Pablo Picasso Suffering

A piece of art is not limited to a painting that captures a representation of imagery. Art is anything that stirs emotions in a person or makes them think, just like Marcel Duchamp accomplished in 1917 with one of his most famous pieces Fountain. Art can be anything that captures and represents the artists emotions, mental state, and personality with every brushstroke, and the usage of colors while also reflecting the mentality, thoughts, and major events that occur in a certain period, such as Picasso’s Guernica. To understand the message that the artist is trying to convey, one must look deeper than what is on the surface of the artwork, which is what I will do with this piece of art, scrutinizing its mysteries as well as its motives.

During the Spanish Civil War, German tested their bombs for warfare on a town called Guernica. It was in the province of Biscay in Basque Country in Pablo Picasso’s home country. The oil work, Guernica, was Picasso’s reaction to how he felt about the bombing and shows dismemberment and pain. It is art about the tragedies of war, especially on civilians. This anti-war symbol helped bring the Spanish Civil War more attention. The lack of color seems to make the work more dramatic. According to Picasso the bull meant brutality and darkness while the horse the people of the town. This artwork should be classified as one of the most famous political protest

First, war is depicted as devastating and it cares no one – men, women, grandparents, children neither animals. Everyone is a victim. By looking at the paintings, the people are in pain. With their mouth open that might mean streaming out their agony; with their fingers wide spread, they might asking for hands to hold them up.

Close to Picasso 's heart, the town was near where Picasso had grown up the large artwork with its size emphasised the tragedies of war and suffering it in the current time and place. As the artwork mourns for the civilians there are social values such as regrets, fear and sadness for the civilians who lost their lives. Picasso represents this through the use of the bull and horse as the horse represents the people being pillaged by the bull. The bull can also be seen to represent the onslaught of fascism and destruction at the time while the strong use of only black, blue and white intensifies the sombre event that occurred as if taunting the audience. The artwork is viewed as a war painting as it offers sharp and jagged shapes with chaotic looking intentions that the civilians are impacted by. Guernica represents the brutality of war itself and the tormented victims of as audiences all over the worked were able to relate to the crushing images that were occurring at the time of WW1 just over and near the beginning of WW2. “Dove” created in 1949 with the dimensions of 567x760mm was a grab at peace as the world as Picasso had now witnessed the horror of three wars. The Spanish Civil War, in particular, played a crucial role in Picasso’s outlook on the world and how simply the idea of peace was. Ironically represented in a simple composition the reality seemed farfetched at the time and place yet peace could not be more socially

In Van Gogh’s piece of art “Prisoners Exercising” (1890) is shown sadness, depression, and despair of the prisoners. You can say that prisoners are also hopeless, by how the artist drew faces of some of the prisoners. The artist used black, gray, dark blue, brown and dull orange colors, these colors make you feel sad and distressed. By looking at this painting and the colours that were used we can say that Van Gogh was feeling depressed and he had a life crisis. I believe that the artist’s message that he wanted to deliver is, this is how life can look like, making circles in a small room, loneliness, being controlled by other people who are watching your each and every step that you take. Maybe he wanted to show how people look like when they are freedomless.

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

The focus of the painting is based on the two soldiers passing the shell to each other and then into to the artillery to shoot against the German army. The gesture of working together in harsh realities carries the message of unity and self-sacrifice for the war. One soldier does not have his uniform on meaning no protective gear that characterizes unselfishness in the center of a great battle. Furthermore, there is a soldier, who has an injury on his hand, yet still continuing to fight. The wound shows contribution in the face of danger and heroism marked by the bandaged arm on his return to the conflict. It sets an example of selflessness and bravery and the artist shows that in war, sacrifice can be represented by their schedule of duty.

CLS- The painting depicts the people in Guernica in an abstracted composition of multiple figures describing the lose of the wounded and the chaos the war that result in a tragedy.

Guernica is monochromatic to make its imagery more powerful. Lack of color keeps the viewer focused on the subject matter at hand, as well as keeping the mural cold, which agrees with its general theme of injustice in war. Also, Picasso’s flat imagery does not distract the viewer from concentrating on imagery. The viewer is given no other choice than to concentrate on the subject matter of Guernica and ponder it’s meaning. The flat, grayscale images generalize the imagery and contribute to the general theme of unnecessary suffering and tragedy.

To me this painting is Dix showing people the absolute horror of war in order to educate everyone. The purpose of this piece was to spur conversation and inspire understanding and knowledge, which in turn would lead to

The turkey is the most noticeable piece in the painting. The turkey seems to be well made and cooked to perfection. The turkey’s beautiful appearance along with its enormous size show plenitude and abundance. However, a large percentage of the world population in 1943 were living in hunger and poverty. “At least 3 million people died from starvation and malnutrition during a famine in the Indian province of Bengal” (Lazzaro). Therefore the huge turkey in this image serves as a motive. The huge turkey represents freedom from want. It creates the assumption that the turkey (freedom from want) is worth fight for.

“Guernica” is one of the most well-known paintings in the world. It was painted by Pablo Picasso in 1937. The painting itself measures 11ftx 26.5ft. “Guernica” depicts the bombing of the Spanish town of Guernica during the Spanish civil war. The whole thing is done in a cubist style not surprising since Picasso is known for his cubism. In the painting there are people and animals alike all of them in pain and or suffering. “Guernica” is also filled with symbolism that Picasso incorporated into it, and hidden messages. The painting is also colorless it only uses black, white and, gray.

It is simply the symbolic representation that brings out the conventional meaning of the art (Picasso, Beechey and Stephens 134). It represents people, things or even a place as a portrait or a collection of paintings. The artist has divided the composition of the art into two major sections. First section contains the horses. The second section comprises of the human beings that include soldiers, the woman, and her infant child.

The painting does not show the French soldiers facial expressions, but there is a full details on the expression of the brutality the Spanish went through. It shows a several emotion which shows men covering their eyes, while others are praying .The painting shows hate, horror, fear, and the civilization. The color of the painting indicates the mood of the story behind it. The color is very dim , melancholy in the sky and the face of the people. The light in the painting shows forgiveness for the French soldiers. I found it odd that a painting from the 19th century still talks about the way humanity still is today. People in power seems to be unable to feel human emotion. It make complete sense that brutally will never

In 1937, Pablo Picasso depicts an epic event in history in his "Guernica" using visual symbolism, line, space, light and color which advocates to the observer the truth behind the subject matter of the artwork itself. The line used leads to specific images to tell the story; the space throughout the work is filled with many jagged and sharp shapes with an odd use of positive and negative space. The light and color illuminate the actual scene. Knowing and understanding how the artist uses these three fundamental tools will guide us to the meaning and logic of the artwork.