Guernica

Painting of the Day #16 ,[object Object]

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Interpreting Guernica ,[object Object],[object Object]

The painting is crammed with symbolism and they wouldn’t be put there haphazardly as Picasso may suggest. He did hundreds of sketches before making this painting. Picasso had many famous quotes...one of them being, “Art is to be looked at. Not talked about.”, so he was pretty tight lipped about explaining his mindset. Some symbols are pretty constant with historical paintings and previous Picasso paintings. ,[object Object],[object Object],1 3 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. The Bull is a symbol of Spanish pride- used often in Spain. It is also a symbol that shows “fecundity, protector qualities, sacrifice, chastity and patience” (from http:// www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html / ) Notice how It’s getting yelled at and turning away from the rest of the painting? ,[object Object],[object Object],1 2

3. The horse also represents Spain in many texts and pieces of artwork. Here it has been stabbed with a spear and is shreeking in pain as it’s crumpling to the ground. Check out the nose and top teeth. They form a human skull. Awesome ! ,[object Object],3 4

5. The dead soldier holds a sword which has been known to symbolize justice... “ power, protection, authority, strength, and courage” It is broken and has a flower growing from the hilt. ,[object Object],5 6

7. The woman with the lantern; coming in from the window is probably the outside world, shocked to see what’s going on here and illuminating the tortured horse. ,[object Object],7 8

9. One last tortured soul having a really sucky day-getting burnt and crushed. ,[object Object],9 10

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