▁for ▁the ▁city , ▁was ▁the ▁Universal ▁Ex hib ition ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 8 . ▁H eld ▁between ▁ 2 0 ▁May ▁and ▁ 9 ▁December ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁and ▁was ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁Ci ut ad ella ▁Park , ▁formerly ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁army ▁and ▁won ▁for ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 . ▁The ▁in cent ive ▁acts ▁exhibition ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁improvement ▁of ▁infrastr ucture ▁throughout ▁the ▁city , ▁which ▁made ▁a ▁huge ▁le ap ▁in ▁modern ization ▁and ▁development . ▁ ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁exhibition ▁marked ▁the ▁testing ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁art istic ▁style , ▁the ▁modern ism , ▁which ▁until ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁century ▁XX ▁was ▁what ▁pre va iled ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁architecture ▁and ▁art ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁became ▁modern ist ▁Barcelona , ▁the ▁Goth ic , ▁defining ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁ ▁the ▁stat ues ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁exhibition ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁contribution ▁to ▁public ▁art ▁in ▁the ▁city ' s ▁history ▁and ▁coinc ided ▁with ▁a ▁generation ▁of ▁sculpt ors ▁car ving ▁that ▁caused ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁bright est ▁moments ▁of ▁the ▁Catal an ▁art ▁history . ▁ ▁The ▁rem od eling ▁project ▁Ci ut ad ella ▁Park ▁was ▁commission ed ▁Jose p ▁Font ser è ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 2 , ▁who ▁designed ▁some ▁gard ens ▁for ▁the ▁recre ation ▁of ▁the ▁citizens , ▁and ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁green ▁screen ed ▁central ▁square ▁and ▁a ▁st roll ▁ring ▁and ▁a ▁f