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The power of art by simon schama7/7/2023 I don't get much out of cubism, but then I am a dolt. I never cared much for some of his stuff. Quite a bit of politics in this episode, which I think is necessary to understanding Picasso's evolution as an artist. Several pieces are examined, some up close, but they seem of secondary interest to Schama. Schama concentrates as much on Picasso's personality and the historical context as he does on the art work. Like many others, he was appalled by the Condor Legion's bombing of the little Basque town of Guernica and it produced his best-known painting. He was apolitical until the Spanish Civil War of the mid-1930s when he was drawn into the conflict. He had a lot of babes too, because he was a dark-eyed, soulful-looking celebrity. Pablo Picasso made a big splash in the art world in 1920s Paris by eschewing all the subjects previously addressed by artists, the power of the nobility, the beauty of nature and of the human form.
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