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    famous artist, Pablo Picasso’s painting of Guernica. Guernica is a famous piece of artwork created in 1937. It depicts the bombings of a Basque Country village in northern Spain by German and Italian warplanes during the Spanish Civil War. The attack was unsuspected and unavoidable. Nearly three-quarters of the people’s homes were demolished and a large number of their population perished. In the following paragraphs, I would like to talk briefly about Guernica in the sense of its content and historical

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    The piece of artwork that I loathe is Guernica, created by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, found on page 58. This artwork was created to represent a very devastating and tragic event that took place in Guernica, Spain on April 1937. It became important to Picasso because this terrible event took place in his country of origin. Picasso accomplished his goal of creating something impactful in a short amount of time, it only took him two months to complete it, from May to June 1937. It was later unveiled

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    In the documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop is about a French man named Thierry Guetta. After Guetta was introduced to street art by his cousin, he started filming artists that create art on buildings and streets. The talented artists use spray paint, stencils, and sculptures to define their creations. Guetta is fascinated by this unique type of art and decides to follow the artists around cities to document their work of art. Guetta films these artists to show the dedication and the powerful

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    this disbursing and confusing picture created in 1937 by Picasso titled the Guernica was an painting that was against war. Picasso would use his artistic talent and the contrast of light and dark to Evoke confusion when someone first glanced at it and possibly took a few times for the viewer in the past and currently to understand what the symbols could possibly mean. Pablo Picasso based off his painting of the Guernica seems to not care what his viewers thought of the painting means the assumption

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    Picasso: Guernica “ I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” These are the words of the wise Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, a famous and talented artist in the 19th and 20th century. Many have crowned him the most influential artist of his time. Many of his works including Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Ma Jolie, and Girl Before a Mirror have set the tone for many artists to follow after. However, Guernica was one of his most famous of his pieces, painting a nearly perfect emotional picture of what

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    without saying a single word. Pablo Picasso is one example of these painters as one looks at one of his most famous paintings which is Guernica. An average person would look at the painting and just see random figures and odd shapes, but when taking more time to evaluate the art work one sees the true meaning of the pain and suffering during the bombing of Guernica. The women and children were depicted as defenseless and innocent and presented by Picasso as the perfection to mankind. By portraying

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    us laugh again, it can bring out that smile that shines the brightest. It Helps us see things from other perspectives and grow as humans.     One major theme we see through different art pieces is war and peace. One example of this is Picasso’s “Guernica.” This painting is a horizontal piece, showing different reactions cause from the war. You can see a woman wailing with her dead son in her arms. There’s also a women falling to death outside of a building and a dead soldier

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    Painted in 1937 by Pablo Picasso, the title speaks of the town of Guernica, Cuba that was bombed by Nazis during the Spanish Civil War. The painting itself portrays an anti-war message, depicting the tragedies and horrors of war. The suffering includes people as well as animals. There is a mother holding what appears to be her child, obviously stating that war affects children as well as their parents. The bull and horse both appear to be very stricken with anguish and are in a state of disarray

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    the Spanish Republic there was a great act of terror. In a time when no combat had been seen since that first world war, an act of unprovoked horror rained upon the small town of Guernica in northern Spain. The act of intimidation was taking with disgust in the eye of Picasso, which enacted his artistic statement. Guernica in Picasso’s artistic life represented his sentiments on terror and his people. Pablo Picasso was born a Spaniard in the city of Malaga in 1881 to a professor of drawing, Jose Ruiz

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    The second piece of work for consideration into the Apollo collection is Guernica. It was painted by Pablo Picasso between May 1st and June 4th, 1937 in Paris. An oil painting on canvas standing 349.3 cm tall and 776.6 cm wide. It is currently on display in room 206 of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte – Reina Sofia. Subject Matter and Interpretation Looking at the work for the first time, there is an intensity and excitement that overwhelms the viewer coming from the subject matter of lines and

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