GUERNICA:
Guernica was painted by
in Guernica,
That was the year when
Land
warplanes bombed Guernica during the
Spanish Civil War. The
government commissioned Picasso to create a
large
for the Spanish display at the Paris International Exposition, at the 1937 World's
Fair, in Paris. Picasso chose a
color scheme, which includes black, white, and grey
paint. It sets a somber mood. The
used in the painting reflects how Picasso
learned of the massacre. The broken sword, crumbling walls and twisted bodies represent the pain and
chaos of
_ The style of painting is called
Word Bank:
Pablo Picasso
war
monochromatic
German and Italian warplanes
Mural
newspaper clippings
Cubism
Spanish Republican
1937