Picasso: Challenging the Past- Top 5 Horror Paintings
While the exhibition "Picasso: Challenging the Past" at The National Gallery (UK) concentrates on comparing Pablo Picasso's works with the greatest Masters of European painting, we decided to explore the horror aspects of this brilliantly presented collection. And guess what? There was more horror material than you could ever expect from such an exhibition. That shouldn't come as a surprise, though- art covers from 'a' to 'z' of all human emotions, and horror is a very important one.
Pablo Picasso, Skull Sea Urchin and Lamp on a Table, 1946
Oil on plywood 81x100 cm. Musée Picasso, Paris
It's a painting from Second World War period, so it's understandably so much in 'Memento mori' mood (from Latin: remember your death; remember you will die). The meaning of this painting is pretty much obvious even without explanation of the embedded symbols: sea urchins stand for dangerous and guilty pleasures of life; a burned-out lamp and a skull- 'the end of the journey'.
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