Do u know anything about Picasso's artwork " Guernica" ?

Question

Can u tell me about the story behind this piece of art..and why he made it. what style did he use for this painting? anything about the picture...anyyyyyything
Thank u so much

Answer 1

The picture "Guernica" became an icon of the horror of modern warfare. The 1937 bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, and the scale of the civilian casualties, was many many times worse than any of the bombing raids against civilian targets in any previous war.

It is quite strange, really, that although the London Blitz and the fire-bombing of Dresden and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were all much much worse than Guernica, and happened only a few years later, Guernica is still remembered as a sort of watershed in modern warfare. That's how big an impact Picasso's painting made.

Answer 2

While I think you should do your own homework, and this is all available in your textbook, I'll give you a freebie. Guernica was Picasso's response to the civil war in Spain....a condemnation of the oppression of Spain by Generalissimo Franco. He lent the painting to the New York Museum of Modern Art, on the condition that they return it to Spain when democracy was restored. So it stayed there until 1981.
He combined Cubism and Surrealism with a traditional approach to the structure. There are three clear sections, which follow the Gothic/Renaissance form (triptych), and several Renaissance themes, such as the woman with the dead baby (like the Pieta), and the falling woman (Crucifixion). Franco, Hitler and Mussolini are represented as tyrants, Liberty is the woman with the lamp.
Almost any textbook on art history will carry a synopsis on this most important work....mine gave it a whole page.

Answer 3

For the detailed info - I'd go to an Art History source - preferably a museum or university.
What I know is he was allegedly there when it happened and witnessed the carnage and suffering of the people.
(Spanish Civil War)

Answer 4

See : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_%28painting%29

and : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Guernica