Clowns, pierrots and acrobats: their autobiographical and social dimensions in Picasso and Federico García Lorca

Authors

  • José Luis Plaza Chillón

Keywords:

Circus, «Clownism», Poetry, Theatre, Drawing, Symbolism, Vibrationism, Surrealism, Cubism, Futurism, Homoerotism

Abstract

Picasso and Federico García Lorca converge aesthetically and poetically in the wandering world of circus and ‘Commedia dell’arte’. This melancholic and sad universe is full of clowns, circus acrobats, harlequins and pierrots. It shows a particular iconography which symbolically and intrinsically identifies both Andalusian artists as real protagonists of their own creative works of art.

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Published

2012-01-12

How to Cite

Plaza Chillón, J. L. (2012). Clowns, pierrots and acrobats: their autobiographical and social dimensions in Picasso and Federico García Lorca. Cuadernos De Arte De La Universidad De Granada, 43, 95–114. Retrieved from https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/caug/article/view/2676

Issue

Section

Estudios