domingo, 26 de abril de 2015

TREASURES OF THE WORLD . THE GUERNIKA.

FROM MINUTE 29 you can see the story of this very famous picture we have been working on.

(Previously the theft of mona lisa)

TRUE or FALSE SENTENCES:
Write the True sentence if necessary

1-The Guernika is the modern art most powerful antiwar statement. T or F
2-Picasso had the idea clear in his mind from the very first moment when the republican government asked him to paint a mural for the 1937 worlds fair Spanish exhibition. T or F
3-The oficial theme of the world's´fair is the celebration of modern technology. T or F
4-The day Gernika was bombed was a Sunday and only a few people were on the streets. T or F.
5- The bombing occurred the 26 April 1937- T or F
6- Half of the population died in Guernika. T or F.
7- Guernika was not a strategic town for the Spanish war. T or  F
8-The horrible events in Gernika immediately inspired Picasso- T or F
9- He painted the mural directly, without any previous sketches. T or F
10- The canvas was so huge that he had to ask a professional to stretch the canvas. T or F
11- He made a lot of changes while the painting of the Guernika was in progress. T or F
12- In the picture  Picasso is expressing his horror of the military cast. T or F
13- At a point he thought about adding color and textures to the picture by adding patterns. T or F
14- The theme of the Guernika does not fit with the theme of the world's fair. So he added an  electric bulb as a symbol- T or F
15- The bulb is used as a symbol of modern technology and its destructive power. T or F
16- The spanish pavillion was one of the most important in the world's fair. T or F
17- Everybody was delighted with the mural Picasso had painted. T or F
18- Picasso didn't want the Guernika to go to Spain until the republic is restored. T or F
19- The Gernika starts touring through Europe and America, becoming one of the most famous paintings. T or F
20- Picasso wants the viewers to interpret the meaning of the painting. T or F
21- The Guernika came to Spain on October 25th 1981. And it was a testimony of national reconcilation. Now is in the Reina Sofia Museum. T or F.

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