Gaudí's architecture is instantly recognizable: flowing lines, plant motifs, fantastic facades, and the feeling that the building has grown from the earth rather than being constructed from a blueprint. The lecture will discuss the internal and external forces that shaped Gaudí's architectural language. His works are difficult to fit into a strict framework of one style. They combine religious feeling, observation of nature, engineering risk, and a desire to forge one's own path. Listeners will learn how personal drama, philosophical quests, and attentive regard for the living world gradually coalesced into a unique system of images. For the architect, nature was not a decoration but a source of constructive solutions: the lines of plants, bones, shells, caves, and the movement of light suggested the forms of columns, vaults, facades, and interior details. Gaudí's life's work became the creation of the Sagrada Familia cathedral. He dedicated decades to the temple, changing already initiated decisions, living nearby, and subordinating his everyday life to it. The lecture will help understand why contemporaries often did not accept Gaudí's art and how later his masterpieces became one of the brightest symbols of Spanish culture. Find other events in Moscow on KUDAGO.