This is Your Art History Lesson for the Day

Hello, I´m an art teacher! Just because I´m on vacation doesn´t mean I can´t teach art!

This is a painting I saw today in the museum. It´s called Guernica by Pablo Picasso.
This painting depicts a time in Spain´s history during its Civil War when the Germans (who were allies with the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco) bombed the city of Guernica to show how horrible the war´s atrocities were.

The power of the raw emotions in this painting just blows you away! And the dimensions: the painting was huge, taking up most of the height of the wall, you couldn´t avoid staring at it. Draws you in. And the way he used the black and white was a powerful effect too.

Amazing. If you get a chance to come here ever, you must see this painting.