Guernica painting; Translate Picasso's visual rhetoric into words. Is the painting itself meant to be a "light source," intended
to eliminate a message? If so, what is the message, and what elements of the painting support it?
What is lost when visual arguments are put into words?
Guernica is a political statement as reaction to the Nazi's bombing practice on the Basque town of Guernica during Spanish Civil War. This painting shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians; which also became an anti-war symbol.