WHAT IS GUERNICA

IN WHAT WAYS IS GUERNICA VISUALLY COMPLEX? On first glance, Guernica’s composition appears confusing and chaotic; the viewer is thrown into the midst of intensely violent action Everything seems to be in flux The space is compressed and ambiguous with the shifting perspectives and multiple viewpoints characteristic of Picasso’s

GUERNICA - Musée Picasso

Guernica, goes from an outdoor scene and becomes largely an indoor scene The eye of Dora Maar thus participates in the creation of the work: like the different states of an etching, the photographic sequence records the placing of the composition but also the coloured wallpapers to test 1 1 EXPERIENCING THE EXHIBITION

Pablo Picasso Guernica (1937)

Pablo Picasso painted Guernica at the request of the Republican government for the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 Paris International Exhibition The work is a testimony and condemnation of the bombing of the Basque

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Guernica (1937) Oil on canvas

passion Guernica does not represent the event that inspired it Rather, in a series of allegorical images, it evokes the complexity and depth of suffering caused by the event In a systematically crowded composition (delib-erately undermining the academic rules of art), figures are crammed into the foreground: screaming mother cradling

“Guernica” or Picasso’s “abhorrence of the military caste”

on the definite composition, which he finished by early June Guernica is a small Basque town that on 26 April 1937 was bombed by General Franco’s German allies in the Spanish Civil War Newspapers reported this wanton act of destruction a few days before Picasso set to work, and this chronological

fiche Analyse visuelle GUERNICA - WordPresscom

On parle alors de composition pyramidale Cela met en évidence le cheval transpercé par une lance et au sommet duquel se trouve:la lampe à pétrole • On peut aussi repérer un tryptique séparant plusieurs groupes • Mais il y a également des figures qui créent du lien (deux en particulier) :

SYMBOLES ET RÉFÉRENCES DANS GUERNICA

composition Il symbolise, selon Picasso lui-même, le peuple Il a lui aussi la langue pointue, la bouche ouverte et le visage vers le ciel comme toutes les victimes "humaines" du tableau Blessé par une lance qui le transperce en son flanc, il résiste, est encore debout Il évoque les