Lanterns,+Guernica+and+Pablo+Picasso

=Lanterns, Guernica and Pablo Picasso=


 * Sky Lanterns Winter Solstice and Stonehenge Pablo Picasso Guernica Florence Nightingale**

Angered by the German bombing of the peaceful village of Guernica during the **Spanish Civil War**, Picasso painted on a symbolic, smoke-blackened sacred tree of Guernica, backgrounding the war and its effect on the people of Guernica. On a lighter note, **tin can and tissue paper lanterns**, and a **Lantern-making Workshop** illustrate how easy it is to create magical lanterns out of easily available materials.
 * Pablo Picasso's** painting, //**"Guernica"**// (1938) is one of the most **famous anti-war messages** in the Western world.
 * this single, terrible, scream.** The display features interesting, sometimes disturbing historical photographs, mounted
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The photographs....

 * ====Eyewitness accounts====
 * ====The Spanish Civil War====
 * ====The Condor Legion====
 * ====General Franco and Adolph Hitler====
 * ====Photographer Robert Capa====
 * ====//Guernica's// hidden images====
 * ====Pablo Picasso====

**Don't forget the Quizz!**
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=Lanterns Around the World...=
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 * [|Shinnyo-En Floating Lanterns] Hawaii** || [[image:lantern5.jpg width="370" height="279"]]
 * [|Loy Krathong]Thailand** ||
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 * [|Diwali] India**
 * [|Diwali - Background]** || [[image:lantern_5.JPG width="372" height="276"]]
 * Yi Peng, Thailand** (View below) ||
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 * Sky Lanterns at Pingxi** ||

[|Chinese New Year Lanterns]** ||
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 * [|Jack-o'-Lanterns] Ireland** || [[image:lanterns_9.jpg width="249" height="268"]]
 * [|Spring Festival] ,China
 * [|O-bon, Festival, Japan]** ||

=Ghostly Lanterns=
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"... looking closer the man sees that the light is a lantern held by a dusky little figure who leads hin to a great chasm. At that moment the lantern carrier lets out a wicked laugh, blows out the light and leaves the man standing in pitch darkness at the edge of the dangerous precipice..." || =The Winter Solstice Lantern Festival in Dunedin.=

Answer: It's all to do with the [|Seasons]
Because of the way the Earth tilts, we are leaning further away from the sun in the winter. The day where we are leaning away the furthest is the Winter Solstice - the shortest day. The Winter Solstice Lantern Festival is celebrated every year in Dunedin. The Procession of Light, Dunedin || =Ancient celebrations:= Because ancient cultures were unaware of the Earth tilting, in the winter they feared the sun would never return! To bring it back they had lots of celebrations and ceremonies. Stonehenge is like a huge stone, observatory. The stone pillars were used to map the movements of the stars. At the time of the solstice, the rising sun hit its pillars in a special place.
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 * [|Photo Gallery]** || [[image:lanterns_dunedin.jpg width="404" height="276"]]
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Discovered: Stonehenge Village
The people who built Stonehenge in Southern England thousands of years ago, celebrated the solstice with wild parties eating barbecued pigs and smashing up pots...
 * [|Read more...]** || [[image:stonehenge_ao.jpg width="317" height="211" align="center"]]

Stonehenge Aotearoa: Really?
Just out of Wellington is our very own NZ Henge. The Henge is a window on the past and an open-sky observatory. It is used to teach //maramataka// - the calendar of time and seasons. The stones form a Polynesian star compass and can be used to teach navigation.
 * [|Read more and watch a video...]** ||

== =Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)= //Enamel Saucepan,// Pablo Picasso, 1945 || =A candle with a message....=
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into shapes such as cones and triangles.
 * Pablo Picasso** painted objects by breaking them down

He painted things from different angles, all at the same time.

Picasso painted this picture during World War 2. A lit candle is a symbol of hope, the jug and the saucepan are symbols for water and food. These three things feed life.

The candle has a black flame and is a symbol of death. The colours are bleak and cold. The jug and the saucepan are stark and simple.

They represent the hardship of life in France during World War 2. ||

//Guernica,// Pablo Picasso, 1937: A lantern casts light on the horrors of War
The painting was done after the German bombing of Guernica in Spain, during the **[|Spanish Civil War]** in 1937. It shows a scene of death, brutality, suffering and helplessness. An angry Picasso painted this powerful anti-war message to highlight the tragedy of war. A frightened woman floats into the room through a window, carrying a flame-lit lantern.
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A Secret //Guernica//?
People think that the painting hides five secret harlequins. Harlequins were mysterious, magical characters who could become invisible. They were thought to be able to overcome the forces of death. The Bull's head near the horse's buckled front leg. Symbol of death. ||
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The skull, facing sideways. Symbol of death ||

A huge Harlequin, weeping a diamond tear. || Another Harlequin, facing sideways. ||


 * [|Click here]** for a brief biography of Pablo Picasso.

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Discover more........
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Create your own Picasso art work at [|Mr Picasso Head].
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 =The (famous) Lady with the (famous) Lamp=
 * [[image:florence_nightingale_lady_of_the_lamp.jpg width="217" height="336"]] || ==[|Florence Nightingale]==

Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nursing. Her photograph hangs on the walls of many hospitals. She set standards for clean and safe hospitals in the world.

In 1984 England entered the Crimean war and Florence went to [|Crimea] to nurse the wounded soldiers. The hospitals were dirty and run down. Florence made so many improvements that the death rate dropped from 40% to 2%.

Florence was kind and gentle with the soldiers. She would often talk to them as she made her rounds. This gave the soldiers hope. When Florence made her rounds at night, she carried a lantern to light her way and became known as //The Lady with the Lamp//

[|Link] (for younger readers)
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