Interpreting Great Paintings #2: 'Guernica' (1937) by Pablo Picasso

[@laurajayo2967]

Superb Ian, very interesting. It is the first time I hear such ideas about Guernica. Thank you for sharing them with us!

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thanks Laura

[@melhaslam187]

Very interesting. Wish I'd seen this before I saw the painting itself. Wonderful painting!

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thanks Mel.

[@joannelamb9908]

Thank you Ian.
Really interesting.
Great to hear your voice again...very quiet here now.

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thanks Jo,. I will send you an email shortly.

[@roslewis9923]

This is the second time I have watched this video, absolutely fascinating analysis. I need to watch it a third time as There is so much to absorb. I actually have seen this painting in the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, where they were holding a special Picasso exhibition about Picasso and poetry, with paintings on loan from the French Picasso museum. I remember he had an interest in Doves during the Second World War as he was a conscientious objector. I had a sudden thought this time while watching, the shapes remind me of Japanese Origami, which was the art of folding paper into shapes!

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Hi Ross,, thanks for such an interseting comment. Yes I thought the same about the influence of Japanese Origami when cutting out the dove, but if you look at the horse it also has a Japanese feel about it. It’s his use of line.

[@joannelamb9908]

Hi Ian are you taking the Monday class asper usual at
scola?
Hope all is well. jo

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Hi Jo
I sent you an email

[@unsenso]

Bravo

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Thanks Ale Marv