prison gangs, more than any other states. Although their numbers are small in Florida prisons, if left unmonitored they could…

represent memento mori (skulls in particular) tattooed is fascinating. For example, in Latin American culture, skulls are tattooed following the loss of a loved one in association with Dia de los Muertos. In fact, sometimes people even get complete skeletons tattooed in order to commemorate lost loved ones, which is for many a way to accept that their lost loved ones are no longer corporeally with the living. Beyond skeletons, there are a specialized set of symbols associated with memorial…

With decades of living under the unrelenting and brutal control of a multitude of drug cartels, the people of Michoacan, a state in southwestern Mexico, enthusiastically welcomed the unlawful organization of the vigilante, self-defense group known as the Autodefensas. Founded in 2013 and headed by Dr. José Manuel Mireles, the Autodefensas were made up of local men in the rural state who shared one common goal: reclamation of the towns that were being run by the Knights Templar, a violent drug…

Since 2006, the intrastate Mexican Drug War has been an international example of continued policy failure. The complex conflict includes various actors, all of which play a different but important role. There are seven main drug cartels: Beltran-Leyva, Gulf, Juarez, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas, Sinaloa, and Tijuana/Arellano Felix. Each cartel maintains its own territory, and some areas are disputed among cartels. For example, Los Zetas controls the Central North and some of the Southeast…

This resulted in 5,300 deaths in 2008. The violence has continued to escalate, with an estimated of 70,000 to 130,000 deaths between December 2006 & December 2013. In 2012, Felipe Calderon was succeeded as president. In October 2012, the mexican military forces killed Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, the leader of Los Zetas Cartel. The death of Lazcano was the biggest victory in the war on drugs in over a decade. Further success came in 2013. In July, Lazcano successor, Miguel Treviño Morales, was…

many wonders that people come to see from all over the world. For example, the church of the Sagrada Familia and the Casa Mila. Organic nature is the largest influences that can be seen throughout his masterpieces. In the mid-nineteenth century, the old city of Barcelona had become overcrowded inside…

These cathedrals seem to be reaching for the heavens as a contrast to more traditional english cathedrals which showcase length over height (Ramzy 146). These magnificent structures began to arise in France around the 12th century and continued to grow in popularity until the 16th century (Prina 1). A highly recognizable feature of gothic cathedrals are the use of flying buttresses - exterior structural support with connecting arches. Gothic Cathedral architecture was used to connect the…

doesn’t seem frozen in mid travel. The use of easily recognizable figures to that of the everyday Italian are also seen here. In the middle stands Ocean, on either side is a triton upon a horse. On his left is Abundance, and right Health. All figures of the time that held importance to the people who lived there. Architecture Art Nouveau Antoni Guadi The Sagrada Família basilica 1882 - Present Multi-medium Barcelona, Spain Art Nouveau was a time when artists looked back to the building…