Author: Rafael Fernández-Quintanilla
Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : es
Pages : 264

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Author: Russell Martin
Publisher: Hol Art Books
ISBN: 1936102250
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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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: Gijs van Hensbergen
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408841487
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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The remarkable story of the famous painting by Picasso and its diverse meanings from its conception to the present day 'Enthralling ... This is high-action drama, told like the rest within a huge frame of reference, theme interlocked with theme ... A painting which began its life within a particular political context has emerged as a universal statement on the ever-present horror and suffering of war. Van Hensbergen has treated an extraordinary subject admirably' Evening Standard 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: Angela Múnera-Ferreira
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: Paloma Esteban
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788480034128
Category : Guernica (Spain) in art
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Peter Monteath
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313388040
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 161

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This bibliography is the first attempt to establish a comprehensive list of secondary material relating to the Spanish Civil War in literature, film, and art. It includes books, articles, and chapters in a wide range of languages, including Spanish, English, Russian, French, German, and Italian. Monteath begins the work with an introductory essay surveying the breadth of the scholarship on the cultural manifestations of the war, which he places in its broader cultural-historical context. The bibliography is organized alphabetically within sections devoted to literature, film, and art, and a general subject index completes the work. Anyone interested in the fiction of Hemingway, the film of Ivens, the art of Picasso, and many of the key figures in Western culture of the 1930s will find this work of value.

Author: Santiago Sebastián
Publisher: EDITUM
ISBN: 9788486031497
Category : Art
Languages : es
Pages : 130

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Author: Josep Palau i Fabre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788470311383
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 96

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Author: Luis Carlos Rodrigo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Posters
Languages : en
Pages : 574

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Languages : en
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