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Picasso's Guernica
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... Contents Introduction Section 1 : History of the Spanish Civil war Section 2 : Why Picasso painted Guernica and how he painted it Section 3 : Contemporary feelings to Guernica Conclusion Illustrations Bibliography Introduction Picasso's Guernica is one of the most powerful and disturbing anti-war paintings ever produced. I have always admired Picasso's works and wanted to write a dissertation on some aspects of his work. I first saw his Guernica as a poster in my History of Art room. I was fascinated by it and wanted to find out more about its background. I then went to Madrid and saw this vast painting in the Rene Sofia Museum. Its scale and disruptiveness intrigued me to study this painting in depth. I will look at a short background to the Spanish Civil War and why it happened and how it destroyed the Basque town Guernica and everyone














