I absolutely agree with “a picture worth a thousand words”. It has been said over the centuries that a picture could be worth a thousand words. As you can imagine still, for each individual that views it, the words can be decidedly different. For an example is Guernica.
Picture of “Guernica”
Above is a picture of a “Guernica” painted by Pablo Picasso. Many of people said that the Guernica is just a non- message picture, if we just glance at this picture we can say that, based on individual opinion. We also can say that this picture actually is just an ordinary picture, which consist of bulls, horse and a few of people. But, the truth is this paint actually consist an enormous message, it was created in reply to the bombing of Guernica, Basque Country, by German and Italy warplanes, during Spanish Civil War.
The main point of Guernica is to shows the tragedies of war and the suffering of many people, particularly innocent civilians. This picture contains a thousand words of sadness and sufferers.
Well, it just not that, each of the character in this picture also represents something. For an example is the people who lay on the floor, under the horse is , apparently dismembered soldier, his hand on a severed arm still grasps a shattered sword from which a flower grows. It represent that the soldier still fight until he stopped breathe.
Another example also is within a room where the bull, if we just look at the picture it just a bull and a lady, but if we look at the picture very carefully it shows the cruelty for innocent people and also a wide-eyed bull stands over a woman grieving over a dead child in her arms Meanwhile, the light bulb in the painting represents the sun, symbol of hope. Besides that, Picasso uses black, white, and grey paint to set a somber mood and express pain and chaos.
So does a picture worth a thousand worth? I think it does. In a picture there is a thousand words that can be paint.
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