Sunday, 4 December 2011

Piecing together Guernica

Pablo Picasso's monochrome painting of the 1937 bombing of the town of Guernica remains one of his more famous works. The tapestry version sits at the UN, acting as a powerful visual statement against the horrors of war. But there is much meaning beneath this famous work, writes Picasso expert Gijs van Hensbergen.

For a detailed visual analysis of the symbolic meanings present in this famous painting visit BBC News Magazine.

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