La Guernica

First off, using my interpretation from Bang's ideas, i notice that all the different shapes used in this work of art promote a specific tone for a viewer. Obviously, the shapes that Picasso has used are not your everyday shapes. He used shapes that are distorted and morphed. Along with these morphed shapes, the colors that he applied to them are colors of the dreary kind - blacks and bluish grey colors are not your typical "feel good" type of colors. Of course, Picasso uses white and while the color white usually means peace, in Picasso's La Guernica, white is the color of death. I don't mean to have such scattered ideas, but going back to the morphed shapes. These shapes are are not put into a specific order, they are scattered and displaced throughout this work of art. An interesting characteristic about this painting is that Picasso's repetition of the eye. That is the only shape that is a consistent shape. Actually, this painting is about when the Germans invaded Spain. In the background, it's pure black. In concordance to the meaning of this work of art, the black background could symbolize that darkest hour of the Spanish people or simply mean that the Spanish were attacked in the middle of the night without warning. Thus, the morphed shapes could represent all the body parts that were scattered due to the bombings
Going back to the frequent use of the eyes, the eye could symbolize the horror of watching someone you love or a complete stranger die. Actually to add another random point, the shapes of the heads are intriguing because they're almost whispey like - as if they're ghosts still lingering around the area where they died. But ultimately, this work art is pure representation of the absolute pain and suffering that the Spanish had on that one long and dreary night. Another random point to add, there is a definite top to bottom distinction. The gigantic eye could represent God's forever watching eye and forever lasting power. As for the gaze, all of the eyes that are present are looking to the left except for one. It could be possible that all the characters looking to the left could present the world's ignorance towards these characters' suffering; and the few sets of eyes looking at you (almost with their necks broken) could be saying "look what the international society has become".