Casa Batlló

Fantastical, curving dragon-roofed apartment block, now a museum, created by architect Antoni Gaudi.

Casa Batlló

Fantastical, curving dragon-roofed apartment block, now a museum, created by architect Antoni Gaudi.

Casa Batlló

Fantastical, curving dragon-roofed apartment block, now a museum, created by architect Antoni Gaudi.

Casa Milá

Gaudi's Catalan art nouveau period building with quarrylike facade, hosting exhibitions & concerts.

Casa Milá

Gaudi's Catalan art nouveau period building with quarrylike facade, hosting exhibitions & concerts.

Casa Milá

Gaudi's Catalan art nouveau period building with quarrylike facade, hosting exhibitions & concerts.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Wall relief with. the Horus name (Semen-Maat) and the coronation name (Khnum-ib-Re) of Pharaoh Amasis. 26th dynasty, reign of Amasis (570-526 BC).

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Funerary nets. Late Period (715-332 BC).
These objects have been interpreted as a substitute of the face, like a mask, or as a depiction of the god Horus.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Weskhet necklace. Faience. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty (1550-1307 BC).
It's composed by vegetal elements, and amulets. Terminals in the shape of a lotus flower.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Erotic figurines. Faience and stone. Ptolemaic Period (304-30 BC).
In the Ptolemaic Period, erotic representations in Egypt underwent significant changes, There is a plethora of figures showing men with hypertrophic genitalia, either alone or engaged in sexual activity. The characters portrayed might be identified as Harpocrates, the dwarf god Ptaichos, or Sem priests, who performed functions related to fertility.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Mummy with a Fayum portrait. Bandages, gesso and wood. Roman Period (150-200 AD).
The so-called "Lady of Kemet" is a late example of one of the most unique activities practiced by the Egyptians. On her bandages, divine portrayals allude to the death-resurrection-continuity of the life cycle, the ultimate goal sought for her. In 1998, doctors Félix Escalas and Javier Lucaya conducted a morphological and anatomical study of the mummy by applying Helicoidal Computerized Axial Tomography. The results have enabled us to confirm her sex, age (15 years old) and height (1.65m). No major injuries were found, although an occipital perforation was found which was used to extract the contents of the cranium.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Mummy from the Roman Period (1 st-2nd century AD) covered with a beadwork net and the portrayal of a divine face. Faience. Late Period (715-332 BC).
The blue hue of the net confers properties related to resurrection, and the fringe on the lower part, comparable to sunbeams, propitiate the deceased person's transformation into a celestial being.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Group of ushabtis. Diverse materials and periods.
The most noteworthy are the seven ushabtis from the tomb of Pa-di-Osiris.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Cat mummies. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (715-30 BC).

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Statues of the god Osiris. Wood. Late Period (715-332 BC).
Osiris, the mummified and reborn god, symbolized resurgence and emerging life. He was linked to notions such as regeneration and the afterlife, though also to vegetation and the fertility of the soil.

Museu Egipci de Barcelona

Canopic Jars fromthe tomb of Tutankhamon.

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Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Hat and umbrella stand
Early 20th century
Bronze and golden brass

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Gaspar Homar Mezquida
Bedroom
Around 1906
Mahogany and marquetry of various woods.

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Josep Puig
Sofa
Around 1898
Walnut

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Josep Puig
Sofa
Around 1898
Walnut

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Josep Puig
Chest
Around 1898
Walnut

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Josep Puig
Chest
Around 1898
Walnut

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Antoni Gaudí
Bench in the boardroom of Casa Calvet
Around 1902
Oak
This piece, which was originally part of the furniture and decoration of Casa Calvet, transmits the elegance of Gaudi's sinuous lines and the sumptuous touch that this family represents. The movement of the gilded carvings seems to screw in some sections in an organic frame that either avoids straight lines and contains a soft, watery mirror surface, finished with a floral motif.

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Design by Antoni Gaudí and Joan Busquets
Secretary
Around 1905
Oak

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Antoni Gaudí
Casa Batlló Bench
1906
Oak
This original two-seater bench, which was part of the living room of Casa Batlló, belongs to the designs that Gaudí made based on the functionality of the piece and the comfort of the user, thanks to the irregular and organic shapes what they adapt to the human body. Likewise, he conceives the structure in two separate squares, although sharing the central leg, which symbolically alludes to the isolation that can occur between two people in the same proximity.

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Joan Busquets
Dining room table
Circa 1901
Oak
Blessed with a great ability to combine styles, techniques and designs, Busquets, during those years of huge demand from the bourgeois clientele, demonstrates with this piece the modernist purity in the curved lines and an extremely simple structure. He did not forget the decorative and symbolic touches in the figures of the table legs, facing each other as if they were reflections, revealing a concession to movement and curves within a piece that transmits strength and solidity.

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Joan Busquets
Dining room table
Circa 1901
Oak

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Joan Busquets
Buffet
Circa 1901
Oak

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Maumejean Brothers
(founded: 1860)
Spring and the Feather
Around 1893
Leaded stained glass Grisalla and glazes

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Joaquim Mir Trinxet
Life
Around 1911
Leaded stained glass

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Pablo Gargallo
The Beast of a Man
1904
Bronze

Museu del Modernisme de Barcelona

Josep Llimona
Desconsuelo (Grief)
1907
Marble