... a triangular motion with everyone running away from the burning building where the one man is dying. The principle action of the painting beings in the lower right, where a woman dashes forward, her hands waving in despair. The triangular action then proceeds to the top at the point where the lamp, the horse's head, and the eye come together. From this climax, the viewer's eye moves downward to the head of the dismembered warrior at the lower left. This path shows in a sense how Spain was beginning to change for the worse by fascism. The horse with the spear in its back signifies victimized humanity overwhelmed by brute force. The motif of the shrieking mouth is represented in that of the screaming woman with her dead child at the left, the face of the solider below, and the victim of the flames at the right. The bull, standing ...

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