Bbc Power Of Guernica

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The famous art of one seemed indestructible and claimed the authority of stone, though it was just a canvas of paint. In this composition you will see how the presenter takes Picasso’s painting in depth and analyze the video “BBC Power of Art Picasso Guernica”. Guernica, a place located north of Spain, was filled with people with their own language, culture, and sense of identity. In this defenseless town, six bombs were dropped one afternoon killing six hundred forty-five people and wounding thousands. After thousands of bombs were dropped the pilot sprayed machine gun fire, and that finished the job turning the town into a cold-ashy cold room. Bomb craters filled the streets; what is special about Guernica is that clear brutality and objective

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