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Alvaro Siza. The Architect Sculptor of Angels

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Graphic Horizons (EGA 2024)

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This research is framed within a broader line in which the author addresses the reciprocal relations between Art and Architecture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Thus, the essential figure of Álvaro Siza, architect and artist, is analysed in relation to the role of drawing in his process of artistic-architectural ideation. The aim is to clarify, not only the genius of his production, but above all and especially his role as a catalyst and defender of a total art, undoubtedly charged with mysticism. In this sense, his integrative conception of art makes it possible to see the richness of his thought, which is expressed through a ‘hand that knows’, that is, wise, human and divine at the same time.

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    M. J. Agudo-Martínez

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Agudo-Martínez, M.J. (2024). Alvaro Siza. The Architect Sculptor of Angels. In: Hermida González, L., Xavier, J.P., Pernas Alonso, I., Losada Pérez, C. (eds) Graphic Horizons. EGA 2024. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 44. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57579-2_4

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