The face of war, by Salvador Dali, "Femme en pleurs" by Pablo Picasso, are two depressing paintings. When most people view these two paintings in the first sight, they would think that they would be very different but they actually have a lot of things in common. The first painting would be seen as a disturbing, disgusting visual. The second painting would be seen as a cubical, interesting and a colourful painting. In these two paintings, there are many intentions and secret messages such as fear, ugly truth, and the lonely horror. The date of these two paintings only show 4 years difference. "Femme en pleurs" was completed in 1937, while "The face of war" was done by 1941. Surprisingly, they were both influenced by the Spanish civil war …show more content…
They both show that they are in fear, and also shows the crippled, ripped parts of their faces. The face of war, shows crippled faces inside the facial parts of the bigger face. The more deeper people view this painting, the more destroyed they look. If you compare the big face to the small face, the smallest ones has the most damage on their face. There is another message, which is that the smallest faces show the emotional damage they have gotten from something that happened to them. For example, there was a person who had depression, and obviously people would know that they seem slightly sad. People would not know what it is like to be like him at its' situation. Mostly people judge on the physical, of how they look in the outside but not emotionally, because they do not know what that person is feeling. The more they know the situation of the depressed person, the more they will see the destroyed, dark side of that person's life. The overall message is that all people should try to treat everyone nicely and respectively, just to make their day happier. The similar comes to the "Weeping woman", it shows the ripped skin, and the blue, white parts show the true emotions of sadness. Sadness is not the only thing she feels at all, but she also seems to be biting her nails. Fun fact, most people who bite their nails are more likely to have anxiety or peer-pressure. Like mentioned before, Picasso's …show more content…
"The face of war" shows a masculine face that is all by itself, in the middle of the desert while the sun is setting, which gives a damp lighting. Meanwhile, "The weeping woman" is in a warm room with a ripped, rough wallpaper. The woman hiding sends a meaning that she is scared of the danger and wants to feel safe but cannot feel comfort for some reason. The painting purposely does not show the situation of the outside of the room. Picasso could have possibly painted a window but he did not. It is shown that this woman wants to be completely shut out from the society. No windows, no sign of outside world, no socializing and nothing. Back to the other painting, "The face of war" is also isolated but in a very different way. The woman chose to be isolated but this man were left isolated in death by himself. When he is in death, the snakes remain with him and still shows pain and fear even after death. Maybe, this dead body, was scared of being by himself. I have a theory that these two paintings are connected and they are the influence of today's famous animated movie, Frozen. This movie is about two princesses, Elsa and Anna. Elsa is born with a magical ice power but she isolates herself after accidentally hurting her sister Anna, who has lost her memories about Elsa's powers. Anna, repetitively attempts to reach to Elsa but she isolates herself in a locked room. Now, Elsa