# Why is this painting so shocking?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Iseult Gillespie
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/iseult_gillespie_why_is_this_painting_so_shocking)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 1937, in one of the worst civilian casualties of the Spanish Civil War, Fascist forces bombed the village of Guernica in Northern Spain. For Pablo Picasso, the tragedy sparked a frenzied period of work in which he produced a massive anti-war mural, titled "Guernica." How can we make sense of this overwhelming image, and what makes it a masterpiece of anti-war art? Iseult Gillespie investigates. \[Directed by Avi Ofer, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Marcos Tawil\].

## Lectures

1. [Why is this painting so shocking?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/iseult_gillespie_why_is_this_painting_so_shocking/186dac04b1f0), 6 min (TED's player)