Barcelona in Spain is a very famous city. After all, the football here is world-famous and full of legends. It is also a famous capital of literature and art, and the most unique city in the Renaissance. Here is what I will tell you Share your travel guide to Barcelona in 2018.

When I was in Spain, I suddenly remembered a book - "Genius on the Left, Madman on the Right". What impressed me most was the chapter "Four-Dimensional Insects" in the book, although it talked about I only scratched the surface of quantum physics, but it aroused some interest in me, so I later read "A Brief History of Time" again.

I don’t really like Gao Ming’s book, but it made me curious about a question: If there really is a madman in the world, what would the world look like in his eyes?

The Germanic people and the Latin people are the two most important races on the original Western European continent. The most typical Germanic people are today's Germans. They have always been strict in style and abide by discipline, but they are a bit old-fashioned and dull. Such a nation is extremely talented in technological creation, but sometimes the emergence of a "madman" is a terrifying thing - the most famous Germanic "madman" in the last century almost destroyed the entire Europe. But the Latins are just the opposite. For example, the Italians and Spaniards can hardly name any outstanding achievements in science, but they have made huge contributions to the world in terms of artistic creation.

So the appearance of a "madman" among the Latin people should be an extremely romantic thing.

The Mediterranean is like a treasure trove of art. From Italy to France and then to eastern Spain, the Latin nation thrives on this land and has also brought countless great works of art.

European architecture is a microcosm of historical development. The birth of Baroque broke the constraints of classical architecture, and later the too exaggerated Rococo was criticized by neoclassicism. It seems that we can see from these changes to the changes in the European world brought about by ideological revolutions such as the Renaissance.

The masters of Catalonia are unique in their architectural attainments. They have established an art kingdom in northeastern Spain with stunning masterpieces, and Barcelona, ??the regional capital, is like the center of the kingdom. The most splendid palace. When it comes to the architecture of Barcelona, ??one has to mention Dee's name.

If the word "typical" can be used to define "madman", then I think Gaudí is the most "typical" "madman".

Gaudi was taciturn and unsociable since he was a child, but he was full of desire for architectural design. Later, Gaudí got his wish and entered the Barcelona School of Architecture. As a student, he began to express his fantastic ideas through architectural design.

After graduation, Gaudí met the noble man in his life, Guell. He did not mind Gaudí’s eccentric character and introduced Gaudí into the upper class society. Wealthy people who loved to express their individuality began to ask Gaudí to design private mansions and villas, including the famous "Palace Batllo" and later "La Pedrera".

Guell seems to have many similar fantasies to Gaudí. His most daring plan is to ask Gaudí to build a villa area for the rich.

Although this project did not bring economic benefits, Gaudí created a fairy-tale world like "Park Guell", with curved stone steps and benches covered with Mosaic-like colorful tiles are used to seeing the same urban buildings. Such gorgeous and exquisite designs are really amazing, and such works have only been created by Gaudí since ancient times.

Goethe has a famous saying: "Truth belongs to mankind, falsehood belongs to the times." Human beings are always making progress in the right direction, but the process of understanding the world is tortuous. Truth exists objectively, and fallacies will eventually be overturned over time.

But art is different from truth. Although the two are inseparably linked, humans explore the truth through art, but it is difficult to use truth to evaluate the right or wrong of art. The most amazing art is created either by madmen, geniuses, or both.

But if Gaudi was born in the classical period, the strange landscapes he conceived might be regarded as just the whims of a madman.

Even in the early 20th century, many great artists still criticized Gaudi's designs. Fortunately, many people during this era embraced Gaudí's work, so these wonderful buildings have been preserved.

So if there really are "madmen", then "madmen" belong to human beings, and genius creates the era. Changes in times and ideas have turned "madmen" into geniuses.

Gaudi’s most famous work is undoubtedly Barcelona’s landmark building, the Sagrada Familia Cathedral. The Sagrada Familia was not originally designed by Gaudí. As such a large-scale Catholic church, it naturally incorporates the typical Gothic style.

However, Gaudí incorporated his own unique style after taking over in 1883. The design concept abandons the tapered spiers in traditional Gothic architecture and replaces them with abstract curved designs, which also confirms Gaudi's famous saying: "Straight lines belong to humans, curves belong to God."

The interior of the Sagrada Familia completely overturned my impression of church construction.

The columns and roof of the church are like wonderful patterns made up of various geometric figures. Every detail seems to have been processed by curves. Gaudí skillfully used the color of light to create a beautiful scene inside the church. It creates gorgeous light and shadow, but it still feels solemn and solemn in the nave, as if you are in a dreamy other world.

Gaudi never married. He felt that "in order to avoid being disappointed, one should not be tempted by illusions." Perhaps the material and lustful things in the world are illusions for Gaudí, and he has never truly integrated into this world. , perhaps this is the biggest similarity between genius and madman.

Among the languages ??originating from Europe, the most widely spoken language besides English is Spanish.

I was reading Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera" recently, and I discovered an interesting thing. Most of the pinnacle works of literature in the Spanish-speaking world come from Latin America - that land of Spanish people in history. of colonies.

It is written in "One Hundred Years of Solitude": "Even the most passionate and loyal love is, in the final analysis, nothing more than a fleeting reality. Only loneliness is eternal."

Genius and "Crazy people" are lonely. They either don't want to be understood, or they can't be understood.

The only advantage of being alone is that you will never be assimilated by the world. Both geniuses and "madmen" are like riders walking alone in the quagmire of life, living a small but high-profile life. , and that in itself is a great thing.

So whether Gaudi is a "madman" or a genius is no longer important in the face of greatness.

I think, if you can't become a genius, it would be a good thing if you can be a "madman" casually.