The history of mosaic art begins with the earliest civilizations, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, and the people of the Minoan-Mycenaean region, who used this technique to adorn their buildings, ...

Barcelona's iconic Casa Batlló was a unique canvas last weekend for Italian multimedia artist Quayola ... for the inspiration that I think drove Gaudi into building the house." ...

Laura French From 1883 up until his death in 1926, Catalan art nouveau master Antoni Gaudí devoted himself to the construction of La Sagrada Família, a towering, Gothic-style-with-a-twist church.

The nickname, La Pedrera (meaning "the Quarry"), is appropriate for Antoni Gaudí's stately ... this eclectic Catalan-style art nouveau building rubs elbows with the more classic architecture ...