Research 2: Finalising the plan

Research 2: Finalising the plan

Group 13 | Picassos Guernica (1937) | Time Machine

·         The echo of "Guernica" was still alive when World War II broke out

·         Guernica is not specific to Cubism, however, it contains all the essential features of an artificial conception deducted directly from the hand of the Cubist (see point 5)

·         The image of "reality" and "unreality" is depicted within the black and white tension; Picasso's painting Guernica.

·         Cubism was the most radical ways of artistic expression used until then by Picasso's Guernica and therefore expresses modernity.

·         Through Guernica, Cubism is a tool of communication to get across the idea that in war the objects and people break sharply with the bombing, with shrapnel, with the pain. Also, the geometric simplification of Cubism was used by the techniques of advertising and political signs. In this sense, the Guernica is like a big poster, mass media, an example of political art

·         "Art is not made to decorate rooms. It is an offensive weapon in the defense against the enemy." (Pablo Picasso)  'Les lettres françaises' (1943-03-24)

·         Visually, it is possible to attach "chromatic austerity" (with respect to colour, and added sourness and harshness) to the theme of the Guernica

Bibliography

Seitz, C, W. (1983) Abstract expressionist painting in America. (1st ed.) Washington: Harvard University Press

Southworth, R, H. (1977) Guernica! Guernica!: A study of journalism, diplomacy, propaganda, and history. (1st ed.) USA: University of California Press