Modernismo is Spanish for modernism, however the term Modernismo indicates a more specific art movement: Le Corbusiers Villa Savoye, 1929-30: The modern style is noted for its rigorous geometrical forms. ...
Modernismo, also known by its Catalan name Modernisme, as term in architecture generally refers to the pre-Art Nouveau style existing; e.g. in Barcelona in the last decades of the 19th century, the time Antoni Gaudí finished school and built his first projects.
Modernismo also refers to a Spanish-language literary movement, founded by Rubén Darío. It is a recapitulation of three movements in Europe: Romanticism, Symbolism (simbolismo) and Parnasianism. These ideas express passion, visual art, and harmonies and rhythms with music.
Los pueblos gerundenses viven en una hermosa amalgama mediterránea de los dos elementos naturales fundamentales; la montaña y el mar. La naturaleza se alía para ofrecer paisajes inolvidables de calas y acantilados salvajes, pueblos medievales y tipismo marinero.
Barcelona es conocida como la capital del modernismo arquitectónico.
Su mayor embajador en este territorio ha sido Gaudí pero la arquitectura catalana cuenta también con autores tan brillantes como Domènech i Montaner, Puig i Cadafalch y Jujol.