From: lukas.mariman@REMOVETHISdommel.be   
      
   Eberhard Schefold wrote:   
   > Ubik wrote:   
   >   
   >> But let's look at this from another perspective. A painting carries   
   >> its author's view of the world, with all his ideas, intentions. You   
   >> could be looking at "La Guernica" and dismissing Picasso, you might   
   >> think it represents an orgy involving zoophilia.It would be your   
   >> opinion, and you're entitled to it, nobody disputes that. But we all   
   >> know (and accept) that his painting depicts the bombing of Guernica   
   >> by Nazi Germany on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. Why?   
   >> Because he says so.   
   >   
   > It’s totally clear that “La Guernica” doesn’t depict an orgy. These   
   > faces and postures express panic, terror and agony, not lust. And it   
   > was Picasso who gave that title to the picture, so it’s part of the   
   > work.   
   > Knowing what Guernica stands for is a piece of information valuable   
   > for interpreting the work and understanding its creation process and   
   > intended purpose. But the finished work would be no less expressive   
   > and timeless without that information. This is what separates art from   
   > photojournalism. Art depicts the human experience caused by the event.   
   > It distills, abstracts, generalizes, concentrates. “La Guernica” is so   
   > powerful because of what Picasso let his work speak, not because of   
   > what hestance feels  says about it. The message on the canvas, and no   
   > monograph –   
   > however interesting, stimulating or even enriching the viewing   
   > experience – can change that.   
      
   But you don't hear about people who disagree with Picasso on the meaning of   
   the painting and like to interpret it as the Battle of Gettysburg instead,   
   even if Picasso is very clear that it is about Guernica. Which to me is what   
   DAH's stance feels like.   
      
   In fact, I don't think I've ever encountered this kind of behaviour with   
   *any* movie except BR. It really is a Religious Discussion (tm).   
      
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