Comparing Guernica By Pablo Picasso And Execution Of The Third Of May

Here we are going to be comparing and contrasting two pieces of artwork, the first piece being Guernica by Pablo Picasso and the second being Execution of the Third of May,1808 by Francisco de Goya. There are many differences in each of the artist styles but they also can be very similar when it comes to content. When you first look at the two paintings, the visual elements are very different, but after analyzing them you can see many similarities that bring you to the true content of the work of art. Visual elements are the foundation that helps bring life into the subject matter that is why visual elements are very important.
Line, shape, and form are three visual elements that I am going to look at today. The lines in Executions of the

Third of May,1808 are soft faint but also precise and direct where as the lines in Guernica are very curvy and free which gives the painting movement. When we are looking at the shapes that make up each, Francisco de Goya’s painting is in more of a realistic fashion pertaining to people and places because we know we are seeing people and animals from the suggestions of the lines and Picasso’s is very abstract and representational at the same time Many geometrical shapes are used to direct the eye across the surface and the shapes.
In Francisco de Goya’s we know we are looking at some sort of battle, where as in Picassos it’s for us to interpret the violence that’s going on so in a way it’s only a suggestion.
All in all both of the work of art paintings are similar. They both portray violence that harms people and ruins places and things.