and 11 ft. 5in. tall and a mural-size canvas painted in oil‚ in which a palette of black‚ white‚ and gray were used. Gernika (Guernica) painting is based on the event happened on April 26th‚ 1937‚ when the German and Italian warplanes carried out a bombing attack on the Basque town of Guernica for approximately two hours‚ which was ordered
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One of the most famous paintings by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso is a mural-sized oil painting on canvas titled Guernica. The painting is Picasso’s horrified reaction to the aerial bombing of civilians populating the Spanish city of Guernica. The work is a contemporary depiction of overwhelming anguish suffered by innocents at the devastating hand of war. The piece was commissioned in 1937 by the Spanish Republican government for the Spanish Pavilion at the upcoming World’s Fair in Paris‚ and was
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BEN QUILTY Ben Quilty is an Australian artist producing rich visual images which have earned him a national reputation. Acclaimed as a portraitist‚ Quilty creates thickly impastoed canvases using vibrant coloursand broad brush strokes that build up layers of paint. He works in a wide range of genres‚ including portraits and still lifes‚ but also landscapes that reflect his fascination with Australianness‚ a passion which has its origins in Arthur Streeton’s edict that Australian artists should
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Guernica is a town in the province of Biscay in Basque Country. During the Spanish Civil War‚ it was regarded as the northern bastion of the Republican resistance movement and the epicenter of Basque culture‚ adding to its significance as a target.[9] The Republican forces were made up of assorted factions (Communists‚ Socialists‚ Anarchists‚ to name a few) with wildly differing approaches to government and eventual aims‚ but a common opposition to the Nationalists. The Nationalists‚ led by General
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In the past‚ there was a great deal of mystery when it came to creativity and creative undertakings (Dickhut‚ 2001‚ p.2). Creativity still has not been correctly defined within the world of science. Creativity can be easily confused with intelligence‚ wisdom‚ ingenuity‚ insight‚ or intuition‚ all of these terms can be found in different dictionaries to define or explain creativity and creative behaviors. There are various components of creativity‚ including abstraction‚ connection‚ perspective‚ curiosity
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the world‚ the public cried out in shock for the incident [Last Name] 2 was the first of it kind in which a mainly civilian population was the victim of a deliberate bombing. Before the incident occurred the Spanish government‚ in January 1937‚ commissioned Pablo Picasso to create a mural depicting their building but after the bombing Picasso opted rather to illustrate the scene of the devastated city with his initial sketches taking place in May 1937 about a month prior to the completion of the final
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Many people have remembered the unfortunate events of the Sandhurst Road School bombing as a drastic and tragic act of wickedness. The Sandhurst Road School bombing occurred at a ‘big’ and ‘imposing’ school on Minard Road in Catford‚ South East London on Wednesday 20th January 1943 when a German fighter-bomber dropped a ‘500kg’ bomb on the school at approximately 12:30pm. The resulting explosion killed ‘32 children and 6 staff and 60 others injured’ many buried under rubble. Later on a further six
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The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki- Genocide Essay Genocide‚ as defined in the Oxford Dictionairy states‚ “the deliberate killing of a large group of people‚ especially those of a particular nation or ethnic group.” Ultranationalism is defined as “extreme nationalism that promotes the interest of one state or people above all others.” Ultranationalism and genocide go very hand in hand with eachother. The extreme nationalism that is a main charasteristic of ultrantionalism can lead to a very
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and his brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev age 26 committed a series of bombing attacks at the Boston Marathon event on April 15‚ 2013. Dzhokhar along with his brother planted bombs around the event killing three people and injuring around 280 others. Dzhokhar’s brother Tamerlan was killed a manhunt following the attack. Later Dzhokhar would be sentenced to death on June 24‚ 2015. During his trial still images of the moments of the bombing along with a message written inside of a boat where Dzhokhar sought
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United States should of dropped the bombs‚ is still a common topic in today’s world. Although‚ many perceive the pain and grueling effect the weapons had on Japan to subside the justifiable argument. Therefore‚ the two reasons that the United States bombing on Japan was morally incorrect was the negative health factors and the destruction it caused in the hibakusha lives.
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