Meeting in concrete - 17/03

I am not sure about Steph, but how does next Thursday sound after the seminar? We'll prepare in advance.

suggestion

can I suggest we choose Michelangelo as our subject?  I think there's plenty of scope to talk about

New presentation - meeting

Hi guys, As we have a new presentation due on the 31st of march I was wondering if you would all be free after the lecture for ten minutes to decide on the person that we will be doing our talk on. I don't think it should take us too long then we can do some research over the weekend. Is that ok?

Final Presentation

Guernica (Final)

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

Presentation so far

here's what there is so far, gaps need to filled by the people who's section it is

Guernica

Meeting 1/3/2011

Today was the meeting for putting together the presentation, me and Daniel have put together a list of the order for the slides and we have done as many of them as we could with the research we had with us today. Dayle would you mind doing a slide on the information you have (cubism, art at the time ) then we can put it all together. Also we need all the books and websites used during research to put on the presentation. I think it would be a great idea if we could get together tomorrow (wednesday) so that we can run though it, see how long it is and see if we need to make any changes to the finished thing. I will be in university anyway so when is best for you guys, it shouldn't take us too long. Let me know if this is ok, thanks.