Pablo Picasso Guernia, 1937.

In 1937 Pablo Picasso received an invitation to draw a painting for the Spain pavilion, rather than painting something simple with his personal style he painted the Guernica. The Guernica was painted in reaction to the German the bombing of Guernica, which was the cultural center of Northern Spain. Picasso turned the tragic events of this bombing, which killed innocent children and civilians, into one of the most powerful antiwar paintings ever made. The painting may be seen from many different points of views, many people may see it as a historical painting that demonstrates the tragedies of our past, or as living current events in todays world. Before i read the discription of this painting i made an assment of it and came to the conclusion that it expresses tremendous chaos as well as distress in a battle taking place. Through the dead soldiers, broken swords, and dismemberment of the people and animals suffering is a strong and ifluencial way that picasso makes us feel through this painting. Scenes such as a deceased child in their mother’s arms as she weeps are intense and true things that were seen and transformed into art. I noticed immediaty that it different as opposed to the other paintings in this chapter based on the style picasso uses, where he breaks the painting up but in a way that makes us see it a different way. At first glance you see a bunch of mixed up body parts and random objects. But once you study it and research the history you soon see and feel what picasso is portraying through this work.