Ch 43: Pablo Picasso Everything must be broken. Mona is back at the dr, is there a connection between Mona‘s shell necklace and her sight? Dadé gifts Mona with a straw hat of her grandmother‘s and takes her to see Picasso‘s Aubade (a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning) ( upper right) which was inspired by Titian‘s ‘Venus of Urbino‘ ( lower right) Aubade was painted during German occupation cont‘d
mcctrish Many details in the painting reflect Picasso being silenced by the war. Dadé talks about Picasso‘s skill, inventiveness with art “but above all, ( Picasso) was the most accomplished of observers” which reminds me of François Gilot saying in ‘Life with Picasso‘ that Picasso‘s would study her for hours, just look at her in changing light and then dismiss her and paint from memory. He was an observer of the world too. cont‘d (edited) 2w
mcctrish ‘Guernica‘ ( lower left) was painted to illustrate the tragedies of war. When I was in high school we got new history textbooks, the teachers made a big deal about it! Guernica was on the cover and I had a life goal to see it irl, which we did on a March Break trip to Madrid. It is HUGE!! Overwhelming your senses, the power of it takes your breath away. #europecollective 2w
BarbaraBB Love all of this 🩶 2w
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