I couldn't help resuming architecture pictures. I promise I will try to quit the habit. Here it goes: This is the Last Supper, a sculptural group on the left-hand corner of the Passion Façade at Sagrada Família, where the apostles sit around a stark stone table under Gaudí’s harsh, angular architecture.
The sculptures by artist Josep Maria Subirachs date from the late 1980s, when he moved to the basilica to continue Gaudí’s colossal dream, using sharp lines and almost cubic figures to underline the drama of Christ’s final hours. I not only recommend reading his biography but also to discover his work.
Regarding the image, I only have to add that it was shot from behind the fence in the staff parking lot, which explains the low angle and the way only a few of the figures appear in frame, giving the scene a more intimate, compressed feeling than the usual frontal views. I suspect it has been photographed less often from this side of the façade, so the perspective feels slightly unusual.
Hmmm...how can I be so naive?!
