Spanish–American War

it was truly about. In 1937, Picasso painted Guernica, which is the name of the city that was bombed and it is located in Spain, as an antiwar painting and as a protest against the bombing of the city by Nazis and Facist warplanes during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. The painting shows a carnage of innocent…

It was Secretary of State John Hay who called the war with Spain “a splendid little war”. According to an opinion article in the New York Times John Hays said this “It has been a splendid little war, begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave”. The war lasted less than 100 days, but it consisted of a few different battles. The Spanish-American war signaled the rise of the U.S. being a superpower. As far as…

America went to war with Spain largely for the poor treatment of the Cubans by Spain, but the ongoing growth of industry had many Americans more interested in taking over colonies to expand across the seas. Harsh treatment of Cubans by the Spanish, the role of the press in creating an outcry for war against Spain, and an explosion on the USS Maine created blame on the Spanish which leads to "war fever". (Dolan, 2001) This short war, only lasted about ten weeks but showed the strength of…

especially on war. The 1937 painting, “Guernica”, was a large mural painted by Picasso, a well-known artist during this time. The painting’s depiction of bodies and animals screaming and writhing in agony is thought to be a visual message responding to the destruction and bombing of a village located in Guernica, Spain, which happened around the time the painting was released. Furthermore, the widespread attention that Picasso received for this work helped bring attention to the Spanish Civil…

Guernica, a village in Spain, was bombed with sixty-six tons of bombs that killed between two hundred fifty and three hundred civilians; the bombing of the rural village had no military value (Manzanares). German fighters swarmed the village, gunning down citizens trying to escape from the burning city (“Bombing of Guernica”). Pablo Picasso, inspired by this tragedy, painted a large, eleven-foot-tall mural entitled Guernica. In the painting, Picasso represented the horror of being trapped and…

Pan’s Labyrinth takes place after the Spanish Civil War. It intertwines the real world of hardship and war, with a mythical world, the labyrinth. Pan’s Labyrinth is a film, which takes on many myths and symbols from Greek mythology and it encompasses everything from the underworld to femininity all while telling an extraordinary story. The myths of the ascent and descent to the underworld are displayed in the film when Ofelia completes her tasks by going to the underworld. What she…

people of spain after the Spanish civil war. The reality of war and the magical world encountered creates a path for itself within the movie. The monsters seen in the film are replicas of the monsters of the fascist movement being lived by the people. This wasn’t fairytale in real life this was an ongoing misery for many people they either served their time to Captain Vidal who in real…

Caribbean islands. That all came to a halt when England started controlling the seas. The War of Succession (1701-1714) to the Spanish Crown marked the end of the dynasty of the Habsburgs and the coming of the Bourbon. King Phillip was able to strengthen the monarchy and was able to unite varies region. Under the Bourbon ruling, the nation struggle to regain their strength after being unstable in the Peninsula War. Ferdinand became king in 1813 but in 1814 he declared the 1812 constitution null…

The film of The Language of Butterflies was released on June 16 in 2000 with the director, José Luis Cuerda. It is about a shy child and his kind teacher in 1936, during the civil war in Spain. Moncho, is afraid to start school, and it is up to the kind and compassionate Don Gregorio to help him. When the civil war begins, the lives of the two are changed. In my opinion, history was an important part of the history of Spain and I will tell you the movie three point seven of five stars. The…

Guernica is a 3.5 meter by 7.8 meter black and white painted mural. It has come to seen as a description of the havoc of war and the hurt it causes to all those involved. Picasso’s decision to have an absence of color strengthens the drama and intensity of the piece as well as produces a painting that resembles a photograph (Ray 2006). It has been compared to photographs found in Ce Soir of the Guernica aftermath, and these photographs have been found to be a driving force behind the mural…