Iconography Of Guernica. Guernica was named after a town in northern Spain. Then iconology and iconography provide useful tools to make the process easier.
Is a large 1937 oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. The second group is made up of the human. Moreover the huge scale of the Elegy approximates the mural-size scale of Guernica.
Guernicas legacy is carried on in Picassos painting.
Some interpreted the horse as Francos Nationalism with Picasso predicting its downfall. Guernicas Hidden Images of Death. Even though the Elegy approaches pure abstraction it nonetheless indexes the greyscale iconography of Guernica in its signature use of black ovoid shapes that resonate with the imagery of the bull. Is a large 1937 oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
