Why is this painting so shocking? - Iseult Gillespie

[@3112arianna]

I had the luck of seeing it in real life - it is MASSIVE and it hits you so hard, it's incredible

[@chimeraproject9481]

Where is it

[@mariadinizcosta7098]

@@chimeraproject9481 Museo Reína Sofia, in Madrid

[@chair6180]

They had brought his work to my town but I was busy and forgot about it 😩

[@payamabbasi3555]

Whenever i see a photo of it my blood pressure rises

[@batman_2004]

Can I buy it?

[@rachelb3941]

I heard a story about Guernica once - I’m not sure if it’s true, but it gave me the chills. When Guernica was first exhibited in Paris, an Officer of the German forces attended the opening. He gestured at the canvas and asked Picasso, “Did you do this”? Picasso replied, “No. You did”.

[@butteredbananas1394]

... Thank you for sharing that

[@kbs1212]

Source? Please include citation.

[@rachelb3941]

dicetaro I don’t have a source! That’s why I said it may not be true... I heard the story years ago on CBC radio and I’ve never forgotten it.

[@coffeeyaaa4011]

Whoaaaaaa

[@DoomedDiceThrower]

My arts teacher in school told us the same story in class when we were discussing this picture. Some differences though, in his version, two German officers came by his atelier. Something about they were attracted by the smell of oil paint, except that certain artists like him were forbidden to paint at the time, so they looked into it. They found the impossible to hide painting once picasso let them in, and supposedly then the famous exchange occurred. Picasso not running into problems was explained with him already enjoying a pretty high status and respect as an artist, and he could get away with it. Hearing multiple versions of this story makes me think it might be an urban legend, but it's still a nice anecdote. Would be nice to find some sources on this.

[@milliesanders6800]

Ted coming through with the most interesting videos again

[@herodotus945]

To bad they once again tried to depict communists as heroes.

[@thetntsheep4075]

@@herodotus945 Please explain how you believe this

[@herodotus945]

@@thetntsheep4075 When they mentioned how democratic forces fought against Franco's oppression, he was hardl ya saint but those democratic forces were communists and marxists who themselves committed atrocities.

[@geenpool]

Brace yourselves!

[@bubbly7137]

Thanks Ted, wonder what your last name is

[@diosadelrawk]

When I first saw this painting in a book, I remember thinking what is this jumbled mess and how can it be called art? Now that I've experienced death in my family, I now know grief and this painting makes perfect sense. It's no longer a jumbled mess and it depicts horror, grief and be ripped apart, emotionally and physically

[@sarangtamirisa5090]

It seems like a mess to me....

[@cygnuscraft9544]

Feeling like a mess made by a guy who had some mental issues.

[@nikolakolchakov5691]

We tend to search and make sense of everything. Other of his paintings don't depict horror and grief, but look the same.

[@robertwood3413]

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[@alexie832]

I think that's the whole point. It is a painting of a jumbled mess. A mess of carnage and chaos.

[@stiltzkinvanserine5164]

Picasso's paintings are like car crashes ... if you experience one, you cannot forget it.

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Agreed, I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@robertwood3413]

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[@Kutsushita_yukino]

Too bad i was so focus reading in the comment section

[@akaten5063]

Masterpiece

[@the_girl_under_ur_bed]

yea his drawings are traumatizing

[@carlajts3692]

we literally discussed this painting TODAY in art class. what a coincindence lol

[@justadog8011]

Nice.

[@lostpockets222]

Awesome.

[@alainischileno]

It was also on yesterday's Jeopardy!

[@acetate909]

Not a coincidence at all. This is the most over analyzed painting of the last 100 years.

[@nadian848]

dad70007 animal jam it was on jeopardy too

[@hellohellolcy]

the bg music is so unsettling, which matches the theme of this video so well!

[@robertwood3413]

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[@Paplefication]

I did a several thousand piece puzzel of Guernica that took me over three years (on and off). It gave me a really deep appreciation for the painting that I otherwise wouldn't have. Remains my favourite painting, and one of my favourite pieces of art to this day.

[@elsaritchie7949]

How cool! Must have emphasised the fragmentation of the Cubist style.

[@robertwood3413]

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[@TinyMedicine]

Ted ED! your animation style is revolutionary! Really appreciate how you use animations to educate the masses! I follow your path hoping to be as good as you one day!

[@itsblitz4437]

Don't forget the music. The music is always key!

[@ruchikarao9643]

okay i just HAD to comment about it because the tear running from the child to the father's face at 04:35 was so beautiful, I replayed it thrice.

[@raghavbhatia3892]

If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times. Ted-Ed is the best channel on You-Tube, hands down.

[@dantdma932]

pewdiepie is

[@Mayhamsdead]

They do goof it more than once in a while with their Ted-talks. Some of their guests are more than questionable.

[@blahbleh5671]

@@dantdma932 ye poodeepie ye weeeyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH

[@NietzscheanMan]

@Whydotheyallownameslonglikethis? Pakkinutaq if you're into communist propaganda.

[@bingbonghafu]

Hey! >:(

[@CaptTerrific]

Seeing Guernica in person is such a powerful experience - worth a trip to Spain in and of itself

[@ineslapastora3308]

I mean we have more things ya know, but it is very captivating

[@fearghalmurelagaosullivan5296]

Gernika and the surrounding areas. The Basque Country is the most beautiful part of the Iberian Peninsula from my very biased basque opinion

[@Skymaster.47]

@@fearghalmurelagaosullivan5296 Basques are the most based people of Western Europe. Oldest isolated language, skilled whalers, defeated Charlemagne, blew Franco's designated successor 20 meters into the air and gave us Xabi Alonso as a footballing talent.

[@-4subscriberswithahammerad521]

Not gonna lie, if I saw the painting as a kid I would go crying to my mom

[@joppefrans8393]

-4 Subscribers with a hammer addiction yeah about that

[@miaakalifa1348]

You wouldnt understand anything though.

[@zabtesler]

@@miaakalifa1348 Wouldn't need to. Just the visual is horrifying enough. But the added layer of understanding that comes with growing up and learning the context behind it does change the perception of it, though.

[@Didagg]

I remember having a copy of this painting in my parents room when I was very little, it scared me but I has curiosity about it

[@PLuMUK54]

I had the great fortune to see this amazing work with only one other person in the gallery. My friend, who lived in Madrid, must have planned the time, very shortly before the museum closed, and also the route as we approached it not by the signed route, but one that brought me to a point where the painting was framed by an opening into the room. I had long wanted to see it, but nothing prepared me for the effect of walking towards it and seeing it seemingly grow until I felt no longer a simple onlooker, but part of the horror. The effect was overwhelming and I was close to tears as I was not just looking at the events but experiencing them. The lack of colour heightened the horror and I would not have been surprised to have heard screaming, though it might have been my own voice I slept badly that night as I could not escape from the horror. Everytime I closed my eyes I was back in the painting. I remained unnerved for weeks after my experience. I had never been affected like this before, nor have I since. I now understand what it means to pour your heart and soul into something. Picasso poured so much emotion into this painting that I think it would be hard not to be affected. I am not one for bucket lists, but Guernica should be on every bucket list.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Spanish Civil War:* [exists] *Pablo Picasso:* Aw crap, here we go again.

[@gonzalodefresnodiaz9898]

I am Spanish

[@doornumb]

@@gonzalodefresnodiaz9898 ok

[@fatphobicandproud9003]

@@goodmandan1454 choir intensifies

[@somebox2959]

This Painting truly captures the horrors of war: Chaos and Despair

[@robertwood3413]

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[@wscamel226]

No it does not

[@sorelsuareztube]

Picasso'a Guernica is like an old friend. I must pay a visit whenever in Madrid. Upon seen it I feel debastated and cheerful. Such emotional moment every time.

[@thecommentdoggo9271]

*I literally never understood art.* But today Ted-ed changed that too.

[@lucianacaserta9563]

Its about what makes you feel not understanding

[@robertwood3413]

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[@alana2998]

Thank you for making this video and making it easier for non-Spanish speakers to understand what Spanish art and especially this piece mean and convey, as they are so powerful and important not only for Spanish history but for the horrors that human beings and all nations are capable of causing.

[@ilovecakeeee]

not only is the animation phenomenal, the sound design is incredible. keep up the great work Ted!

[@carmencorp2167]

saw this paiting in person when i was in madrid a few months ago, it sticks with you forever

[@leireagirre1175]

I’m basque, and I really appreciate this video, now I can really understand all the elements of the painting and how much did my predecessors suffer looking the painting, thank you😘

[@franziska9260]

This video alone gives me chills, I can't imagine seeing the actual painting.

[@PILOSOPAUL]

How about the flower growing on the soldier's hand holding the broken sword which lies close to the viewer's eye level? I think that somehow sparks hope

[@эфирный-з9с]

I think it refers more to a phrase that we have in Spain "Al pueblo y a la flor no los mata el fusil" which means "The town and the flower can't be killed by the rifle" The town referring to the Spaniards and the flower referring to the youth. The soldier is dead, but the flower it's not. The fascists won, but they did not convince. As a typical saying goes "You will win but you won't convince" (Ganarán pero no convencerán)

[@dharun5407]

I can Watch this just for the animation!!! ❤

[@kbs1212]

Dharun I hope you learned something though. That is the focus. If you only watched the animation, you’re completely missing the point of the video. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@dharun5407]

@@kbs1212 the animation is ONE OF THE REASONS I WATCH THIS..... OF COURSE I LOVE THE USEFULL CONTENT THEY ARE PROVIDING !!!....i was just appriciating the animation!!!!!!

[@palm0607]

I loved the introduction......

[@robertwood3413]

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[@allisonyoung1498]

the analysis paired the haunting sound effects and visuals nearly moved me to tears … I’d love to be able to experience this work in person

[@lamcb.9476]

At an art history college, my teacher also dissected the work. We were in a big college hall, big screen and beamer, but when he said it, the actual work was even bigger it made me gasp ik awe. He said he wished he could just show us the real painting, like he had in his youth, to demonstrate the magnificance and scale of it

[@whyaminotsleepyet8377]

I’ve never thought this deeply into the painting, the narration brings this whole video together as well as the sound mixing. Well done, and deeply moving

[@macharstein4329]

Just started studying wars in history.Piccasso helped me imagine everything. Thanks for the video!!!

[@osse1n]

*Art is LOVE, art is LIFE.*

[@2k7Bertram]

Art is... Shut your mouth!

[@kbs1212]

Have you picked up any girls with that absolutely mind blowing line? Let me guess... No. Bye.

[@drcommondrate12]

Love is art, Life is art.

[@asadattayyem2637]

👍👍💚💚💚👍👍

[@themadfootballfan1816]

@@2k7Bertram I agree with u m8

[@31yashchaurasia16]

The video style, it's just *PHENOMENAL.*

[@Clayton0301]

This is probably my favorite narrator. Thank you for another fantastic video, and it really does make you take a second and think about your life, and mortality as a whole.

[@dimtrimezzawi8986]

Guernica is my cover photo on fb for a long time i believed that i understand the painting, still find something new from time to time thanks ted you are the best.

[@nicobambino191]

"German soldiers would come to my studio and ask me 'Did you do this?, and I would say, 'No, you did.'" - Picasso

[@AncientAccounts]

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors. - Robert E. Lee

[@williamnjagi2388]

Was he the guy who was the Confederate general? Seems like he was violent to some people, like SLAVES!!

[@palm0607]

The sound effects paired with the sketchy drawings makes this so surreal.......I get teary eyed every time someone talks about the lady holding her dead child.......heartbreaking

[@contraomnes]

i dont like picassos persona that much, but this is a true conveying painting, thanks for the video!

[@honk6752]

Pablo Benítez He wasn't a really good person.... did and said some pretty messed up things, you know?

[@ErickIsBeowulf]

@@honk6752 like?

[@timstarkey3692]

@@ErickIsBeowulf he was a womaniser, there's a quote of him saying "women are either goddesses or doormats." There were other things I think.

[@mominrafiqui2538]

The narrator shocked me to the core to be honest. I could actually feel the people in the painting.

[@lauraking728]

My abuela (Spanish for granny) took me to see the guernica when I was 10 I remember just feeling an overwhelming sense sadness I was truly unsettled. It’s a most beautiful peace I think of it often.

[@Anna-nw1ge]

The picture really looks disturbing... I don't know how ..he got such imagination... Such a strong painting.. Such disturbing yet so beautiful ♥️

[@Solqueen86]

I can, it's called war

[@ISuperI]

It's because disturbing can be a form of art

[@dollmonn3641]

These are the videos for which I have subscribed TED-Ed and looking back there I think I have done something very good. I feel contented.

[@luukienquocflowerboy]

A lot of hates. Y’all only want beautiful paintings and realistic paintings, art is something you create not something beautiful, realistic. Art isn’t greater if it is more realistic, it’s greater if it has better meanings and is special.

[@patmullarkey7659]

I have seen 3x. Each time I cry.

[@zulthyr1852]

How dire is the situation in the Spanish Civil War? Picasso: Yes

[@Solqueen86]

Those that crave war so badly for their own egotistical agendas, for unknown fears that are not even there or even just for the thrill and bloodlust. Never remember who actually suffers for it.

[@thespectre2012]

Even I don't know anything about art, TED makes me want to learn about it more and more. Thank you very much.

[@mindakahn9964]

If you’re one of the 271 that gave a thumbs down shame on you. This is what art is. It is the artist’s voice and no painting is more powerful this Picasso’s Guernica. I feel lucky to have been able to view it in person. It is riveting, disturbing, and heartbreaking. Your reaction speaks volumes about your humanity.

[@MC_lupin]

Before watching: oh god it’s *that* painting by a man on coke After watching: *oh* That’s why art needs to be explained lol Thanks for showing us its beauty 👍

[@robertwood3413]

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[@hopevang7966]

When I was in second grade, we studied Picasso for an art unit. This painting gave me nightmares for a long time bc of the orientation, but now that I’m older, it truly is amazing

[@GM-zy3xj]

Love the lesson and narration of Iseult. Also, the voice and cadence of the voice narrator is amazing

[@shreyashsoni8431]

I have seen and even heard a lot about this painting but never understood it. Ted ed has made me look through it again and understand the real meaning of this wounderful art. Now i can appreciate this work .😊😊 Also the line by picasso in starting is amazing..

[@shreyanshmishra3278]

A new TED-Ed video is always waiting for me when I reach home. Love from India! ☺️

[@raffyandaindrajaya5171]

What a soothing voice, a voice full of dignity with a gentle soul.

[@Osmomorfismo]

Some people want fascism back in Spain, this artwork is an important masterpiece of what it supposes

[@herodotus945]

Do by fascism you mean the logical opposition to uncontrolled immigration and flow of Muslim refugees ? Those Muslims whom Merkel accepted in Germany last year desecrated over 200 churches, more than 1000 churches in France last year were desecrated by them and by Antifa. Do you want in Spain the same kind of tragedy like what happened in Sri Lanka ?

[@isabeau9852]

Do by fascism you mean the logical opposition to "okupas" that have the "right" to take over the home of it's legal owner who actually lives in it and just went on vacation to come back and find it full of squatters who have more legal protection than the actual owner? And, if managed to "retrieve" the property still loose on court when the owner is sued by the squatters?

[@isabeau9852]

Do by fascism you mean that illegals, or so called refugees, receive more financial aid than national pensioners that have worked a lifetime receiving a miserable pension?

[@isabeau9852]

Do by fascism you mean the logical opposition to illegal street vendors "manteros" camping along city streets selling counterfeit products made by people working on underground warehouses under severe labor conditions and ultimately causing legal stores to close and people loosing jobs????

[@Osmomorfismo]

@@isabeau9852 the second thing you said is false so that's an enough reading to understand your real knowledge about this topic, see ya an stop bothering

[@gohamorgohome]

I've had a copy of this on my living room wall for years, thank you TED for explaining it to me in more detail, I don't think I'll ever look at it quite the same.

[@jayclawwit6489]

Sometimes, we may not understand the meaning of a word, but we can always understand the message of an art

[@pastiche9]

So true!

[@me-df9re]

No we don't. Only a painting needs explanation for common people and that's why most people are not fond of these abstract arts. Those explanation are even far fetched and made up.

[@stingslim6444]

This is the best narration i ever heard

[@fearghalmurelagaosullivan5296]

This hits close to home for me. I'm basque and my great grandmother used to always attend the market in Gernika every week (I'm from a neighbouring village), yet miraculously the market was cancelled on the day of the bombing so she narrowly escaped death. What's also so bleak was that after the bombing of Gernika (by the Nazis ordered by Franco), all that was left was one single oak tree which was later dubbed the tree of Gernika. It still stands to this day but is now only a stump that is on display in the same spot protected by concrete columns. Thankfully a clone was taken before it died and is growing healthily close by,

[@anderlopez6699]

I'm from the Basque country (the place were Gernika is located), and thanks to this video the meaning of the Gernika and the feelings of our community will be more known, thanks TED-Ed

[@imadedmans]

I'm currently learning about the Spanish Civil War in my history class and the Guernica tragedy, alongside the painting in this video. This is more than perfect timing and while I already know about the historical significance and context of it, I never actually sat down and studied the painting itself, what it actually was trying to convey This video really helped furthering my understanding of it, and made me realise how disturbingly effective it truly is in symbolising the sheer tragedy war is. Nothing more than two idiots fighting, yet who still retains the ability to patronise or force other to do the bloody job instead Amazing video as always TED!

[@user-dm5qi4nb6l]

The animation is really good but the amount of research and the way it's narrated and unfolded through the animation is also pretty mind-blowing, also the sound in the background OMG, OMG...

[@markvoege795]

This is one of the best videos I have seen in a while

[@Inevitable.Change]

What I wrote in 30 pages years ago this video does so vividly in just a few engaging minutes.

[@Jellyfish-g5d]

The painting gave me real chills...

[@naveenraj2008eee]

Another amazing video today ted-ed... Thank you so much..🙏

[@sadhanasrivastava5672]

I am subscribed to this channel since it had 3.2m subs and I am not disappointed even for once

[@allanbani]

When I as a child we had a copy of it hanging! I moved me even back then. An absolute haunting masterpiece!

[@pranjalshilkar8329]

I'm noticing that Iseult always brings such great lessons. Hey, if you see this, you're awesome!!

[@amalia2390]

This work is now viewed in a new light. Shocking. Devastating, and terrifying. I love it! It is so beautiful. Almost modern, this is what creativity could be represented by, its amazing how controversial this one painting is💖

[@juheepark7123]

Amazing video and explanation as always! Gave me chills

[@phmai511]

This channel is gold!!

[@siddharthchavan1224]

And a melodramatic music at End made my nerves relax

[@zuko1569]

The painting reminds me of devil possessions from Devilman

[@zerotwo_.002]

Yeah so true it also reminded me of grave of the Firefly

[@kyokyoniizukyo7171]

Zuzu Aye, the wispy uncontrolable messes the errupt in the sabbath speak consistantly to what Gernica shows...

[@justastix]

It reminds me of cartoon network's adventure time

[@benatalbizbeaskoetxea479]

Being from the town of Gernika itself, I deeply appreciate that the memory of the massacre leaves on in Picasso's masterpiece. Let us never forget.

[@pont1695]

Gernika is very close to where I live (Bermeo), and sometimes I go there shopping and I see lots and lots of shops and shops with pictures of it. We also had some other awful things such as «the galerna», and the francist executions because of our language.

[@fearghalmurelagaosullivan5296]

GAL, concentration camps, cultural suppression, the list goes on...

[@agnivamaiti1202]

Another great video with wonderful animation.

[@vn8161]

i remember in my art classes i used to take as an extra enrichment thing on the weekends, one of the lessons covered the guernica painting. it was quite a few years back, maybe when i was in my early to mid teens? and i remember it being a depiction of the suffering caused by war etc. i’ve always liked picasso’s work but this one in particular stood out to me. thanks TedEd for creating a video on this art piece, it’s amazing to go through and analyze such a mesmerizing piece of art again, especially now that i’m older and it’s easier for me to understand its meaning♥️🤗

[@Meow_yj]

No words to explain how amazing this vide0 is !

[@mayanksha]

I am an Engineering undergrad and I had a humanities course in which we're taught symbolism and cubism. This painting is so apt.

[@BrawnyFanta]

Wow, great video. Good choice of subject, well written, perfect choice of voiceover and great animation.

[@ebitoro4590]

We had a copy of this painting (apparently a souvenir from Spain) hung just behind the front door, so I would see it every day coming home from school. I think my parents were in an experimental phase of parenting.

[@meshwa-mitsuki-soni3125]

I love learning about new things especially about art. Ted-Ed is a huge medium to stick to my passion despite everything. Thank you!

[@Bebe-rn2fh]

The narrator has a beautiful voice, makes me sleep. Not because it’s boring! Its just so relaxing

[@muhammadisaac07]

"A picture is worth than the entire book" today I came to realise this

[@seanl7503]

I learned about this in art history, cool video

[@kevingillespie5242]

Discussed this in ap euro a few weeks ago, this was a great quick review of 20th century culture for upcoming ap exams! Thanks

[@hamzajp7]

This is insane thinking How a human mind is made to think and create such a complex art

[@ailish3012]

I remember looking at this in class when I was about 8? But I don’t think my teacher ever exposed us to the message behind it loool

[@haiyingwang8661]

You posted this during my recess... WHY DIDN’T I STAY IN TODAY?!?!

[@MRR-mw4rv]

This was always my favoritepainting as a little girl. I remember seeing it often in Reina Sofia

[@rustygribbler420]

Picasso's painting is a reflection to me is warfare in general . Seeing this painting really does hit home throughout the world.

[@perryestrera4151]

THE PAINTING CAME TO LIFE AND IS STAR AT PICCASSO. AHHHHHHHHH

[@vikukuma1918]

Most enthusiastically eloborated TEDed. Always a fan of TEDed. Best wishes.😘

[@joeyjoe7930]

This is my favorite painting of all time. It has left a lasting impression on me from the moment I first saw it in a book.

[@keren.icehand]

This painting allways bring me up to tears😭

[@mukundshah7971]

Another amazing video by Ted

[@gosoloph]

What a coincidence, I am actually reading a history book and the last time I stopped was on this painting

[@kytexgd1463]

Had to hand in a 16 page essay about this. This could’ve helped a lot actually xD

[@sadtan.]

Recuerdo tener 3 años y llorar a mares cada vez que veía el poster del Guernica en la casa de mi tía. Años después supe lo que significa y mi llanto tuvo sentido

[@shibasarecute]

The best Video Ive ever seen... so documental and beautifull at the same time.. subscribe