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    The document summarizes Pablo Picasso's famous painting Guernica and its context. It describes how the painting was commissioned for the Spanish Republican pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair to protest the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian warplanes at the request of the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. The summary describes Picasso's depiction of the horror and devastation of the bombing through symbolism and the influence of surrealist artists. It notes the painting had little initial impact but is now widely seen as the most powerful anti-war image and depiction of the human costs of war.

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    The document summarizes Pablo Picasso's famous painting Guernica and its context. It describes how the painting was commissioned for the Spanish Republican pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair to protest the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian warplanes at the request of the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. The summary describes Picasso's depiction of the horror and devastation of the bombing through symbolism and the influence of surrealist artists. It notes the painting had little initial impact but is now widely seen as the most powerful anti-war image and depiction of the human costs of war.

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    The document summarizes Pablo Picasso's famous painting Guernica and its context. It describes how the painting was commissioned for the Spanish Republican pavilion at the 1937 Paris World's Fair to protest the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian warplanes at the request of the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War. The summary describes Picasso's depiction of the horror and devastation of the bombing through symbolism and the influence of surrealist artists. It notes the painting had little initial impact but is now widely seen as the most powerful anti-war image and depiction of the human costs of war.

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    Guernica

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    Sources

    The Times [Online Archive]


    The International Handbook on Innovation, Shavinina, V. L
    Picasso’s Guernica: History, Transformations, Meanings, Chipp, H. B.
    La Destruccíon de Guernica Vidal, C (Translated by Miller, P)
    The Spanish Civil War

    • Began 17th July 1936 with a Pronunciamiento (Spanish for declaration or


    announcement) by Military leaders

    • The Rebels wanted the reinstatement of the Spanish Monarchy, as well as


    the repeal of laws restricting the power of the catholic church

    • The two sides were known as Nationalists (rebel forces) and Republicans (those
    opposed to the revolution)

    • Nationalists were supported by Germany and Italy

    • Republicans were supported by the Soviet union and International Brigades


    Attack on Guernica
    • On 26th April, aircraft of the Condor Legion
    and Aviazione Legionaria attacked the
    Basque Town of Guernica

    • Attack began at 4:30 in the evening, with 5


    waves of bombers attacking with high
    explosive and incendiary bombs

    • During and after the raid, fighter aircraft


    machine-gunned people on the roads in
    and around Guernica, including the Times
    special correspondent

    • Estimated Casualties between 200 – 400,


    although Basque propaganda claimed over
    1600.
    The Mural

    • In January 1937, Picasso was approached to create a mural for Spanish Republic’s
    pavilion at Paris World Fair

    • The Pavilion was propaganda for Spanish Republicans, demonstrating that they
    were still the elected government of Spain, and Franco was not in charge

    • Picasso’s initial concept for the mural was “The Artist and His Model”

    • Following the Attack on Guernica, Picasso decided to portray the horror of war,
    and its effect upon civilians
    Artistic Influences
    Symbolism in “Guernica”

    • In Picasso’s work, the horse and the bull represent


    Contemporary Art

    • Surrealists, including Salvador Dali


    Impact of “Guernica”

    • At the time, Guernica was mostly ignored by the world press, due to the late
    opening of the Spanish Pavilion

    • Now widely seen as one of the strongest anti-war images

    • Most famous depiction of the effects of war

    • In 1955, the Nelson Rockefeller commissioned a tapestry copy of Guernica, which


    is hung in front of the door to the United Nations Security Council
    List of Illustrations
    • Figure 1.   Pablo Picasso (1937) Guernica [Oil on canvas] At:
    http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/110images/sl24_images/guernica_details/guernica
    _all.jpg (Accessed on 01/03/2011)

    • Figure 2. Guernica [Photograph] At: http://madrid.blogs.wm.edu/files//2009/05/0102085656800.jpg


    (Accessed on 01/03/2011)
    Bibliography

    • Chipp, H. B. (1989) Picasso’s Guernica: History, Transformations, Meanings London: Thames and Hudson
    Ltd
    • Shavinina, V. L. (2003) The international handbook on innovation. (1st ed.) Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd.
    • Tonge, Stephen (2011) The Spanish Civil War [Online] At:
    http://www.historyhome.co.uk/europe/spaincw.htm (Accessed on 28/02/2011)
    • Vidal, C (1997) La Destruccíon de Guernica [Translated by Miller, P] [Online] At:
    http://www.buber.net/Basque/History/guernica-ix.html (Accessed on 01/03/2011)
    • The Times Special Correspondent (1937) Bombing of Guernica In: The Times [Online archive] At:
    http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/viewArticle.arc?articleId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1937-05-06-15-
    001&pageId=ARCHIVE-The_Times-1937-05-06-15 (Accessed on 28/02/2011)

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