Picasso is best known for his own unique style of painting: Cubism. Cubism is a technique in which broken objects are used, along with random angles to give a powerful message in an abstract way. This painting, "Guernica," is known as one of his most famous works, mostly because of how explicitly it shows details, but still in cubism. It depicts the bombing of the city Guernica, which was done by the Germans and Italians during the Cold War. Picasso was asked to paint this by the Spanish government, so everyone could see what the tragedies of war were like. In this painting, the first thing that caught my eye were the innocent people involved. In the left, there is a woman crying over her baby. Under the horse, there is a soldier that appears to have lost some body parts, but he seems to be grabbing a roken sword. The sword has a flower growing from it, which I think symbolizes hopelessness. The whole scene is dark, because of the miserable mood it gives. There are human skulls, and I noticed that there are knives in place of tongues for the people and some horses and bulls. I think this reflects them screaming or crying for help. There is overall pain and chaos reflected by the people and objects. Overall, this painting shows Picasso was anti-war and he was calling for peace.
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