Friday, March 21, 2008
Geurnica- Pablo Picasso
so i studied geurnica in my art history class way back - i think it is fascinating. pablo picasso is one of my favorite artists first off. so geurnica was made in 1937 while the spanish civil war was taking place. i believe geurnica was one of the first terrorist bombings ever that was placed conciously on innocent civilians during war time - very scary for people. it was during the mussolini and hitler rise up. and the german nazi party was the group that convicted this crime. in this abstract piece of art and cubist style, picasso captures the pain and the grief and the chaos from the bombing of this city. im sure at this point, the world doesnt make much sense, especially considering there were never really bombings of innocent people like this, where people dont know what to do, theres pain everywhere, especially immediately after the bombing. picasso uses black and white paint as well - stays away from bright colors for a reason. the black and white captures the drearyness, the intensity, the darkness of this event. more so, the world. the black and white was also used to represent the newspapers (along with the mini writing in some places of the painting - how there were headlines everywhere while this war was going on, headlines of more people getting killed, more pain. the facial expressions on these figures, on the horse, they are present the grief and the pain. there is a cubist depiction of a woman locked inside a burning house - reaching for the window, but is trapped. this piece is also HUGE. it is like a giant mural. picasso shows the immensity - how this is the world, it affects the world - it is more than just an event, a small picture, but a huge mural, a huge representation of the pain, the sorrow, that is taking place in this confusing world. picasso's cubist style - the jagged edges, the abstract forms - just shows how misplaced this world is- how confusing and turmoiled. it is not as beautiful as the paintings from years before during the victorian age. now it is dark. it is crazy. pablo piccaso is a genius.
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Mallory-
I have already told you how much I like this painting. So I'm glad that you chose to write about it. I love all Picasso paintings, but I think this one is really unique. I like how you talked about how the grey and white affect show that it was a depressing time. I like that you also talk about the history of the painting. And how Franco at the time allowed Hitler to test a bomb in Guernica, resulting in the loss of many spanish lives. Picasso really captures the horrors of this event. The picture looks like pandemonium, which is what I assume it was like. I did not know that it was a huge mural like you talked about. You did a good job on this blog! I enjoyed reading it!
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