guernica by pablo picasso
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GUERNICAPABLO PICASSO
“ART IS A LIE THAT MAKES US REALIZE
THE TRUTH”
BY PABLO PICASSO
Pablo Picasso(25th October 1881 – 8th April 1973)
THE BLUE PERIOD(1901-1904)
• Blue Period works are mostly tragic.
• Most of the paintings are of beggars and rich families.
• Elongation of figures is prominent.
THE PINK PERIOD (1904-1906)
• This period shows more compositional strength.
• Figures have more solidity , whist retaining both charm and simplicity.
THE AFRICAN PERIOD (1906-1909)
• Representation of human in carving and ritual masks.
CUBISM(1909-1912)
• 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 26th April 1937.
• 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 SKULL THE 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
USE OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SPACES
DIG FOOD & WINE
FLIGHT FINDERCIRCUS OF MAGAZINES
CREATING AN IMAGE WITHIN AN IMAGE
USE OF SYMBOLISM IN ARCHITECTURE
SYMBOLISM IN LITERRAL SENSE
• The literal use of lotus flower can be seen easily here.
SYMBOLISM IN FIGURATIVE SENSE
• The use of star is not visible here but is being used figuratively and is hidden within this pentagon.
USE OF CUBISM IN
ARCHITECTURE
The Nursing home by
Aires Mateus Architects
USE OF NEGATIVE AND POSTIVE IN ARCHITECTURE
LIGHT IN NEGATIVE AND
POSITIVE
FORM IN NEGATIVE AND
POSITIVE
TADAO ANDO – CHURCH OF LIGHT
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART
SPACE IN NEGATIVE AND
POSTIVE
La Muralla Roja by Ricardo Bofill
CONCLUSION
“IF WE START PAYING THIS MUCH ATTENTION TO DETAIL
AS MUCH AS PICASSO DID AND THE WAY HE
IMPLEMENTED HIS IDEAS, WE CAN CREATE WONDERS IN
ARCHITECTURE”