Alvin Fontamillas
Professor Oakes
HUM 310
May 4, 2016
Analysis of Massacre in Korea The art piece I choose was an oil painting on plywood called Massacre in Korea which was created by Pablo Picasso. This painting is very similar to the Third of May piece by Goya. They both have the same type of layout and structure. It also has a very similar color scheme as Picasso’s other painting name Guernica. I picked this painting because of the weird rifles pointed at innocence women and children. This shows the true nature of war; extinction of humanity. First, I will explain when the piece was created, why it was created, the backstory behind the war, and an overall analysis/breakdown of the painting. The painting, Massacre in Korea was created on …show more content…
This piece shows the tragedy of war; how innocence civilians are killed in order to send a message. For this particular piece, the message was the Americans are willing to massacre women and children in order to find the North Korean Guerilla soldiers. However, since the American features were not very prominent and the soldiers in this painting had masks on, it was hard to tell which side Picasso was on. It was his artistic style, which he is famous for, that made the PCF question is loyalty to the communist party. But overall, this piece accurately depicts the atrocities of how civilians were treated during some parts of the Korean …show more content…
Their formation is very militarized. Most of their bodies fit in a box. The only things that protrudes out are the guns and a men’s left foot. This suggests that they are intruding and approaching the women in a systematic and war-like way. Everything they do seems to have a purpose and no extra step seems to be wasted. The guns were the first thing that sticks out in this painting. Some of the guns even have three barrels attached to the main shaft of the gun. Another thing to stood out to me was the man that is carrying a sword. He is also carrying, what seems to be, a distorted torch. He could also intend to light the women children and village when he and his units are done killing them. It seems that he is the commander of this unit. Since he is protected by his men with guns, this is most likely the case. The man with the sword all seems to have a human-like face while, the other soldiers have masks. This also confirms Picasso’s style of Realism to Expressionism from right to left in this particular piece. These particular soldiers also have extra-large feet. Which could symbolize the dominance over the women and children. The soldier with his left foot sticking out resembles that of the man in the painting The Third of May. They both have the same stance with the rifle aimed at the women and children ready to fire. The soldiers also lack having genitals. This could suggest that they do not have
Professor Oakes
HUM 310
May 4, 2016
Analysis of Massacre in Korea The art piece I choose was an oil painting on plywood called Massacre in Korea which was created by Pablo Picasso. This painting is very similar to the Third of May piece by Goya. They both have the same type of layout and structure. It also has a very similar color scheme as Picasso’s other painting name Guernica. I picked this painting because of the weird rifles pointed at innocence women and children. This shows the true nature of war; extinction of humanity. First, I will explain when the piece was created, why it was created, the backstory behind the war, and an overall analysis/breakdown of the painting. The painting, Massacre in Korea was created on …show more content…
This piece shows the tragedy of war; how innocence civilians are killed in order to send a message. For this particular piece, the message was the Americans are willing to massacre women and children in order to find the North Korean Guerilla soldiers. However, since the American features were not very prominent and the soldiers in this painting had masks on, it was hard to tell which side Picasso was on. It was his artistic style, which he is famous for, that made the PCF question is loyalty to the communist party. But overall, this piece accurately depicts the atrocities of how civilians were treated during some parts of the Korean …show more content…
Their formation is very militarized. Most of their bodies fit in a box. The only things that protrudes out are the guns and a men’s left foot. This suggests that they are intruding and approaching the women in a systematic and war-like way. Everything they do seems to have a purpose and no extra step seems to be wasted. The guns were the first thing that sticks out in this painting. Some of the guns even have three barrels attached to the main shaft of the gun. Another thing to stood out to me was the man that is carrying a sword. He is also carrying, what seems to be, a distorted torch. He could also intend to light the women children and village when he and his units are done killing them. It seems that he is the commander of this unit. Since he is protected by his men with guns, this is most likely the case. The man with the sword all seems to have a human-like face while, the other soldiers have masks. This also confirms Picasso’s style of Realism to Expressionism from right to left in this particular piece. These particular soldiers also have extra-large feet. Which could symbolize the dominance over the women and children. The soldier with his left foot sticking out resembles that of the man in the painting The Third of May. They both have the same stance with the rifle aimed at the women and children ready to fire. The soldiers also lack having genitals. This could suggest that they do not have