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Guernica (gārnē`kä), historic town (1990 pop. 16,422), Vizcaya prov., N Spain, in the Basque region. It has metallurgical, furniture, and food manufacturers, and some tourism. The oak of Guernica, under which the diet of Vizcaya used to meet, is a symbol of the lost liberties of the Basques. In Apr., 1937, German planes, aiding the insurgents in the Spanish civil war, bombed and destroyed Guernica. The indiscriminate killing of women and children aroused world opinion, and the bombing of Guernica became a symbol of fascist brutality. The event inspired one of Picasso's most celebrated paintings. Guernica is also called Guernica y Luno. Guernica a town in N Spain: formerly the seat of a Basque parliament; destroyed in 1937 by German bombers during the Spanish Civil War, an event depicted in one of Picasso's most famous paintings. Pop.: 15 454 (2003 est.) Guernica bombing of Guernica (1937); memorialized by Picasso’s painting. [Span. Hist.: NCE, 1158; Art Hist.: Osborne, 867] See : Massacre Guernica painting by Picasso depicting horror of war. [Art: Osborne, 866–867] See : War How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Picasso's anti-war mural Guernica and Aristophanes' drama Lysistrata are renowned examples of art forms that alerted and continue to alert society to the horrors of war. The Guernica Oak was a historic tree that stood in front of Guernica's council building in the Basque region of Spain, having survived the infamously brutal 1937 bombing that inspired Picasso's masterpiece, "Guernica. A humanistic composition juxtaposing several familiar concepts in Salim's oeuvre: eternal calamity, motherhood, and fertility, is as timeless and universal in its iconography as Picasso's Guernica. |
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