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1) How does the depth of information provided impact your ideas about this work?
2) Do you think that this painting belongs in the company in which PBS places it in for this series? Why or why not?

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The solution assists with answering analysis questions about the content of a PBS Web site's article on Pablo Picasso's painting, Guernica.

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First, read the article. Note what is being said, both about this artist and about this particular work of the artist. Think about how this one work was, is and will continue to be a meaningful work of art, albeit one with a political message.

1) How does the depth of information provided impact your ideas about this work?

This article offered insights into the inspiration of this painting and the life of the artist that I did not realize or know, even as an Art major in college. It was fascinating to me that Picasso refused to allow Guernica to be returned to Spain until that country realized a more democratic and humane ...

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