Picasso Paintings

Power, Politics, and Glory

                                       Use materials on the following links: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-1010/cubism-early-abstraction/cubism/a/picasso-guernica (Links to an external site.)
Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937, oil on canvas, 349 cm × 776 cm. (Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid)

Guernica is considered one of the great paintings of the 20th century and a true anti-war statement. After reading about this painting, summarize your understanding of the circumstances that Picasso was responding to in the painting (Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937, oil on canvas). What do you think of the results? Comment on his visual language, the narrative, and overall composition of the painting.