Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Art One - Guernica
Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Republican government commissioned Picasso to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the Paris International Exposition at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris.
Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace. On completion Guernica was displayed around the world in a brief tour, becoming famous and widely acclaimed. This tour helped bring the Spanish Civil War to the world's attention.
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I think it's very cool that this painting became an anti-war symbol!
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ReplyDeletei like how the figures on the painting are disfigured and have odd shapes
ReplyDelete-sara lynn
I don't undrrstand how war is incorperated into this?
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I don't understand this but looks cool -Nathaniel
ReplyDeleteI like the deformed bull in the background -barron
ReplyDeleteThis painting is a deep. It makes me feel sad Noah l
ReplyDeletethe painting has a lot of different pieces to it!
ReplyDelete- John Gordon
i like the way Picasso really captured the essence of war in an abstract form.
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it looks like a party gone bad.
ReplyDeleteNoah Groover
every deformed face has like a story. detailed in such a way it just all comes together as one.
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