DIRECTIONS
1. Read the passage below. Then look at, and observe the painting of "Guernica" by Pablo Picasso.
USE THIS ATTACHED GOOGLE DOC to complete this assignment. The attached document has directions and the questions you need to answer.
2. PRINT IT OUT (see below for printing steps) and place into the correct class basket.
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USE THIS ATTACHED GOOGLE DOC to complete this assignment. The attached document has directions and the questions you need to answer.
2. PRINT IT OUT (see below for printing steps) and place into the correct class basket.
Make sure your NAME is on the document.
See Printing Steps below:
Please READ the following passage:
The German Air Force bombed the Spanish city of Guernica in April 1937. In supporting Francisco Franco, the fascist leader of Spain, German bombers used Guernica to practice the techniques of air warfare they would later use in the blitzkrieg of World War II. In attacking Guernica, a city of 7000, the Germans injured 900 Spaniards and killed 1700.
Picasso created this monumental work, considered by many to be his greatest painting, for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne at the Paris International Exposition, part of the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris. The painting was then sent on a brief world tour, displayed in Scandinavia, London, and New York. It helped to raise international awareness of the Spanish Civil War, and in the process spread Picasso’s fame.
Throughout its existence, this painting has been at the heart of drama and controversy. While living in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Picasso was harassed by the Gestapo. One officer is said to have seen a photograph of Guernica in Picasso’s apartment and asked, with disgust, “Did you do that?” Picasso responded, “No, you did.”
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