“Pablo Picasso.” Brain-Juice. Brain-Juice.Com, Inc., 2002. Web. 6 January 2010. <http://www.brain-juice.com/cgi-bin/show_bio.cgi?p_id=72>.
The authors of Brain-Juice.Com suggest that while Pablo Picasso was creating his legacy, his transitions between different styles and forms of art was was highly influenced by the events that occurred during his life. The authors demonstrate this ideal by referencing various works that were identified to belong to the blue period, rose period, cubism, or surrealism period while sharing the life events that coincided with these various stages of his career. The authors desired to share how Picasso developed as an artist throughout his life in order to help viewers better understand the meaning behind his pieces. The authors intended for those interested in expanding their knowledge of the arts.
“Between Two Wars 1917-1936: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973).” n.p. n.d. Web. 6 January 2010. <http://podol.ru/picasso/biography-eng.htm#Between>.
The author of this website implies that Pablo Picasso experienced the most difficult times of his life during the wars as he found himself alienated even with women and children among a high class society due to his fame and humble morals. This message is conveyed through elabortaing which works of art Picasso created at specific points in his life and contrasting them to other pieces that were formed during other circumstances. The author wishes to better inform public of Picasso’s story and the various art that was created at specific times in order to allow viewers to achieve a more emotional response to his work. The creator of this website intends for anyone who wishes to expand his/her interest and knowledge of Pablo Picasso to view it.
“Pablo Picasso.“ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 6 January 2010. <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.
An electronic article from the Columbia Encyclopedia on Pablo Picasso claims that his transitions across all different styles of art during his lifetime has brought him infamy. In order to better support this argument, this article enumerates the countless works that Picasso created during the blue period, the rose period, cubism, and surrealism and contrasts them while clarifying that they all ultimately brought him success. Regardless, this article was created to better inform the public of Picasso’s work in order to increase their general knowledge. Since this source is from an encyclopedia website, it targets an adult literate audience.
After reading all of these sources, I feel that they truly support my ideas about the painting. In Picasso’s “Mother and Child,” I believe that he is expressing that you do not always need to be pampered and nurtured with by a woman to survive. I believe that in this painting, the mother is actually very distant from her child. You typically see a mother holding her baby very close and cradling it; however, this is not represented in this piece. After doing research, it is apparent that the mother is Picasso’s wife, Olga, and the baby is his son, Paolo. His wife was a famous ballerina and enjoyed being in the limelight, so she would have been distant from her son. Similarly, not only did Olga distance herself from her son, she also grew apart from her husband. As a ballerina, Olga enjoyed being famous and receiving doration. On the contrary, Picasso had become quite popular during this time as well for his art but detested the fame. These opposing created the distance between Picasso and his wife shared and eventually lead to their divorce. Picasso failed to truly ever share love with a woman, for he was always more devoted to his art. Regardless, he proceeded to become one of the most influential artists the world has seen.
