How is Picasso's "Guernica" more powerful as an abstract image than if he had created a realistic rendition

Answer 1

In spite of its huge size, Guernica retains something of the grainy look one associates with the front page pictures of a newspaper. Thus it is a reminder that this was a news item (before the days of television) and not just a painting. Perhaps this has/had more impact than a "photographic" rendition of the horrors of the bombing of Guernica.

Answer 2

Abstract Picasso

Answer 3

everythig in that painting, is distorted as was everything in the world was where he was living, its the juxtaposition of the images all over the place that helps u to understand that things were all over the place and out of order, if it was done more realistically it would seem out of place liek it doesnt have a purpose for being on the paper at all, guernica is much better as a abstract becuz it allows more emotion to be invoked to the onlooker of the painting, if it was eralistic it just donest have the same message of disorder and distress, the chaos and badly drawn figures make it seem like a world that is disrupted ad needs orders

Answer 4

i think picasso doing a realistic painting of the horrors of guernica at that point in his career would have indeed been a more powerful statement

Answer 5

I belive that each person has a unique idea of what is "realistic" , or "real"; , If Picasso had just recreated an image of what was infront of him, it would have been nothing more that a "photograph". By creating an abstract, Mr Picasso reflected his personal perspective of what he saw.