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Guernica by Pablo Picasso - Coggle Diagram
Guernica by Pablo Picasso
he uses black and grey to express pain and chaos
the vertical strokes applied on the horse seem to contitute a newspaper print
in fact, a newspaper article made Picasso aware of the offense in Guernica
newspapers were the main source of informations at the time
the painting gives the same sense of truth and horror
this painting is seen as a synthesis of Cubism, Surrealism, Ancient art and Picasso's personal pictorial preoccupation
a lot of meanings and symbols
it is up to the viewer to interpret those
the horse, the bull and the matador
the bullis the unofficial national symbol of Spain
usually the matador is the winner and the bull is represented slughtered
in this painting it is the opposite
but still the bull remains peaceful, because it represents the repubblic of Spain
the bull = brutality
evil enemy
the horse = people
death
the bull concerns the conflict of gender
masculine vs feminine
a single blooming flower in the lower center of the painting
a sign of optimism
hope and life is fragile
the horse and the bull
nationalists vs loyalists
Franco vs Spanish people
Picasso's personal battles
there is no enemy, all figures are victims
for example, the bull could represent the good or the evil but it is still a victim
the large lamp
the sun, the glimmer of hope
the shape reminds a human eye
eye of the painter showing his point of view of the events
eye of God
the evil eye
the eye of death
opposed to the candle on the woman's hand
the light bearer, the bringer of light and joy
battle of good and evil
woman at the bottom right is a symbol of peace and freedom
woman withe her deceased child resembles the Christian motives of the
Pietà
or
Mater Dolorosa
the soldier is seen as the symbol of defeat of the people
his broken sword shows his determination to die for his values
but also the unfair fight of the equality of arms
the repubblicans hadn't the access to the same resources as the nationalists
a hidden skull represents the main subject of the painting
death