Why is this painting so shocking?

Title:
Why is this painting so shocking?
Speaker:
Iseult Gillespie
Description:

In 1937, in one of the worst civilian casualties of the Spanish Civil War, Fascist forces bombed the village of Guernica in Northern Spain. For Pablo Picasso, the tragedy sparked a frenzied period of work in which he produced a massive anti-war mural, titled "Guernica." How can we make sense of this overwhelming image, and what makes it a masterpiece of anti-war art? Iseult Gillespie investigates. [Directed by Avi Ofer, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Marcos Tawil].

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TED-Ed
Duration:
05:04
Format: HTML5
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Original