A 3D Exploration of Picasso’s Guernica

Lena-Gieseke made this 3D exploration of the famous Picasso painting: La Guernica.

The idea of creating a 3D version of an influential artwork came out of doing jigsaw puzzles of famous paintings. When you assemble a jigsaw, you study a painting in great detail and you become aware of the very lines, shapes and colors that the painting is composed of and how these elements merge to create a unified expression.

This 3D rendering of Picasso’s Guernica offers a similar experience. The actual spatial immersion into a painting is a powerful way to prompt contemplation of its many facets.

After growing up in Osnabrück, Germany, Lena finished a Bachelor in Computer Graphics at the University of Koblenz, Germany in 2004. With the support of a DAAD-scholarship she transferred to the University of Georgia, USA and there she completed a Master in 3D Computer Animation in May 2007. ‘A 3D Exploration of Picasso’s Guernica‘ was part of her thesis. Lena loves art and is quite a technical person as well and she is interested in projects that combine those two skill sets.

Read more about Lena-Gieseke and the Guernica project on her website