Guernica The Massacre At Chicas Analysis
Topic 6: Art as Response to War
The paintings: Guernica, the Massacre at Chios, and the Living Dead are intimately akin, considering that these masterpieces depict the horrors of the war; and the blindness of the leaders who value most money and power than human life. The themes are war, ambition, genocide, rape, tyranny, civil unrest, looting, and lack of respect for human life. First, Picasso’s Guernica was painted to express the consequences of the uncalled bombing of the Nazis on the Basque community of Guernica, during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso’s palette was basically white, black, and gray in an effort to establish the mournful moments after the devastation. To complete his statement he drew a bull, which represents the unstoppable force of the fascist attack. Moreover, this attack, was the result of the twisted mentally of Gorning, intolerance, and injustice. One can express this, considering that he exterminated the town’s population as a birthday gift to Hitler. While, Picasso’s was paid for this canvas, he wanted to perpetuate in our minds how war can shape our lives forever. This is the reason he included body pieces in disarray. …show more content…
These poor human creatures were condemned to death for the terrible crime of fighting to get independence from the Turks. Eugene Delacroix decided to document the event on this canvas by expressing his disagreement. It was his way to condemn this atrocity on his free will. This paint was not commissioned by anyone. At the same time Delacroix wanted to show the Turks and their sultan the results of their conceited mentality. During this incident women were rape, and the rest of the population practically
The paintings: Guernica, the Massacre at Chios, and the Living Dead are intimately akin, considering that these masterpieces depict the horrors of the war; and the blindness of the leaders who value most money and power than human life. The themes are war, ambition, genocide, rape, tyranny, civil unrest, looting, and lack of respect for human life. First, Picasso’s Guernica was painted to express the consequences of the uncalled bombing of the Nazis on the Basque community of Guernica, during the Spanish Civil War. Picasso’s palette was basically white, black, and gray in an effort to establish the mournful moments after the devastation. To complete his statement he drew a bull, which represents the unstoppable force of the fascist attack. Moreover, this attack, was the result of the twisted mentally of Gorning, intolerance, and injustice. One can express this, considering that he exterminated the town’s population as a birthday gift to Hitler. While, Picasso’s was paid for this canvas, he wanted to perpetuate in our minds how war can shape our lives forever. This is the reason he included body pieces in disarray. …show more content…
These poor human creatures were condemned to death for the terrible crime of fighting to get independence from the Turks. Eugene Delacroix decided to document the event on this canvas by expressing his disagreement. It was his way to condemn this atrocity on his free will. This paint was not commissioned by anyone. At the same time Delacroix wanted to show the Turks and their sultan the results of their conceited mentality. During this incident women were rape, and the rest of the population practically