Question

Which of the following pieces of art would be considered a form of social protest?
a.
A realistic painting of men on a boat crossing a river in winter.
Washington Crossing the Delaware
c.
An abstract painting of suffering humans and animals.Guernica
b.
Napoleon standing among a group of sick people. He has his arm extended to touch the people.
Napoleon in the Plague House at Jaffa
d.
A realistic painting of a man on horseback.
Philip IV on Horseback

Answer 1

c. Guernica — Picasso’s Guernica is explicitly an anti‑war/social protest painting, created in response to the 1937 bombing of Guernica and condemning the violence and suffering caused by the Spanish Civil War.