Critical Seeing
Picasso, Pablo. Guernica. 1937. Oil on canvas. Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid. Web. 20 Sept. 2010.
The original painting, 11 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 25 ft. 6 in., was created in response to the bombing of the Spanish village of Guernica by German and Italian war planes during the Spanish Civil War and depicts the horrors of war. The original is monchromatic.
(See "Picasso's Artistic Process": http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/guernica/glevel_1/2_process.html).
Click on the link to see a larger image of the painting
http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso/pablo_guernica1937.htm
"Treasures of the World." PBS.org.
http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/guernica_nav/main_guerfrm.html
"Cover." The New Yorker. Picasso, Pablo. Guernica.
A taspestry of Picasso's Guernica hangs on the wall of the United Nations building in New York City at the entrance to the Security Council room.
When Colin Powel and John Negroponte were scheduled for a press conference the curtain on February 5, 2003, the tapestry was covered by a curtain.
The reason for the tapestry's having been covered has been debated: One reason was that reporters had requested the covering because the speakers would be standing in front of the tapestry, and the lines were distracting; the other reason suggested was that the adminstration had requested that the tapestry be covered because the topic of the press conference was the reasons being discussed for taking military action against Iraq.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/foryourart/4425641706/
Powell, Colin. "Address to United Nations Security Council." United Nations. New York. 3 Feb. 2003.
Secretary of State Powell's address to the United Nations Security Council addresses issue of Iraq's having amassed weapons of mass destruction as a basis for military action against Iraq.
Fuchs, Chris. "Depictions of Guernica." 3 Mar. 2010. A.P. English Language and Composition.
Student responses to the New Yorker cover.
http://hsdlasapenglish.blogspot.com/2010/03/depictions-of-guernica.html
The blog posts reference a second image:
A futuristic look at visual advertisment: a depiction of interactive advertisments
"Minority Report: Mall Scene"
In this scene from the futuristic movie Minority Report, the protagonist is walking into a mall. The advertisements, through the use of facial recognition software, are addressing him, specifically. When he enters the Gap store, based on a retinal scan, a projected image addresses him personally; as for why the scan is wrong: watching the movie again will be a necessity.