Pablo picasso's guernica

1. PABLO PICASSO’S GUERNICA Dimitra Georgiou

2. This is Pablo Picasso’s famous painting “Guernica”.Picasso painted this mural in 1937 right after German warplanes bombed the small town of Guernica in Spain on Monday 26 April 1937. The painting expresses the horror of war and its destructive effects especially on innocent women and children.

3. Factfile: Artist : Pablo Picasso Year : 1937 Type : Oil on canvas Dimensions : 349cm x 776 cm Location : Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

4. Check out this 3D video on Youtube:

5. Here you can see details on the historical event of the bombing: Guernica:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUK8BAoWe-s

6. Now colour your own Guernica!! (Ευδοξία Νικηφορίδου)

7. Make love not war

8. Watch this video about the history of the painting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUK8BAoWe-s

9. Look at the painting very carefully and then complete the gaps in the following sentences with the following words to get a precise description of the mural : on the left- on the right- at the top- at the bottom- in the middle - in the top left-hand corner - under - right. Exercise:

10. ………………………………………. a bull stands over a woman grieving over a dead child in her arms. ………………………………………….. a horse falls in agony as it has just been hit by a spear. …………………………………….. the horse appears a bull. The horse’s front leg forms the bull’s head. The horse’s leg’s knee cap, which is on the ground , forms the bull’s nose. ……………………………………… the bull’s tail forms the image of a flame with smoke rising from it. …………………………………….. of the painting, …………………. the horse is a dead soldier. His hand still holds a shattered sword from which a flower grows. ……………………………………….. of the mural a light bulb blazes in the shape of an evil eye over the horse’s head. The overall scene is inside a room. The artist used only black, white and grey to express the pain and chaos caused by the bombing.

11. ……………………………………….. of the horse a woman witnessing the scenes before her appears to float into the room through a window. Her arm floating through the window as well carries a lamp …………………………………………. , another woman goes towards the centre , ………………………… the floating woman. She looks up into the blazing light. ……………………………………….. a figure with arms raised in terror is entrapped by fire from above and below. …………………………………………., between the bull and the horse drawn on the wall is a dove holding an olive branch. A dark wall with an open door defines the ……………………… end of the mural.