Minotauromachy

	Minotauromachy ''Minotauromachy'' (''La Minotauromachie'') is a 19.5 by 27.4” etching and engraving created by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso in Paris in 1935. The etching and resulting prints, literally entitled ''Minotaur Battle'', feature many compositional aspects and themes seen often in Picasso’s art throughout the 1930s.''Picasso's Greatest Print: The Minotauromachy in All Its States''. ''Picasso's Greatest Print: The Minotauromachy in All Its States'', Museum Associates/LACMA, 2006, http://www.lacma.org/sites/default/files/reading_room/compressed10lacma-2006-picasso-minotauromachy.pdf. These include the Minotaur, an unconscious or dying female matador on an injured horse, a young girl holding a candle and flowers, a man scaling a ladder, and two women watching with doves from a window. Created during a time of personal turmoil within which Picasso created little artwork, ''Minotauromachy'' stands out as a seminal and striking piece with no shortage of artistic interpretations. Creation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Minotaur In Greek mythology, the Minotaur ( , ;. grc, ; in Latin as ''Minotaurus'' ) is a mythical creature portrayed during classical antiquity with the head and tail of a bull and the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, a being "part man and part bull". He dwelt at the center of the Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus. Etymology The word ''minotaur'' derives from the Ancient Greek , a compound of the name ( Minos) and the noun "bull", translated as "(the) Bull of Minos". In Crete, the Minotaur was known by the name Asterion, a name shared with Minos' foster-father. "Minotaur" was originally a proper noun in reference to this mythical figure. That is, there was only the one Minotaur. In contrast, the use of "minotaur" as a common noun to refer to members of a generic "species" of bull- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of Assemblage (art), constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the Proto-Cubism, proto-Cubist ''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon'' (1907), and the anti-war painting ''Guernica (Picasso), Guernica'' (1937), Guernica (Picasso)#Composition, a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso demonstrated extraordinary artistic talent in his early years, painting in a naturalistic manner through his childhood and adolescence. During the first decade of the 20th century, his style changed as he experimente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pablo Picasso Etchings Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer Pablo Brenes, Costa Rican footballer Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Casals, Catalan cello virtuoso Pablo Couñago, Spanish footballer Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player Pablo Eisenberg (born 1932), American scholar, social justice advocate, and tennis player Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord Pablo Iglesias Turrión, Spanish politician Pablo Francisco, Chilean American comedian * Pablo Galdames, Chilean footballer Pablo P. Garcia, Filipino politician Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer Pablo Ibañez, Spanish footballer Pablo Iglesias Simón, Spanish theatre director, sound designer and playwright Pablo Lombi, Argentine field hockey player Pablo Darío López, Argentine footballer Pablo Iglesias Posse, Spani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1935 Works Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * January 12 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to successfully complete a solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance of 2,408 miles. * January 13 – A plebiscite in the Territory of the Saar Basin shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Germany. * January 24 – The first canned beer is sold in Richmond, Virginia, United States, by Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company. February * February 6 – Parker Brothers begins selling the board game Monopoly in the United States. * February 13 – Richard Hauptmann is convicted and sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. in the United States. * February 15 – The discovery and clinical development of Prontosil, the first broadly effective antibiotic, is published in a series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]