How to appreciate Bi Jiasuo's painting guernica?

The crime of war —— Appreciation of Picasso's guernica

[ 21/11/18 12:24:59 | By: Master]

The crime of war —— Appreciation of Picasso's guernica

Rao Zhen of Anji Tianluo Foreign Language School

Teaching objectives:

2. process and method: let students know the methods and procedures of art appreciation and understand the meaning of works in the process of actively participating in discussion, inquiry and experience.

3. Emotional attitude and values: Give full play to students' spirit of independent study and inquiry, and cultivate correct aesthetic taste and feelings of pursuing justice and loving peace.

Teaching emphasis:

Feel the anger of the painter towards fascist atrocities expressed through abstract artistic language.

Teaching difficulties:

The specific application of symbolism and cubism in guernica.

preparation before class:

students: A4 paper, textbooks, pencils, etc. Teacher: Self-made courseware and homework paper.

teaching process:

1. situational introduction (3-5 minutes)

1. Play a war clip to guide students to watch it carefully and think: What images in the film impressed you deeply?

2. Talk about your feedback: What images in the film impressed you deeply? What do you feel from it?

3. Try to express: Take the most impressive image in the film as the material, and try to sketch an artistic image with freehand drawing, which can be deformed or exaggerated, without being too specific. -Maneuver

4. Show me a war-related work "guernica" and ask: Who is the author? Name of the work?

5. Introduce a new lesson and present the topic: The Crime of War-Appreciation of Picasso's guernica

2. Initial perception (2 minutes)

1. Question: How did you feel when you first saw this painting?

(Full, chaotic, depressed, unfocused, strong visual impact, fragmented, horrible ...)

2. Summary: Full, chaotic, fragmented ... (The picture seems to be full of content for us to watch, so that our eyes have to look at it. ) So, why did Picasso use such a composition? I think everyone must have a lot of question marks in their minds now?

Third, independent inquiry (8 minutes)

1. Self-study textbooks and think about questions:

① When was guernica created? Painting seeds? Author? (oil painting in 1937)

Follow-up: What kind of painter is Picasso? -Spanish greatest genius painter of the 2th century

(2) How was guernica born? What does Picasso want to express? (indignation, protest, sympathy)

Follow-up: What happened in China in 1937 that was similar to guernica?

(7.7 Lugouqiao Incident, 12.13 Nanjing Massacre-the previous short film is taken from the film Nanjing Massacre)

③ Some people say that Picasso is "versatile", "prolific" and "changeable". What do you think?

versatile-outstanding performance in oil painting, printmaking, sketch, sculpture, collage, ceramics and other artistic fields.

prolific-how many works of art Picasso created in his life will always be a difficult mystery in the history of human art. Up to now, more than 6, Picasso's works have been discovered.

changeful-the painting method and style have changed several times in one's life, which can be roughly divided into: blue period (melancholy), rosy period (happiness), black period (geometrization), cubism period, classicism period, surrealism period and abstraction period-guernica is.

3. Summary: Picasso's works are really puzzling, but when you understand his artistic language, you can smoothly enter his artistic world and enjoy the spirit.

Fourth, cooperative exploration (15 minutes)

1. Through the independent exploration just now, everyone has a better understanding of Picasso and guernica. Next, we will work together as a group of four people around the work guernica and think:

(1) What images are there in the picture after careful observation?

(2) What are the characteristics of these images? (analyzing from the action and expression)

(3) What are the symbolic meanings of these images?

(4) Why do you use black-and-white processing instead of color processing? Which method is more suitable for expressing the author's thoughts and feelings?

(The whole painting only uses black, white and gray, which highlights the atmosphere of terror and sorrow)

2. Representatives from each group are selected to give lectures (as primary teachers).

After heated discussion in each group, now we invite the representatives of each group to take the stage as primary teachers, and students from other groups can supplement them. -reference answer

picture image

expression, action or shape

symbolic meaning

mother with child in her arms

Spanish people who have lost their loved ones

woman holding a lamp

stretching her arms, holding a lamp, and the light shines around

(reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty in new york). Looking up for help, fear and helplessness

symbolize all the suffering and maimed Spanish people in the war

people who run

are in pain, longing and hope

soldiers who fall to the ground with their arms broken

holding broken arrow, falling to the ground, struggling tenaciously and dying unsatisfied

flowers

blooming flowers. The evil of fascism is exposed in the light.

The horse

is stabbed and screams

The Spanish people who are suffering from disasters

The cow

is grinning and indifferent

The cold-blooded, cruel and evil fascism

The dove of peace

flies

Peace and hope

A concrete analysis.

a, analyze the action expression: holding the child, open your mouth-what are you doing-crying to the sky

b, what is the mother's heart from this expression? (pain, sadness)

C. Why is it painful? (because the child in my arms died)

D. Does she only represent herself in her works? Who else do you represent? (All the people who lost their loved ones in the war-this is actually the symbolic meaning of this character image)

Symbol-is an object or symbol used to represent, embody and express something. Usually, a concrete image is used to represent abstract meaning.

② Where are the woman with the lamp, the runner and the person calling for help?

who is lying on the ground? Why are you holding broken arrow?

Q: What are the similarities in the expressions of these characters? What do they all symbolize?

③ what does the lamp hanging high symbolize?

(Bright, peaceful and hopeful, which means that the evil of fascism is exposed in the light)

④ What's the difference between the expressions of cows and horses? What do they stand for?

a, what does the horse's neigh symbolize? -people in pain

(Horse-looking up and moaning, pain-the painter has publicly stated that the horse symbolizes the people here)

b, what does the bull's head stand for? Describe its expression with appropriate words.

(Cattle-expressionless, grinning and indifferent-symbolize the cruelty and evil of fascism)

c, Q: Why are the cows symbolizing fascism painted in the picture? What does the painter want to highlight?

(Contrast-more powerful, highlighting the cold-blooded and brutal nature of fascism)

3. Students question:

What do you not understand or have questions about guernica?

4. The teacher questioned:

① Are these images in the picture complete or broken? Why are you acting like this?

(Broken image-more powerful, more impressive to the audience)

② What artistic expression techniques did the author use to make the picture so powerful?

(exaggeration, distortion, symbolism, contrast, cubism)

Show the enlarged head, horse's head and cow's head, and analyze and compare them.

compared with real people, real horses and real cows, what's the difference? -exaggeration and distortion

Do human head, horse head and cow head only represent three images? -symbolic meaning

courseware demonstrates how the heads in Picasso's works are drawn. Cubism

Cubism, which originated in France, is a new modeling method, which reconstructs different images of objects from multiple angles on the same image in the painting, so that the audience can enjoy all angles of the image at the same time. Picasso is its important founder; The Girl of Avignon in 197 was the beginning of cubism. For example, in Picasso's "The Girl of Avignon", the front face is painted with a side nose, while the side face is painted with a front eye.

5. Talk about feelings again.

Through the cooperative exploration just now, everyone has a further understanding of guernica. If we were to appreciate this painting again now, how would you feel differently?

(Feeling-misery, pain, death, fear ...)

6. Stories are exciting-maneuvering

① Introduction: Picasso is a world-famous master of art, and his works are not only liked by all of us, but also loved by German fascists.

② Tell a short story: During World War II, German generals and soldiers often went in and out of Picasso Art Museum in Paris, competing to see Picasso's art.. However, these uninvited guests received a cold reception. Once, at the exit of the art museum, Picasso gave every German soldier a copy of his oil painting guernica. A German officer pointed to this painting and asked Bi Jiasuo, "Is this your masterpiece?" Picasso said grimly, "No! No! This is your masterpiece! "

③ Teacher: Why did Picasso say "This is your masterpiece"? -In fact, it goes without saying that it was the atrocities of fascism that caused the human tragedy in guernica.

7. Summary:

The atrocities of the controlled demolition war have brought disasters to people. The work guernica is undoubtedly a success. The author Picasso uses broken, exaggerated, deformed, symbolic images, black and white gray colors, uneasy composition and contrast techniques to express the author's indignation and protest against the fascist atrocities, which gives people a strong visual impact.

V. Self-expression (7 minutes)

1. Thinking: Compared with the creation method of Picasso's guernica, what do you think needs to be improved in your freehand painting before class? -maneuver

2. Practice requirements:

① This year marks the 65th anniversary of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory and the 65th anniversary of the victory of the world anti-fascist war. Please take "the crime of war" as the theme, and try to create a painting about accusing the crime of war and supporting peace by means of cubism, deformation, exaggeration, symbolism and implication. (You can modify the previous painting before creating it)

② Don't just show the cruel side, you can also show your "hopes" and "ideas" on the screen.

VI. Presentation and evaluation (2 minutes)

1. Talk about your creative experience (2-3 works with better creativity).

2. Comment: Which painting is the most interesting? Award the "Best Creative Award".

Evaluation suggestion:

① Does the work focus on the theme and the center is prominent?

② Whether the work is creative or not, which shows your feelings.

③ what are the advantages of the picture? What do you suggest?

VI. Summary (1 minute)

Students, the real art is always to express your strong feelings. War is terrible. We need peace. We are the future of our motherland. Only by studying hard can we lay a solid foundation for our happy life in the future.

VII. Extracurricular Extension

Finally, let's enjoy this guernica once again, so as to deeply understand the strong shock brought by the work. -Maneuver

Attachment: Solution to the question:

Question 1: Where is the painting guernica now? (It is now preserved in the Queen Sophia Museum, Madrid)

Question 2: How is the town of guernica now? (The existing population is 15,. At the end of 199s, guernica was included in the top ten "paradise on earth" with the best natural environment protection and the most distinctive human landscape by the international tourism community. )

Question 3: What is the attitude of Germans towards the crimes they committed in guernica now? Germany has not forgotten the tragedy. In 1997, on the 6th anniversary of the bombing of guernica, the German ambassador to Spain made a special trip to guernica to express "guilty plea" and ask for "forgiveness" on behalf of the President. )