War, Peace and Politics

WAR, PEACE AND POLITICSBy Juan Paolo Jabile

This is of a time of great instability where the old Monarchies of Europe have fallen after hundreds of years of rule and the people are given two choices The Socialist Communists and the Fascist.

War, Peace and Politics

War, Peace and Politics The artists` works were greatly

influenced by the political climate surrounding them

Some artist were political activist

Their artwork as a result reflected their political and philosophical beliefs

War, Peace and Politics They brought about a new way

of looking at the world This new way of looking was

used to counter the desensitization brought about by the invention of cameras

They did not look into their imaginations but rather took what they saw from the world and conveyed it through their perspective.

The Artist

Pablo Picasso Alberto Giacometti Diego Rivera

42)Picasso. Guernica. (1937). Oil on Canvas.

“What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.”— Pablo Picasso

42)Picasso. Guernica. (1937). Oil on Canvas. To depict the bombing of

the town of Guernica by the Rebel Franco Nationalists

This bombing was done by the German Luftwaffe and the Italian Fascist Avaizione Legionaria, at the request of Francisco Franco

The point of the attack was to scare there was no tactical gain

Shocked by the senseless killings Picasso in one month created the piece in an achromatic colour scheme ( grey, black and white)

42)Picasso. Guernica. (1937). Oil on Canvas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2k4jXpuPspA&list=PL-dD8wB-1FpC6Q80yZn8nr1AP546Z8Sbo

42) Picasso. Dove of Peace. (1949) Lithograph.

42) Picasso. Dove of Peace. (1949) Lithograph. Known for his advocacy for peace He viewed children and women as the victims of

war This was the logo for the World Peace Congress in

1949 He made several copies of the Dove of Peace until

his death. His father had raised and kept doves in his family

homes and studios He named his daughter who was born at the night

of the funeral Paloma the Spanish for Dove

43) Giacometti. Man Pointing. (1947) Bronze.

43) Giacometti. Man Pointing. (1947) Bronze. The piece was created in one night- the process

of destruction & recreation Broke away from surrealism which was looking

below the realist surface of life to existentialism a contemplation on the very basics of human existence and this lack of meaning.

It is one of several in a series of extremely thin humans and animals cast out of bronze. A representation of the horrors of concentration camps.

He struggled greatly with the meaning of life.

43) Giacometti. Man Pointing. (1947) Bronze.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FANZbhIqZek

44) Rivera. The Painting of a Mural showing the Building of a City. (1931) Fresco painting.

44) Rivera. The Painting of a Mural showing the Building of a City. (1931) Fresco painting. Located at the San Francisco Art Institute

as one of 3 murals in the Bay area Many of the individuals are the portraits

of artist and patrons Rivera was associated with

Due to his political views the Institute requested the piece not to take on a political subject matter but as the piece progress the central figure went from a mother figure to a working man with a Red medal

This shows his support for the Communist ideals

44) Rivera. The Painting of a Mural showing the Building of a City. (1931) Fresco painting. He harboured Leon Trotsky during his

exile from Russia. Who was shot and killed by Soviet agents in 1940

http://muralsandmosaics.org/rivera2.html