Question

Pablo Picasso's Guernica, created in 1937, is neither analytic nor synthetic cubism. It was commissioned during the Spanish Civil War for the Spanish World's Fair and is about the bombing of a small town. The painting mediates history geometrically and serves as a critique on rationality and terror. There is no clear distinction between inside and outside in the painting. Violence is present in both the form of a light bulb and farm animals. The painting explores the contrast between fantasy and embodiment, similar to Goya's Sleep of Reason... Enlightenment. Guernica is an important site of social unrest and was recreated as street art in Spain in the 70's. What is the subject matter of Pablo Picasso's Guernica?

1) The bombing of a small town during the Spanish Civil War
2) The contrast between fantasy and embodiment
3) The critique on rationality and terror
4) The violence present in both the inside and outside of the painting

Answer 1

The subject matter of Pablo Picasso's Guernica is the bombing of a small town during the Spanish Civil War.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject matter of Pablo Picasso's Guernica is the bombing of a small town during the Spanish Civil War. The painting depicts the bombing of the town of Guernica in northern Spain by German forces supporting General Franco. It is a powerful depiction of the devastation and terror caused by war.