Die Religionskritik in der Kreuzigung Picassos: Überlegungen anläßlich einer Johannes Paul II. gewidmeten Ausstellung aus dem Jahre 2003

Gregorianum 91 (1):154-175 (2010)
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Abstract

Picasso's Crucifixion of 1932 is one of his few works that contains Christian imagery. The painting combines traditional elements with aspects - typical of Picasso's oeuvre - that seem intentionally obscure. Iconographic tools of art history and theology are inadequate to explicate the work. Why did Picasso choose to measure himself against this subject? The answers are seen in his Catholic upbringing, his love for old master paintings, his desire to stay a step ahead of his public's expectations, the vicissitudes of his private life, and the obsessive fears and desires that drove his creativity. Picasso's Crucifixion represents a step in the artist's complex and contradictory spiritual search, revealing an inquiry into the nature of Christianity and a psychological yearning for redemption

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