Guernica

“To what Extent was the Franco Regime Fascist?” Francisco Franco Ruled as the Head of Spain from 1936 through the victory from the Spanish Civil War. Many argue Franco was a fascist leader due to his oppressing and powerful rule in Spain after the Spanish Civil War. The term Fascist involves of ‘a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry commerce, and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often…

Writer and Artist Sometimes we think why those people were strongly influence in their society or generation. But the life and career of a person is more important to leave a legacy to society. With the time we've had big names that have left an impressive legacy in their career as an artist or writer. William Blake and Pablo Picasso are people who not only influenced their careers without also played an important role for society. They left a legacy that has endured over time and even today we…

The Beginning of the End of Terrorism: Is It Justified? In the most recent years, a rise in terrorism globally has invoked a string of United States military actions in response. Though these actions have been debated by pacifists to warmongers based on personal beliefs, Aquinas’s just war theory from Summa Theologica is the most impartial and distinguished method to justify or condemn the U.S. military’s involvement. There are numerous actions taken by the United States military that were, and…

Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1875) by James Whistler. At first glance, this work of art would give off a sense of sorrow with the dark colors, but others may interpret this piece a different way. Another piece that may be harder to understand Guernica (1937) by Pablo Picasso. Looking at this image all I can see is a lot of distress from the individuals as well as the animals. But when you know the background of this image you can then understand all of the pain and suffering that goes…

Style Goya was a Romantic painter; these unique artists aimed to break free from traditional rules and selected their own subjects. Romantic painters were independent of the social order and distinguished themselves from European culture as Goya did. These artists including Goya set out to grasp the moment of tragedy and combat. Goya excelled in the late Baroque and Rococo styles in his youth, but never entirely incorporated the influence of Neo-Classicism, (attributed from the influence of…

that Spanish is the language that is inside her mind, while English is the language that is alive and available at her fingertips. Her short stories and essays have appeared in quite a few publications, like Electric Literature, Huffington Post, and Guernica, as well as others. For her non-fiction work, she has gotten the Mary Tanenbaum, and the Missouri Review's Audio Miller Prize. She was a fellow at the San Francisco Writer's Grotto as well as Bread Loaf Writer's Conference. She is an…

through’ which resulted in the government’s acknowledgment of the threats of modern warfare and the destruction they could cause, showing that appeasement was the best option to avoid a war with unprecedented devastation. Similarly, the attacks on Guernica shown in the press and newsreels contributed to this fear of modern warfare by showing visually the true extent of damage and loss of lives which bombing could cause. Overall, it is arguable that the overwhelming support for pacifism…

his Russian wife Olga and involved with Marie-Thérèse Walter who was about to give birth to his daughter Maya (Meyers and Riding ). Dora played an important role in his life as she records Picasso’s daily life, such as the process of creation of Guernica (Bates and Riding). Picasso depicts Dora in many “weeping woman” portraits. His depiction of her are in colors, but on the other hand Dora’s photographs of Picasso are in black in white (Bates ). Dora was his mistress, model and muse. Picasso…

1. Partridge means that humans have moral responsibilities towards people that they do not know individually and who may not even exist at the present. He uses a metaphor about a campsite to explain his argument: when they have finished camping at a campsite, a person has a moral obligation to clean it for the next person who will use it. While they do not know this person, they still have good reason to believe that someone will eventually come to use the campsite in the future and that by not…

“You're getting older, and you'll see that life isn't like your fairy tales. The world is a cruel place. And you'll learn that, even if it hurts.” ( carmen Ofelias mom), Even if it hurts was what Ofelia discovered on her own and losing it all in the film “Pan’s Labyrinth” by Guillermo del toro . A film created to highlight the ongoing battles lived within the people of spain after the Spanish civil war. The reality of war and the magical world encountered creates a path for itself within the…