Written by: Daniel McCachern
Today we went to Madrid. We visited an art museum called the Reina Sofia. They had many works from famous painters such as Pablo Picasso. They even included journals and drafts of Picasso’s works in the museum. I have always know that Picasso was more than just a famous artist, but it wasn’t until i actually saw his work that I realized why his paintings were so famous. “Guernica” a very controversial, but equal famous painting in Spain, was painted on a huge slab of granite over 10ft tall. Picasso used his abstract style to evoke emotion towards support of freedom of expression. He also used symbols such as a bull to represent Spain, eyes to represent seeing into the future and broken body parts to represent the horror of the broken city of Guernica. It depicts Picasso’s overall horror and disgust for the bombing of Guernica. I didn’t realize how much the distortion, and disarray of his paintings could create such an emotion in me. It was truly fascinating.
~Daniel
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