Research Paper On Guernica

What do Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, and Hieronymus Bosch have in common? A painting from each of them can help us to connect to the past by providing us insight into what may have been occurring at the time. Pablo Picasso’s, Guernica is an excellent example of giving us insight into the past. The painting was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a village in northern Spain, by Nazi Germany at the request of the Spanish Nationalist. The painting conveys the bombing by showing us the suffering the town went through when they were bombed by their own leader. Throughout the painting, Picasso used a contrast of black and white and with the absence of color it makes the violent scene all that more horrifying. This forces you to focus