Pablo Picasso is one of the twentieth century's most famous and inspirational artists. Few artists have lived as long as Picasso and none have produced the amount of work in such a variety of styles and medias as him. Much of Picasso's work is classified according to "periods" depending on what his style was at that particular period. He is known for his "Blue" period in which he expressed human misery through painting with only shades of blue. During the "Rose" period, he moved onto happier themes, in which he used shades of pink and red. He also went through a "Cubist" period and a "Neoclassical" period. Picasso produced work in painting, sculpture, prints, murals, and ceramics; regardless of the medium, ... Showed first 120 words of 1027 Size (words) ...

... Continuing with another 115 out of 1027 Size (words) ...whole life as an artist has been nothing more than a struggle against reaction and the death of art. In the picture that I am painting - which I shall call Guernica - I am expressing my horror of the military caste which is now plundering Spain into an ocean of misery and death" - Pablo Picasso.

Guernica is an amazing masterpiece of art, its huge intimidating size, and images of agony and pain are like none other. Even a person that knows nothing about the story of Guernica would be shocked and inspired by the mural when confronted with it. Picasso has painted the images of the faces in such a way that they ...Essay still continues 100 more words...