Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. What event/circumstance was the above artwork intended to show? What other message did its artist intend to convey to the world? Include the artwork’s title and its artist in your response.

Answer:

Pablo Picasso’s *Guernica* depicts the 1937 bombing of the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The painting shows the suffering of civilians and animals caught in the attack. Picasso also intended to convey the horror and devastation of war to the world. It serves as a powerful protest against war and violence.