Pablo Picasso's, the Guernica is a large mural sized painting on canvas. It is a dramatic painting depicting the tragedy and suffering that war has on innocent lives. The artwork embodies the stylistic fundamentals of both cubism and surrealism. The Guernica is complicated to decipher, as the images overlap and body parts of other figures are scattered within the images. (Cubism) A fundamental principle of cubism, created by Pablo Picasso, is the use of two dimensional imaging broken down into smaller segments. The objects are reassembled utilizing shapes that outline the composition of the image. Guernica is composed entirely of segmented body images that overlap and infuse themselves to portray the desired image. An example
