The Learned Pig

Art – Thinking – Nature – Writing

Tag: Guernica

  • Scenes from an Execution Variations

    Scenes from an Execution Variations

    Few things are as messy as war. Cause and effect, right and wrong: our foundational truths unravel in the face of violence and bloodshed. This has not always been the case when it comes to the art of war. Classical depictions of war were grand, complex compositions, often mythological or generalised. In medieval times, the…