Antoni Gaudí, a lone wolf in European architecture

The works of Antoni Gaudí have often been viewed as revolutionary. In the author's opinion, some of Gaudí's works from the 19th
century can indeed be considered not only revolutionary but also the harbingers of the rupture that took place in European architecture
at the turn of the century. However, while his later output enshrined him as a brilliant creator with well-deserved worldwide
fame, these works were far from architecture's evolution towards a new modernity, and Gaudí finally lost any ties he might have once
had with this modernity when he enclosed himself in the Sagrada Família towards the end of his life.