Picasso S Guernica

Author : Gijs van Hensbergen
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781408841488

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Guernica by Gijs van Hensbergen Pdf

Of all the great paintings in the world, Picasso's Guernica has had a more direct impact on our consciousness than perhaps any other. In this absorbing and revealing book, Gijs van Hensbergen tells the story of this masterpiece. Starting with its origin in the destruction of the Basque town of Gernika in the Spanish Civil War, the painting is then used as a weapon in the propaganda battle against Fascism. Later it becomes the nucleus of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the detonator for the Big Bang of Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s. This tale of passion and politics shows the transformation of this work of art into an icon of many meanings, up to its long contested but eventually triumphant return to Spain in 1981.

Author : Russell Martin
Publisher : Hol Art Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781936102259

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Picasso's War by Russell Martin Pdf

The destruction of a town, and the creation of a masterpiece--On April 26, 1937, in the late afternoon of a busy market day in the Basque town of Gernika in northern Spain, the German Luftwaffe began the relentless bombing and machine-gunning of buildings and villagers at the request of General Francisco Franco and his rebel forces. Three-and-a-half hours later, the village lay in ruins, its population decimated. This act of terror and unspeakable cruelty--the first intentional, large-scale attack against a nonmilitary target in modern warfare--outraged the world and one man in particular, Pablo Picasso. The renowned artist, an expatriate living in Paris, reacted immediately to the devastation in his homeland by creating the canvas that would become widely considered one of the greatest artworks of the twentieth century--Guernica. Weaving themes of conflict and redemption, of the horrors of war and of the power of art to transfigure tragedy, Russell Martin follows this monumental work from its fevered creation through its journey across decades and continents--from Europe to America and, finally and triumphantly, to democratic Spain. Full of historical sweep and deeply moving drama, Picasso's War delivers an unforgettable portrait of a painting, the dramatic events that led to its creation, and its ongoing power today.

Author : Herschel Browning Chipp,Javier Tusell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520060431

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Picasso's Guernica by Herschel Browning Chipp,Javier Tusell Pdf

"A brilliant analysis of the picture and the situations of its creation. Rarely, if ever, have I read an account that was more satisfying. It is written in the most clear, concise, and elegant fashion with no wasted words or self-consciously elegant prose. Chipp beautifully documents Picasso's personality and attitudes toward his work, his personal relationships, and his political beliefs. This book is, in many ways, a neat and compact introduction to Picasso as a human being as well as an artist."--Edward J. Sullivan, New York University

Author : Frank D. Russell
Publisher : Allanheld & Schram
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058304620

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Picasso's Guernica by Frank D. Russell Pdf

Professor Russell's innovative method of presentation allows the reader to be "present at the creation" of what may be the most significant work of art of this century. The book traces the principal iconographic themes of the mural: the Crucifixion and the bullfight, and the minotaur. Its structural elements are examined in depth, with clear visual documentation. Dr. Russell undertakes a fresh and comprehensive analysis of Picasso's "vision," including the implications of his methods and visual projection and distortion. The creative process and final richness of effect are illuminated by a tracking of the mural's evolution through the 45 Guernica studies and seven unfinished states. The sources for the mural are documented by extensive reference to Picasso's work as a whole and to examples from earlier historical periods, and a critical survey of the Guernica literature is provided. -- From publisher's description.

Author : Melvin E. Becraft
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781365195921

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Picasso's Guernica - Images within Images, Third Edition by Melvin E. Becraft Pdf

Analysis and criticism of Picasso's painting Guernica and key related Picasso paintings. In addition, there are two unauthenticated related drawings thought to be by Picasso by this author. Since this is a critique of art, quotes are considered by the author to be Fair Use.

Author : Nicola Ashmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1999741900

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Guernica Remakings by Nicola Ashmore Pdf

This year marks the eightieth anniversary of the bombing of the Basque town of Gernika in Spain. Pablo Picasso created his iconic, anti-fascist painting, Guernica (1937), in protest against that attack and others targeted at civilian populations. This book, published alongside the exhibition, Guernica Remakings, explores the ongoing power of Picasso?s Guernica through a series of contemporary reworkings that continue to locate the iconic image within political protest. The featured artworks demonstrate the longevity and versatility of the original as it morphed from Picasso?s canvas, painted in 1937, to a tapestry in 1955, a textile artwork in 2010, a theatrical production in 2011-12 and a protest banner in 2012-14. Guernica?s humanitarian message is still relevant; it calls for solidarity and compassion across borders. Traversing geographical boundaries with each remaking it connects Spain and France, to the USA, UK, South Africa, Canada and India. The voices of those involved in creating the artworks are heard alongside the curator and maker, Dr Nicola Ashmore. 00Exhibition: University of Brighton, Gallery, UK (28.07.-23.08.2017).

Author : T. J. Clark
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691209524

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Picasso and Truth by T. J. Clark Pdf

A groundbreaking reassessment of Picasso by one of today's preeminent art historians Picasso and Truth offers a breathtaking and original new look at the most significant artist of the modern era. From Pablo Picasso's early The Blue Room to the later Guernica, eminent art historian T. J. Clark offers a striking reassessment of the artist's paintings from the 1920s and 1930s. Why was the space of a room so basic to Picasso's worldview? And what happened to his art when he began to feel that room-space become too confined—too little exposed to the catastrophes of the twentieth century? Clark explores the role of space and the interior, and the battle between intimacy and monstrosity, in Picasso's art. Based on the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts delivered at the National Gallery of Art, this volume remedies the biographical and idolatrous tendencies of most studies on Picasso, reasserting the structure and substance of the artist's work. With compelling insight, Clark focuses on three central works—the large-scale Guitar and Mandolin on a Table (1924), The Three Dancers (1925), and The Painter and His Model (1927)—and explores Picasso's answer to Nietzsche's belief that the age-old commitment to truth was imploding in modern European culture. Masterful in its historical contextualization, Picasso and Truth rescues Picasso from the celebrity culture that trivializes his accomplishments and returns us to the tragic vision of his art—humane and appalling, naïve and difficult, in mourning for a lost nineteenth century, yet utterly exposed to the hell of Europe between the wars. Published in association with the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Please note: All images in this ebook are presented in black and white and have been reduced in size.

Author : Anthony Blunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:69002730

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Picasso's 'Guernica." by Anthony Blunt Pdf

Author : James Attlee
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786691439

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Guernica by James Attlee Pdf

A brilliant, concise account of the painting often described as the most important work of art produced in the twentieth century, as part of the stunning Landmark Library series. Pablo Picasso had already accepted a commission to create a work for the Spanish Republican Pavilion in 1937 when news arrived of the bombing of the undefended Basque town of Gernika. James Attlee offers an illuminating account of the genesis, creation and complex afterlife of Picasso's Guernica. He explores the historical and cultural context from which the painting sprang and the meanings it accrued during its travels across Europe and the Americas, as well as its influence on artists both living and dead. Finally, he argues for its continuing importance as a warning of what happens when the forces of darkness go unchallenged. Praise for Guernica: 'Helps you appreciate Guernica's daring and resonance' Literary Review 'An impressive overview of the painting's conception and execution, and its subsequent life as an exhibit and a symbol... Attlee's book succeeds in showing how influential Guernica has been' Sunday Times 'Attlee digs up rich examples of the debate and devotion that invariably attended the painting... Guernica literature abounds; but this book is a worthwhile addition' Spectator

Author : Pablo Picasso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:12642939

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Guernica by Pablo Picasso Pdf

Author : Alain Serres
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781741769661

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And Picasso Painted Guernica by Alain Serres Pdf

Picasso's artistic genius was clear from childhood. This outstanding book begins with the doves young Pablo painted with his father when he was only seven, then shows us his later passions for harlequins and street people, bulls and minotaurs, new ways of seeing and new ways of rendering life.

Author : Rudolf Arnheim
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780520340824

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The Genesis of a Painting by Rudolf Arnheim Pdf

Rudolf Arnheim explores the creative process through the sketches executed by Picasso for his mural Guernica. The drawings and paintings shown herein, as well as the photographs of the stages of the final painting, represent the complete visual record of the creative stages of a major work of art.

Author : Eberhard Fisch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015039831048

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Guernica by Picasso by Eberhard Fisch Pdf

Author : Herschel Browning Chipp,Javier Tusell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Painting, French
ISBN : 050023549X

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Picasso's Guernica by Herschel Browning Chipp,Javier Tusell Pdf

Perhaps no twentieth-century painting has captured the cruel effects of war as powerfully as Picasso's "Guernica." For the first time we can understand the entire history of "Guernica" both as an artistic work and a document of the conflicting forces that shook the world during the 1930s. This rich account not only traces the extraordinary creation of the painting but also establishes the context in which the bombing took place and the form in which the news of it reached Picasso. As Herschel Chipp demonstrates in his skilled analysis, Picasso initially pursued an idea for this work that had nothing to do with the struggle in Spain. When republican emissaries asked him to paint a large mural for the Spanish pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exposition, they left the subject to him. He began by sketching out a subject that had long interested him: the artist and his model in the studio, working together and engaging in amorous play. Only after the German Condor Legion bombed the Spanish town of Guernica did Picasso turn from this highly personal theme to one that evoked the anguish of those who had endured the attack. But even as he turned to the theme of suffering, Picasso sought characters for his painting in figures familiar in his art: the women in his life and the animals, horse and bull, that fought in the "corrida." Once the bombing had begun to work on his imagination, Picasso finished "Guernica" in only twenty-five days. As Professor Chipp guides us through the day-by-day development of Picasso's masterpiece, he vividly conveys Picasso's transformation of all his materials into a wrenching cry against the suffering of war. Finally, the work describes the odyssey of Picasso's canvas from its first display in the Spanish pavilion to its eventual arrival in Spain. Javier Tusell Gomez, the former director general of fine arts in Spain, contributes a chapter on the delicate negotiations that preceded the transfer of "Guernica" to Spain and the preparation at the Prado of a secure place to display the work.

Author : Alice Doumanian Tankard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015017080592

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Picasso's Guernica After Rubens's Horrors of War by Alice Doumanian Tankard Pdf