However, when a person has two or more seizures, he or she is considered to have epilepsy. There are many possible causes of epilepsy, including an imbalance of nerve-signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters, tumors, strokes, and brain damage from illness or injury, or some combination of these.
Guernica shows the cataclysms of war as well as the anguish and destruction it inflicts upon people, especially innocent civilians. This painting has attained an enormous reputation over the years, and has become an everlasting reminder of the devastation of war, in addition to becoming an anti-war icon.
Brief History of the Origins of Guernica. In January 1937 the Spanish Republican government commissioned Pablo Picasso to create a mural on the theme of technology for the Spanish Pavilion at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. Picasso was living in Paris at the time and hadn't been to Spain for three years.