GUERNICA PABLO PICASSO

“ART IS A LIE THAT MAKES US REALIZE THE TRUTH” BY PABLO PICASSO

Pablo Picasso (25 th October 1881 – 8 th April 1973)

THE BLUE PERIOD ( ) Blue Period works are mostly tragic. Most of the paintings are of beggars and rich families. Elongation of figures is prominent.

THE PINK PERIOD ( ) This period shows more compositional strength. Figures have more solidity, whist retaining both charm and simplicity.

THE AFRICAN PERIOD ( ) Representation of human in carving and ritual masks.

CUBISM ( ) Developed along with Georges Barque using monochrome brownish and neutral colors. Took apart objects and analyzed them in terms of their basic shapes. Synthetic Cubism a further development of the genre.

Created in response to the bombing of Guernica on 26 th April A total of 29 planes carrying 250 kilo’s of bomb were dropped and about 1700 people died. 11ft tall and 25.6ft wide painted in oil on a canvas. Shades of grey, black and white were used to show darkness and death.

DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PAINTING

THE BULL, WOMAN AND CHILD A woman holding her child killed in war. The bull symbolizing General Franco.

THE CENTRAL PYRAMID The center is occupied by a horse falling in agony as it had just been run through by a spear.

THE FALLEN WARRIOR - A Showing defeat and death. Stigma sign on the hand symbolizes pain.

THE FALLEN WARRIOR - B Broken sword again showing defeat. Flower rising from the hand symbolizes that there is still some hope left.

THE FALLING WOMAN A woman, raising her arms in terror is entrapped by fire from above and below.

THE FLEEING WOMAN A woman who is trying to run away but is being held back.

THE WOMAN WITH LAMP A woman floating in from the outside, holding the candle of hope and challenging the light of the bulb.

THE TWO HIDDEN IMAGES THE HUMAN SKULLTHE BULL HEAD

THE SIGN OF ILLUMINATIS The sign of Illuminati’s visible when the hidden lines are emphasized. Also the bulb represents the all seeing eye and the same concept.

POSSIBLE ENTRIES AND EXIT’S Possible exit on the extreme left side begin guarded by the bull. Apertures as exits or for lights.

TENSION IN THE FIGURES The attention to detail. Relaxed hands can be seen of the fleeing woman cause she sense there is still some hope. Hands clenched of the woman holding her child.

SOUNDS FROM THE PAINTING Re-creating the whole scenario of the event. The sounds coming from figures enhancing the agony and pain.

CUBISM AND BASIC GEOMETRIC SHAPES The concept of cubism used in this painting. Creating all the figures and objects from basic shapes. Creating shapes with different tones of grey.

IMPACT OF BLACK ON WHITE AND WHITE ON BLACK