Guernica, By Pablo Picasso

Most of his creations represent history and society of his time. But “Guernica,” which Picasso painted in response to tragedy and the loss of life, directly related to the Spanish civil-war. “Guernica” was one of the masterpieces created by Picasso, probably the 20th century 's most negative symbol of the horrors. It was a also signal for the terrors of the future. When the Nazi troops dropped a bomb on the Basque village of Guernica in northern Spain, at that time nobody imagined this kind of act in reality. Most

I really enjoy the bold lines and bright colors in this piece. It appears very balanced while taking up the entire canvas. The figures in the painting are bulky and well defined. If you look at the painting, at every aspect of it, you can imagine the story Diego was trying to tell. In my mind, the priest is carrying the white calla lilies representing the Savior’s light. The bundles of red flowers laying all around may be representative of bloodshed or simply the hardships of the people. The light is coming to save them all. The three kneeling girls in the front are imploring aid from the Savior. The bright colors are used to counter the times where everything was bleak for them.

     In 1937, Pablo Picasso painted Guernica, oil on canvas. The Republican Spanish government commissioned the mural for the 1937 World Fair in Paris. Guernica is a large mural, twenty-six feet wide and eleven feet tall, and was placed at the entrance to Spain’s pavilion. Picasso did not do any work after receiving the commission until reading of the bombing of the Basque village of Guernica, in Spain. It was that attack, perpetrated by the German Luftwaffe, that inspired him. Guernica, however, is not a complete depiction of that event. In Guernica, Picasso masterfully conveys the suffering of the Basque people and the tragedy of war. He seeks not to report on every detail of the bombing, but only to

Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and co-founder of the Cubist movement, was a participant in Europe’s political discourse during most of the early 1900s. Picasso’s Guernica, one of his most powerful political statements, was painted as an immediate reaction to the Nazi’s casual bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Guernica, a mural-size canvas painted in blue, black, and white oil, shows tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. Picasso depicts turmoil, people and animals suffering, with building in disarray torn apart by violence and mayhem. With Guernica, Picasso establishes his identity and his strength as an artist when confronted with political authority and intolerable violence, especially in his native land. Interpretations of the symbolism of Guernica

The first is a human skull superimposed on the body of the horse. Second, is a bull goring the horse from below. The head of the bull is formed largely by the front leg of the horse, which has its knee on the ground. The knee cap of the horse makes up the bull’s nose, and the bull’s horn jabs at the horse’s breast. Underneath the horse lies a dead mutilated soldier, the hand of his severed arm still grasping a broken sword, from which a flower springs up. Also In the open palm of the dead soldier is a stigmata, symbolic of the sacrifices of Jesus Christ. The lantern and light bulb on the ceiling in the room is another interesting feature of the painting. The light bulb is surrounded by rays, which makes it look like the sun. The sun is the ultimate sign of life, and none of us can survive without the sun. The bulb can also be associated with the Spanish word for lightbulb, “bombilla”. This brings to mind the word “bomb”, which could symbolize the l impact of the bombing on humanity. The light bulb represents life, but also the death brought by the bombs that fell on Guernica. There are open doors at the very right of the painting as well as windows. The door appears to lead to a possible way to escape the terror within. Although the door is open now, it shows how easily that door could be shut and how easily escape could be cut off. The windows show that if something is not done to end the brutality of things

Pablo Picasso Guerrinca's painting was painted in 1937 in a reaction to the Spanish Civil War bombing of the small Basque village in Spain. During the years of the Spanish Civil War, Hitler and Mussolini aided Spanish General Francisco Franco with artillery, airplanes, and tanks. Often soldiers would test firearm weapons on people of small towns in Spain. On April 27, 1937, the small Basque village has been bombed by German soldiers due to its population which was considered intimidating. The outcome of the bomb lasted for more than two hours with outbursting flames, thousands of people perishing, and others becoming wounded; meanwhile, more soldiers began to fire guns on the ground. Picasso read the what had happened in Guernica in a French

After the bombing on Guernica, the Basque people have nothing left. Their houses were burned, their families were killed, and their culture was crashed. However, by looking at Picasso's mural, we can see that despite grief and pain, the Basques still have a little hope left in them. Despite the irresponsibility from the government, the Basque race still managed to survive from this terrible tragedy. Last but not least, Picasso wants the world to give its blessings to these unfortunate people, because them too, are seeking for hope and blessings for the survival of the Basques race.

Developed in the 20th centery, cubism uses geometric angles, lines, and shapes; and a fairly neutral color palette that creates unrealistic artworks. Artist will piece together fragments from different vantage points into one painting. Depicting the horrors of war the painting refers to the city that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil war. The artwork is a symbol of anti-war and a rememberence of the tragedies of war. It portrays the theme of suffering through the symbols shown and colors of black grey and white. The 'bull' signifying bruetality and darkness, is depicted with a dark body and white head. It looks stunned or shocked at the horror surrounding it. 'The mother with a dead child' is clutching her child underneath the bull with her eyes shaped as tears and head tilted up to the sky. Symbolising broken peace the white 'pigeon' is located between the bull and horse. The 'dead soldier' uses the flower he is holding as a representation of a ray of hope amongst all the destruction; with the sword he is also holding as the symbol of destruction. He is incomplete with only parts including his head, one of his arms and the left forearm that we can see. The 'light bulb' symbolises technilogical advancement, that was being tested during the Guernica bombings. The 'horse', located in the center of the artwork looks like its about to fall down, even though we can only see its head with its mouth open. The kneeling woman is known as the 'injured woman' from the position of the leg that looks to be dislocated or broken. She is trying to stop the blood flowing from her knee. The 'woman in the oil lamp' is representation of the Spanish Republic from the bewilderment and shock on her face. Her face is in the oil lamp, illuminating the artwork. The 'imploring man' on the right looks to be pleading to the planes that are bombing in the sky. This is a powerful symbol of anti-war

The painting has a symbolic meaning to communicate the artist's message. For example, the fear is represented in this painting by the expressions on everyone's face. Everyone is fearful because in the painting, there is a riot breaking out that are all commoners and they are raiding bakeries. One man in the center of the painting that has the expression of anger, but has a stance of will. He seems to be driven by his hunger and his angry towards the king. Therefore, he is willing to fight with the mob. The artist used dark colors symbolizing this is a negative painting

When I look at the painting of Guernica, I see battle going on in a small town. There is a women holding her dead child screaming up into the air. I see a man being burned alive. I see a dead soldier laying on the ground, at the bottom of the painting there is a flower, I feel like it’s a reference of peace. In the middle of the painting there are town’s people looking out of their homes looking if the battle is over. The dead solider is holding a broken sword showing that he died fighting for the cause. The bull is a huge reference of the Spanish heritage. The war horse looks like its injured or it got impaled by a weapon.

This is one of the most devastating and unforgettable images in the painting. To her right is the head and partial body of a large white bull, the only unharmed and calm figure amidst the chaos. Beneath her, a dead or wounded man with a severed arm and mutilated hand clutches a broken sword. Only his head and arms are visible; the rest of his body is obscured by the overlapping and scattered parts of other figures. In the center stands a terrified horse, mouth open screaming in pain, its side pierced by a spear….

Picasso’s Guernica will be perceived as “violent, dynamic, vital, disturbing” (Walton 1970, 347). But perceived as belonging to the category of “guernicas”—where guernicas are works with “surfaces with the colors and shapes of Picasso’s Guernica, but the surfaces are molded to protrude from the wall like relief maps of different kinds of terrain”. Picasso’s Guernica will be perceived not as violent and dynamic, but as “cold, stark, lifeless, or serene and restful, or perhaps bland, dull, boring”. (Walton 1970, 347). That Picasso’s Guernica can be perceived both as violent and dynamic and as not violent and not dynamic might be thought to imply that there is no fact of the matter whether it is violent and dynamic. But this implication holds

This painting helps show the artist, Pablo Picasso’s, frustration in the war in Guernica. Showing one overall message of the ‘suffering’, the suffering of innocent humans and animals alike. Featuring a bull in looks what to be shock, a women holding a dead child, pigeon, a dead soldier holding a flower (sign of hope), a horse in the centre whose body is overlapped and looks to be in images such as a skull, kneeling woman and on the far right a man begging to the sky (thought to be to the German planes to stop

The immediate message portrayed in this painting deals with animal rights. The unknown artist created this colorful and busy image as a voice for animals to open eyes of the public on these doings. The artwork presents a more cutting edge look filled with color instead of old-fashioned and in black and white. Lacking any text, the visual presentation is more than enough to get the message across. It reveals how animals are constantly witnessing their own kind and their brutal deaths. The center of this piece draws in the most attention due to the cooler colors in contrast with the warmer ones surrounding it. Although the distraught image is exposed in the majority of the picture, the glossy dimension of the eyeball is rather appealing adding a dash of beauty to its realism.

One may not realize what he is trying to portray within his paintings. I found Picasso’s painting of “Guernica” rather interesting because of how unique and interesting it is. Picasso created this photo to reenact what happened during Spain’s Civil War. In the 1930s, Spain was a part of a deadly civil war. The city of Guernica was ruined and thousand of people died throughout this war. There is a lot going on throughout this painting and to some, can seem overwhelming. When I first looked at this painting, I was confused how it looks like the war. This painting has no color to it and it also has very sharp angles. Picasso’s paintings do discard the old rule-book. This artifact discards the old rule-book in some ways but fails to discard the old rule-book in other ways. All of Picasso pieces of art break new ground because of the technique he used to create each piece. Creating a piece that has so many sharp angles and it overlaps each other. This painting looks like multiple paintings combined into one. Picasso used cubism in his paintings. Cubism is defined as a painting with exaggerated shapes that are rearranged to make a certain object. This means a human’s face created by Picasso would not look like a normal face. It would be created out of shapes and different angles. Picasso was known for creating these types of paintings. Cubism gave new paintings more volume when in the past, paintings didn’t have this type of technique and didn’t have