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Guernica

Pablo Picasso’s . Guernica. Bombing of Guernica April 26, 1937. Guernica. Embodies for many the inhumanity, brutality and hopelessness of war Picasso has chosen not to represent the attack on Guernica literally--there are no airplanes or bombs three key symbolic figures

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Guernica

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  1. Pablo Picasso’s Guernica

  2. Bombing of GuernicaApril 26, 1937

  3. Guernica Embodies for many the inhumanity, brutality and hopelessness of war Picasso has chosen not to represent the attack on Guernica literally--there are no airplanes or bombs three key symbolic figures the bull, the horse and the lady with the lamp. The lady with the combines a feeling of desperation in the urgency of its movement with a suggestion of hope in the lamp itself. stylized representation of fire in the top right corner, and towards the bottom of the picture you can see a figure clutching a broken sword Symbols of the high cost of war

  4. Guernica Used familiar images of the Spanish Bullfight. Bull and the horse are both important figures in Spanish culture Some say the bull and the horse represent the Loyalists and the Republicans Some say Bull: Aggressors, Horse: victims (it is being stabbed with a javelin) When asked about the painting, Picassos said “I am expressing my horror of the military caste which is now plundering Spain into an ocean of misery and death."

  5. Paint Like Picasso • Limit to monochrome palette • Emphasize geometric shapes • Combine several points of view and overlap them • Express the idea of an object rather than any one view of it • Represent the views of the oppressed under Fascism • There should be NO BLANK SPACE on your “canvas”

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