Why did Picasso make 'The Guitar'?

Answer 1

You have not actually asked a question. What do you want to know? In 1912 Picasso made 5 guitar sculptures. Som of Cardboard and stiff paper, some of metal. The one in Museum of Modern Art, New York: Title: Guitare Date: January~March/1912 Medium: Sheet metal & wire Dimension: 77,5 x 35 x 19,3 cm Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, NYC

Answer 2

The top is made of a wood that is usually spruce, cedar, or other resonant tone wood. Cypress has also been used. The holy grail for backs and sides was always Brazilian rosewood, but African black wood has eclipsed it especially since the rosewood is endangered. The Guitars are braced with spruce on the tops and many times also the backs. Various fruit woods were also used for backs and sides like pear wood. Maple and other hard woods can be used for backs and sides too. The necks can be maple, cypress, mahogany, etc. The traditional glue is made from animal hide, and is a hot melt type glue. In modern guitars an aliphatic type glue is now used. The tuning machines are usually brass, or bronze with plastic, wood, or mother of pearl buttons. The bridge is usually rosewood, or ebony. The same is true for the fret/finger board. Ebony or rosewood are standard, but cheaper guitars may have dyed maple that looks like maple. The bridge saddle and nut are traditionally made from bone, but plastic is also common. The classical guitar is less likely to have a metal truss rod than a steel string guitar. Modern strings are made from nylon, but traditionally strings were made from "gut" or sheep intestine. The rosette or decorative ring around the sound hole was made from dyed pieces of wood sticks then those were sliced into thin discs, and inlaid into the top. Now they can be wood or just a decal. The pin for the strap can be bone plastic or boxwood. Sometimes boxwood is used for the saddle also, but bone is the material of choice. The classical guitar headstock is slotted and the spindles the strings wind onto are metal. Some have a plastic outer cover to increase the diameter. In the past these could be bone, boxwood, or other material. Plastics go back 100 years now! There is also wood kerfing to glue the back and top to the sides. It is mahogany or a similar wood. The top wood is the most important, and Spruce has been the mainstay for years. German spruce or other European spruce is considered a premium wood, if it is a high grade piece of wood. Cedar is also a fine wood that takes less time to break in. Usually the older an acoustic guitar is and the more it has been played the better it sounds, so time is another ingredient along with a luthier's skill.

Answer 3

Cedar is the traditional wood for the top of a classical guitar. The sides and back may be mahogany or rosewood, typically. The neck is usually mahogany, the fingerboard and bridge are usually rosewood, but can be ebony. The linings (the tiny blocks that hold the top to the sides, and the sides to the back) are made of cedar. The bracing is usually maple.

Spruce is sometimes used for the top, and small amounts of ivory, mother-of-pearl, or plastic for inlay and binding. Bone is usually used for the nut that the strings pass through at the base of the headstock, as well as for the bridge saddle.

Answer 4

Usually various woods like spruce, rosewood, mahogany, maple, ebony, cedar and many more, but modern technologies are involving composite materials too.

Answer 5

Cardboard, string, and wire was the model, and then later it was made out of sheet metal.

Answer 6

Its made up of wood and other products and things

Answer 7

Because he liked the idea.